The organisation says Armstrong stepped down from the board to spare Livestrong any negative effects resulting from the controversy surrounding his cycling career.
Paul O’Connell, Shane Long and the Haldon Gold Cup feature in today’s edition, while there’s also news on the latest potential scandal to hit the world of cycling.
Vinokourov, banned for blood doping in 2007-2009, faces claims he paid Russian rival Alexandre Kolobnev €150,000 to secure his second victory in cycling’s oldest one-day classic.
The way we view each other with mutual suspicion is often down to cramped roads, crap cycle lanes and a lack of intersection between how motorists and cyclists use the road.
ONE OF AMERICA’S biggest child beauty pageant organisers is set to spend €20,000 staging their first-ever Irish contest in September.
The Herald reports today that beauty bosses said it will be open to “babies, toddlers and teens” and will also include a heat with kids in swimwear.
Some parents believe that contests celebrates their children’s beauty, helps them learn about camaraderie and boosts their self-confidence. While others think that beauty pageants send out the wrong kind of message to children and that the costumes and make-up involved sexualises kids.
So, today we would like to know: Would you enter your child in a beauty pageant?
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