About 500 doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be retested next month for CERA and other illegal substances, the IOC said Tuesday.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is introducing tough new rules to ensure athletes behave in an appropriate manner before being selected for the Games.
Olympic champion Benjamin Raich of Austria edged American Ted Ligety by one-hundredth of a second on Sunday to win an Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom race.
Triple Olympic swimming champion Pieter van de Hoogenband has announced his official retirement from the sport on Sunday.
Olympic champion Alain Bernard of France set a new world short-course record in 100 metres freestyle in a time of 45.69seconds in Angers on Sunday.
Ricky Stuart will not seek another term as Australia coach after being fined for verbally abusing a rugby league World Cup referee.
Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines stunned 10-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya with an eighth-round TKO in their non-title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Sun City Challenge by nine strokes at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday.
Michel Gonzalez on Thursday launched an attack on club President Ramon Calderon as he explained his reasons for resigning as the coordinator of the Real Madrid youth system.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) accused the government of turning its back on less popular sports on Wednesday when a breakdown of funding for sports in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics was published.
Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned.
Japan's Takuma Sato will test again for the race-winning Toro Rosso team in Spain next week, keeping alive his hopes of a Formula One comeback next season.