Former Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says he has “no problem” with drug cheat Lance Armstrong riding a Tour de France charity ride this summer.

The anti-doping chief who compiled the dossier which led to Lance Armstrong’s downfall has no objection to the American returning to the Tour de France this summer.

An American lawyer who was abused by Fr Brendan Smyth has said that the Vatican has “blood on its hands” for its failure to inform Irish Church authorities that it had censured Smyth for abuse in the United States years before the 1975 secret inquiry.

PAUL COOK will not be taking over as St Johnstone manager after the Sligo Rovers boss failed to agree personal terms with the Scottish Premier League club.

Dean Ashton left Rotherham’s 10-match unbeaten home run in tatters as his clinical brace fired Crewe into the fifth round of the FA Cup.