Cycling ace Lance Armstrong has received good news in time for Christmas - the sports star is preparing to be a dad for the fourth time.

The testicular cancer survivor and his girlfriend Anna Hansen are set to become parents after naturally conceiving their first child together.

Armstrong says, "Anna and I are thrilled to confirm that we are expecting in June and our families are ecstatic and grateful. "We are very much looking forward to what 2009 brings on many fronts."

The seven-time Tour De France champion had sperm frozen after he was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. His three other children with ex-wife Kristin Richards were conceived through in vitro fertilisation. (PAW/WNWCHP/LR)

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