The 2004 French Open finalist withdrew from the Grand Slam with an elbow injury
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou sent explanations to the IAAF why they missed doping tests at Olympics.
Bentla D'Couth, India's first woman football referee, will officiate at the Athens Olympics.
Ian Thorpe will make his long-awaited comeback to competitive swimming at next weekend's World Cup meet in Sydney.
The colour red seems to give a winning edge to a competitor, especially in sports or athletic events.
Kalmadi was unanimously re-elected president of the Indian Olympic Association for a record third consecutive term.
Ace middle distance runner Pinki Pramanik and shot putter Navpreet Singh are among five Indians in the Asian team for the Athletics World Cup.
AC Milan and Liverpool won their Champions League qualifying rounds.
Local media reported the team captain, a dressing-room heavyweight and a huge fan favourite, would earn 10 million euros a season after tax, making him one of the best-paid members of Real's expensively assembled squad
American Brendan Hansen broke his own world record in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the US swimming championships.
Greek athletics officials issue their verdict on the Greek sprinters who face a two-year ban for missing three doping tests
The duo pipped hosts Australia and England to win the team gold in double trap in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship.
Jaime Dwyer's penalty-corner goal in extra-time gave the Aussies a 2-1 victory over defending champions the Netherlands in the final.
AC Milan will meet Liverpool in the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
Coroners investigating the crash of a Cypriot airliner that killed all 121 people on board ruled out on Friday that some may have been made unconscious by carbon monoxide.
The Indian marksman finished fifth in the qualifying round.
The Indian ace was beaten by former world champion and sixth seed Peter Gade of Denmark in the second round of the badminton singles.
The ace forward, who was suspended for unruly conduct, was named in the 26-man probables' list for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland.
The Jamaican clocked 9.77 seconds at the British Grand Prix meeting in Gateshead.
The former Olympian identified lack of co-ordination and tactics as the Indian hockey team's main shortcomings.
The German has taken up a new assignment with the national team of Egypt.
Outlandish Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision song contest.
Six of them will fight in the freestyle category and one in Greeco-Roman.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have sent explanations to the governing body of world athletics as to why they missed doping tests at the Athens Olympics in August.
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