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Lance Armstrong will not contest USADA doping charges and will be stripped of record seven Tour de France wins and Olympic bronze.

Amir Khan has missed out on the chance to avenge his latest loss to Danny Garcia after it was revealed that the champion would instead face Erik Morales.

Military reporter Alon Ben-David says Tel Aviv closer than ever to strike against Tehran.

US Republican congressman Kevin Yoder swam naked in the Sea of Gallilee during an official trip.

Andy Murray will follow Olympic singles gold with his first grand slam title at the US Open, according to former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic and ex-British No.1 Tim Henman.

Iran tries to avoid US, EU and UN crackdown on business with Western banks, according to security analysis.

Apple hits record market value at $623bn ahead of its rumoured early September iPhone 5 launch.

A slideshow presentation from 2004 shows how Eduardo Saverin sold advertising on Facebook when it had just 70,000 users.

Roger Federer laid down a marker ahead of the US Open as he cruised past Novak Djokovic to win the Cincinnati Masters with a 6-0 7-6 [9-7] victory over the world number two.

Apple has accused Samsung of abusing its 'monopoly power' as both sides bring their cases to a close in the US patent infringement trial.

Bug had prevented users from downloading and installing new apps.

Deutsche Bank and three other European banks being investigated for business deals involving Iran and other sanctioned nations.

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the latest prominent person incorrectly reported as dead on Twitter.

Kate Middleton and Prince William waxworks leave London for Berlin.

New research warns that epidemic of global tobacco use is still huge despite several years of control efforts.

Facebook's early investors and insiders are now free to sell their equity as the first lockout period expired, driving the share price to a new low.

Liverpool owner John W Henry has admitted that the club haven't been holding their end of the bargain in their rivalry with Manchester United, with the American hoping to take the Reds back to their glory days.

Microsoft and Nokia will hold a Windows Phone 8 launch event on 5 September - one week before the expected launch of the Apple iPhone 5.

Passenger jet with 220 passengers belonging to Russia's Aeroflot makes emergency landing in Iceland after an anonymous phone call about explosives on the plane.

Deutsche Bank, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, RBS, HSBC, UBS and Citigroup named in papers.

World number three Rafael Nadal has confirmed the knee injury that stopped him from participating in the London Olympics 2012 will keep him from playing in the US Open

Standard Chartered is trying to settle with other US regulators as on as possible, after it agreed to pay the NY state regulator $340m in civil penalties.

Hard-nosed hedge fund boss tests son's market ability and money managing skills with huge stake gift.

David Moyes will be hoping to strengthen his squad in the coming weeks after being informed that he will be able to use the money from the sale of Jack Rodwell to make new signings.

UK-listed Standard Chartered reaches a $340m settlement with New York State regulator over a quarter of a trillion US dollars of transactions linked to Iran.

Bank receives hefty fine - but retains licence for its New York operations.

Andre Villas-Boas has the chance to prove the critics wrong at Tottenham, but does the side have the depth to finish fourth again?

Robert Pattinson appears at Cosmopolis premiere and on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart after split with Kristen Stewart.

The BlackBerry 10 operating system could soon be licensed to other manufacturers, claims RIM CEO Thorsten Heins.

UBS' head of swap trading quits bank after probe into rigging of Libor during his time at Barclays.