Cycling: Court Dismisses Libel Case Against Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong enjoyed another legal success when a Paris court threw out a libel suit brought against the seven-times Tour de France winner by the Italian cyclist Filippo Simeoni.

The Italian was a key witness in the drug trial of Armstrong's former trainer Michele Ferrari, who in 2004 was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence for malpractice not involving Armstrong, and he filed for defamation after Armstrong allegedly called him "an absolute liar" in Le Monde.

Outstanding cases involving the Texan involve win bonuses withheld by an insurance company, SCA, as well as libel suits against a French book publisher and the Sunday Times.