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Lance Armstong's confession to Oprah

Cyclist Lance Armstrong spoke exclusively with Oprah in his first interview since he was stripped of his Tour de France titles. He addressed the doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating and the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. Watch his confession and look back at this two-night special event.
Here's the video.

Doping

1. Read this short text about drugs in sports.

2. Blood doping. Watch this video and learn about it.

3. Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports? Here you have some ideas pro and against them. If you select part of the text, you can listen to it.

Doping evidence against Armstrong

New evidence released by the US Anti-Doping Agency says Lance Armstrong ran the most sophisticated doping ring in sport history. Julie Noce reports.

1. A new report from the US Anti-Doping Agency includes first-hand accounts, __________ documents, financial payments, __________ and lab __________.
2. According to the report, Armstrong was not only a __________  __________, but the ringleader of a sophisticated doping ring.
3. 11 former __________ have testified, including George Hincapie, one of Armstrong’s most __________ and trusted friends __________.
4. Last month Armstrong received a __________ __________ from professional cycling.
5. The International Cycling Union has __________  __________ to file an appeal.

BBC News / passive

Watch this video and complete the news stories:
(check your answers in 'comments')

The star dancer who___________  ___________ (1)of orchestrating an attack on his boss at the Bolshoi Ballet has told the Moscow court he had ___________  ___________  (2)that acid would ___________  ___________(3). Pavel Dmitrichenko said he´d expected that Sergei Filin would ___________   ___________ (4) on the head.

The body of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, is now lying in state at the Military Academy in Caracas. His mother and children gathered  around the open casket to ___________ (5) their respects, that's before members of the public ___________  ___________  (6) in.

The UN has begun ___________ (7) with opposition fighters in Syria to secure the release of 21 observers seized by Syrian opposition fighters. All the captives ___________  ___________ (8) to be from the Philippines. (=They think that all the captives are from the P.)

Election officials in Kenya are continuing to count votes by hand. That´s after the electronic system ___________  ___________(9). The head of the electoral commission has warned that it maybe Friday or even Monday before the result ___________  ___________(10).