Nike has severed its connections with Lance Armstrong, finally acknowledging the "seemingly insurmountable" evidence that that the seven-times Tour de France winner was a drugs cheat.
In a near-simultaneous statement, Armstrong said he would relinquish his position as chairman of Livestrong, the cancer charity he founded, in order to "spare the foundation any negative effects" after a damning report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), whichconcluded he ran a sophisticated doping ring for years.
Armstrong's decision to step down from Livestrong allowed Nike to continue to support the initiative. In the US, 98 products bearing the Livestrong name are sold by Nike.
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