British newspaper The Sunday Times, vindicated at last in its 13-year pursuit of former cycling champ Lance Armstrong, said the self-confessed drugs cheat should face legal action and be banned from competitive sport for life.
The broadsheet's David Walsh, who suspected the US cyclist throughout his seven Tour de France wins, urged Armstrong to go further in telling the truth about doping in the sport after he admitted cheating to chat show host Oprah Winfrey.
The Sunday Times said it was also considering trying to get its settlement money back. A court endorsed an out-of-court settlement in respect of allegations that Armstrong now admits were true.
"Lance Armstrong is probably the most egregious drugs cheat in the history of sport," the newspaper said.
"Now he is the hero who has sunk to somewhere below zero, exposed by his own admission of cheating.
"This newspaper's David Walsh, with his dogged journalism, has been on Armstrong's case for years. Now, as a result of [Amstrong's] admission of cheating . it is finally out in the open."
Armstrong said he would apologise to Walsh.
"So he should. But an apology can never be enough," the newspaper said.
"In 2006, after a court ruling that required us to prove his doping rather than being able to ask ... questions about whether he was doing it, this newspaper had to pay Armstrong £300000 in an out-of-court settlement, plus costs that took our legal bill to £1-million."
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