Armstrong wants special probe of leaks

Star cyclist and his legal team on the offensive against media

LOS ANGELES - Former American cycling star Lance Armstrong has accused a group of US media giants of reporting grand jury information which had allegedly been illegally leaked.

Armstrong's legal team filed a notice of violations in an American federal court last Wednesday, targeting the government investigators and The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others for publishing leaked information between May 2010 until last month about a grand jury probe into whether he used performance-enhancing drugs.