The axe has fallen on Michael Blackwood, Martyn Chalk, Robin Gibson, Craig Faulconbridge, Kevin Sharp, David Walsh, Dave Warren and Gareth Williams.

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The 2004 book "L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong" by journalists David Walsh and Pierre Ballester alleged the use of performance-enhancing substances.

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Like Betsy Andreu, she first told her story in the French book "L.A. Confidentiel, " co-written by sports reporter David Walsh of London's Sunday Times.

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Kavanagh's effort from play edged Donegal ahead with 10 minutes to go and sub David Walsh, who made a great impact after his 48th-minute introduction, extended the northerners' lead.

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Other sketches featured X Factor mogul Simon Cowell rejecting advances from David Walliams and Louis Walsh only to marry himself, while Ricky Gervais resurrected The Office's David Brent for an appalling new song promoting racial diversity called Equality Street.

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CNN's David Ariosto, Tom Cohen, Barbara Starr, Keating Holland, Nick Paton Walsh and journalist Masoud Popalzai contributed to this report.

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