Chief suspended over Semenya tests
The president of Athletics South Africa, Leonard Chuene, has been suspended for lying about his involvement in the Caster Semenya gender row
Daniel Cousin scores the only goal to give Gabon a shock 1-0 African Nations Cup Group D victory over much-fancied Cameroon in Lubango.
Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar have confirmed Dick Advocaat as their new head coach until the end of the season.
England’s Simon Dyson fired a superb closing 66 to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by three shots at St Andrews on Monday.
Under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has received the backing of the club’s co-owner George Gillett amid speculation that the Spaniard is battling to keep his job.
Reigning Formula One world champion Jenson Button has signed for McLaren in a deal worth $30 million over three years according to reports in the British media.
Unsung English Premier League side Fulham upset holders Shakhtar Donetsk to reach the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday night.
China’s Li Na took down No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open, following compatriot Zheng Jie into the quarterfinals — the first time Chinese women have made it this far in the season’s first Grand Slam.
Fans begin paying tribute to German national soccer team goalkeeper Robert Enke who was struck by a train in what police called an apparent suicide.
Rory McIlroy bounced back from his disappointing end to the European Tour season by helping Ireland surge to a three-shot lead at the World Cup teams event in China on Thursday.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter claims the Football Association of Ireland asked to be included in the World Cup finals as an extra team following the Republic of Ireland’s controversial play-off exit to France.
United States captain Landon Donovan is poised for a January switch to Everton after the English Premier League club confirmed talks were underway about a loan move.
Egypt win the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive time — and a record seventh in total — with a narrow 1-0 win over Ghana in the final in Luanda.
England soccer fans will only be able to watch Saturday’s World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on the Internet after negotiations to broadcast it on TV collapsed. The decison has outraged supporters.
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador suffered a heavy crash in the opening stage of the Paris-Nice race in France — the first major European contest of the 2010 cycling season.
Unseeded Maria Sharapova set up a final meeting with fellow-former world number one Jelena Jankovic at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday, with a hard-fought win over Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.