London Times Sues Lance Armstrong. Backpedals on Libel Settlement

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In 2012, Lance Armstrong was banned from competitive cycling for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the U.S. Doping Agency deemed him the mastermind of a performance-enhancing drug program on the teams he fronted.

Now, according to accounts by wire services UPI and AP, the Rupert Murdoch-owned London Times is suing the disgraced athlete for 1 million pounds ($1.6 million), seeking attorneys' fees, costs, accrued interest and the undoing of a 300,000 pound ($485,000) libel settlement the daily paid Armstrong in 2006 after the Times reprinted accusations in a book that the cyclist was doping.

Hard to know for whom to root in a Murdoch v. Armstrong battle or whether any courtrooms in London are large enough to contain both their egos.