Robin Scott-Elliot

Robin Scott-Elliot is a Sports News Correspondent for The Independent.

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Eufemiano Fuentes, the Spanish doctor on trial for doping Credit

The Last Word: Truth and reconciliation over drugs in sport? I will take the truth part...

The decision not to demand Fuentes lists dopers is catastrophic

David Beckham signing is small change for mega-rich PSG owners

Qatari backers have spent over €250m in two years to transform club into European force

Lance Armstrong said his life ban was like being 'publicly lynched' and wants 'equal treatment'

Cycling: Lance Armstrong wants confession amnesty

Lance Armstrong's desire to conjure a reduction in his life ban was laid bare when the disgraced American rider proposed that anybody testifying to a truth and reconciliation commission should be covered by a "complete amnesty" and bans should be handed out on an equal basis.

Arran Brindle: ‘There are times when I start to worry, am i doing my job as a mum?’

Return of Arran Brindle, the record breaker of women's cricket

She quit international cricket to have a baby and play against men. Now she's back with England at the World Cup

Elizabeth Yarnold during the FIBT women's skeleton world cup in Utah

Lizzy Yarnold: 'The bob skeleton is petrifying and unnatural but I love it'

She did not choose bob skeleton, it was chosen for her, yet the brave Brit has medal chances at this week's World Championships

Stuart Lancaster calling all the shots after RFU shake-up

Stuart Lancaster's rapid and remarkable ascent from stand-in to supremo in the England set-up was all but confirmed following the announcement of the findings of an independent review into the Twickenham set-up following the national side's poor showing at the 2011 World Cup.

Chris Froome (front) on a training ride in Majorca

Team Sky: Blue-sky thinking is the key for Dave Brailsford

Tour de France winners refuse to be content with their recent glory. Instead, they are always seeking ways to improve and push the boundaries, as Robin Scott-Elliot discovers at their high-tech, high-aiming training camp in Majorca

Bradley Wiggins (left)and Chris Froome at the Team Sky training camp in Majorca

Wiggins and Froome: Cycling's odd couple

They have paradoxical personalities and a competitive rivalry but, they tell Robin Scott-Elliot, the pairing works

Wiggins and Armstrong during the 2009 Tour de France

Cycling: Bradley Wiggins: Lance Armstrong is a 'lying bastard'

British rider outraged by Armstrong's claim to have rode clean against him in 2009 and 2010

A view from outside Old Trafford

Manchester United and City duo to rival Real and Barcelona incomes in future

Deloitte release its annual Money League

Day In a Page

'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'

Masculinity in crisis?

'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'
Have US shock jocks gone too far?

Have US shock jocks gone too far?

An incendiary remark from Rush Limbaugh may be the beginning of the end for outspoken right-wing US broadcasters
The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North

The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey

Elmbridge pays more income tax than big cities of the North
Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell
'He will always be a friend': Jackie Stewart backs Polanski

'He will always be a friend'

Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski
The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act

The price of pacifism

From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
'It was mass hysteria': Jason Isaacs on groupies, theatre bores and snogging James Bond

Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond

To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?

Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?

Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
Not a bad bone: Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
The experts' guide to summer: From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz

The experts' guide to summer

From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz
Sex, drugs and fast cars: The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'

Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'

The next Vanilla Ice or the next Eminem? Macklemore doesn't have a record contract – but he does have the UK's biggest-selling single of the year.
Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in