Armstrong cuts charity ties
Lance Armstrong has resigned from the board of his cancer charity - cutting formal ties with his Livestrong Foundation.
Lance Armstrong has resigned from the board of his cancer charity - cutting formal ties with his Livestrong Foundation.
Following the International Cycling Union's decision to uphold Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban for doping and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles, there were calls for the disgraced cyclist to remove reference to the titles from his Twitter account.
He has now updated his profile.
A 30ft effigy of the disgraced cyclist wearing a Jim'll Fix It badge will be torched in front of thousands of people on Saturday night.
The UCI confirmed Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban and stripping of his Tour titles, but defended itself in cycling's "worst" doping scandal.
Nike has dropped their sponsorship deal with Lance Armstrong as the disgraced cyclist quits his own charity.