Women's 100m race champion Wang Jing will be banned for life from competition for failing a doping test at the 11th Chinese National Games.
Wang Jing, who won the women's 100m title on Thursday, faces a lifetime ban after testing positive for illegal substances at the National Games.
Trevor Graham, the disgraced athletics coach who remains banned for life by USA Track and Field, told the New York Times he was innocent in his first public comments about doping since the 2004 Olympics.
Russian gymnast Yury Ryazanov who won a bronze medal last week at the world championships died in a car accident Tuesday.
Retired Olympic champion gymnast Li Ning has been named the first Chinese anti-hunger ambassador for the U.N. World Food Program.
Olympic champion Wu Minxia brought her local team Shanghai a gold medal in the women's 3m synchronized springboard at China'11th National Games here on Monday.
South Africa's sports governing body said on Wednesday it will probe the conduct of athletics officials in the gender tests carried out on 800 meter world champion Caster Semenya.
China midfielder Zheng Zhi is ready to make his mark at Celtic after completing his long-awaited move to the Scottish club.
Organizers of the China Open have revealed they will throw a farewell party for former world No 1 Marat Safin during the Oct 3-11 WTA and ATP joint tournament.
A mystery team insider dubbed 'Witness X' provided damning evidence that sealed former Renault boss Flavio Briatore's banishment from Formula One, the sport's governing body revealed on Tuesday.
A two-goal burst from striker Diego Milito gave Serie A champions Inter Milan an unconvincing 2-1 win at Cagliari on Sunday.
veteran Italian international Gianluigi Buffon was hailed as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time as Juventus underlined their Serie A title credentials with a 2-0 home victory against lowly Livorno on Saturday.