Usain Bolt says he is not yet ready for a duel with Justin Gatlin.
The long-awaited coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will begin on October 16.
The two fastest 100 metres sprinters, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, could race in Jamaica later this month.
Usain Bolt established himself as the fastest man on the planet on Saturday by setting a world record in the 100 metres. Now the 21-year-old Jamaican has his eyes on a bigger prize -- Olympic gold in athletics' blue ribband event.
Ian Lancaster Fleming, the creator of the world famous spy, James Bond would have celebrated his 100th birthday, had he lived.
Despite widespread calls for Steve Bucknor to retire, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed the West Indian to complete his term as an Elite Panel umpire, which ends in 2011.
Gay's reduced ban sends wrong message, says Bolt.
Usain Bolt wowed his Indian fans in his trademark style in a brief exhibition cricket contest against Yuvraj Singh in his maiden trip to the country.
World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Tuesday he is "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach Dennis Mitchell, like Gatlin a convicted doper, but added that he sacked him as soon as he heard about the issue.
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer failed on Wednesday to determine his cause of death.
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"I am sticking to my findings. He [Woolmer] was murdered," Indian born Dr Ere Seshaiah was quoted as saying.
The Jamaican police accepted that these findings have closed its investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer.
Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas said they would be addressing the matter "within days".
India-born pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah, who concluded that Bob Woolmer was strangled, may lose his job.
Kings XI Punjab will be looking to get their campaign back on track after a couple of defeats when they lock horns with bottom-placed Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in Indore on Sunday.
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt expects an onset of nerves when he makes his debut for Australia's Central Coast Mariners against an amateur side on Friday and says he is still short of fitness and struggling with the speed of the game.
A Jamaican chambermaid said on Tuesday she found a bloodied bed, an overturned chair and a smell like alcohol and vomit when she stumbled on former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's unconscious body in his Kingston hotel room earlier this year.
Renegades coach David Saker said that while Gayle's behaviour was wrong it would not factor into his recruiting decisions.
Britain's Christine Ohuruogu produced a fantastic late fightback to win an emotional gold medal in the women's 400 metres at the world championships on Wednesday.
The American finished strongest in a tight final to clock a winning time of 12.46 seconds at the world championships in Osaka.
The BCCI had been vehemently opposed to signing up with NADA, claiming that it is an autonomous body, not a National Sports Federation and does not rely on government funding.
25-year-old Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele remains unbeaten in all his eight 10,000m races including the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell won the 100 metres title following a blanket finish to the final and chaotic scenes at the world championships on Monday.
Delhi Capitals avenged their shocking first-leg defeat with a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab, brightening their prospects of making the play-offs of the Indian Premier League.
Usain Bolt, who shattered the world record each time to capture Olympic gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4x100 relay, dismissed speculation his sudden rise to supremacy was aided by doping.
Having seen the 'Universe Boss' boss around from Ahmedabad to Port-of-Spain, and from the Oval to St George's, over nearly two decades, fans came in their thousands to Southampton amid some trepidation and much anticipation to watch Christopher Henry Gayle strut his unique stuff against England fo
Usain Bolt's startling 9.69-second run at the Olympics has inspired Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell to target 9.59 for the 100 metres.
'Yeah, it's all happened and it's been dealt with pretty much right after the game. And the game is finished and that's the thing about the IPL. You get to move on to the next match very quickly. There's no point us dwelling on it. Worrying about and stressing about it, we've got to move on'
Harris, 54, would beat Trump most handily -- by a 10-point margin -- if the election were held now, according to an online poll carried out by Axios.
Chris Gayle will captain the West Indies for their five one-day matches on their tour of Zimbabwe this month.
Virat Kohli's hundred in the first Test against England provides just the kind of inspiration that a struggling Indian batting line-up needed, feels Chris Gayle.
The Jamaican Police Deputy commissioner blamed the Kingston pathologist's postmortem report for treating it as 'murder'.
A committee probing Pakistan's embarassing first round exit at the cricket World Cup has cited "poor leadership" from captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as one of the causes.
The Jamaican blamed cold weather rather than a restart for failing to break his 100 metres world record.
A tantalising maiden world title rather than another world record is Asafa Powell's priority this year, according to the Jamaican sprinter's manager.
The Jamaican set the record of 9.74 seconds and then was back on the track some 90 minutes later to run 9.78 in the final.
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt won his 100metres heat after what he called a "sluggish" start on Saturday, but looked pained after the race as he prepared to fend off the challenge of American Jason Gatlin for the Olympic crown.
The world record holder was denied the opportunity to extend his 23-race 100m winning streak in Yokohama after making a second false start.
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