Lance Armstrong was facing two more lawsuits on Friday spawned by his admission that all seven of his Tour de France victories were fueled by banned drugs. The Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Company sued Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corporation claiming he committed fraud by concealing his use of performance enhancing drugs during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours.

Lance Armstrong was facing two more lawsuits on Friday in the wake of his admission that all seven of his Tour de France victories were fueled by banned drugs. The Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Company sued Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corporation claiming Armstrong commited fraud by concealing his use of performance-enhancing drugs during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours. Armstrong was also sued in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday in a class-action lawsuit claiming Armstrong and FRS -- a maker of nutritional supplements -- engaged in false advertising.

Washington, Feb 22 (EFE).- The U.S. Justice Department will notify a federal court Friday of its plans to become a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against American former road cyclist Lance Armstrong by an ex-teammate, NBC News reported, citing legal sources. The government is signing on to a suit that American former cyclist Floyd Landis, an admitted PED user, filed two years ago against Armstrong over the latter's use of performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour de France, the sources said.

Seeking "tens of millions" paid to Lance Armstrong for "years of broken promises", the US government joined a lawsuit Friday alleging the doping cyclist defrauded former sponsor US Postal Service. The government filed paperwork in federal court to join a lawsuit by Floyd Landis -- a former Armstrong teammate stripped of the 2006 Tour de France crown for doping -- after talks with Armstrong over damages issues broke down.