The Olympic Council of Asia has decided to reduce the number of sporting disciplines at the quadrennial Asian Games to 35 at the 2014 event in South Korea.
Formula One's leading teams revived their threat to form a breakaway series on Thursday despite FIA insisting that a deal to end the long-running saga over regulations could be made "in the coming days."
In less than 48 hours, Lance Armstrong will have answered the last unresolved question about his capacity to win an eighth Tour de France: Can he still climb?
Formula One teams have been told by the sport's governing body that the published 2010 regulations can only be changed if all, including the new entrants, agree.
The Tour de France has become a duel between seven-time champion Lance Armstrong and 2007 winner Alberto Contador after Astana won Tuesday's team time trial.
It will be how former British Prime Minister Tony Blair produced a dramatic late flurry of lobbying to gain London the 2012 Olympic Games.
Jamaican athletics phenomenon Usain Bolt recorded the fourth fastest time in history in the 200m of 19.59 seconds here at the Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday despite it pouring with rain.
Lance Armstrong stormed to within milliseconds of the Tour de France lead on Tuesday after his Astana squad won the team time trial in a tension-filled finish.
On the concrete tiers of Meskel Square, a vast rallying point in Addis Ababa, armies of aspiring athletes scamper around despite biting, pre-dawn cold as they wait for their trainers to arrive.
Eight Formula One teams began preparations for a rival series after failing to resolve their dispute with motor sport's governing body over financial constraints on Friday.
Ronaldo scored his first goal for nearly two months on Wednesday to help his Corinthians side beat Internacional 2-0 in the first leg of the Brazil Cup final.
Michael Phelps was beaten in the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke Sunday at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet.
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