The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for two years for a doping offence he committed during the 2010 Tour de France, officials said.
International heat
Less than 24 hours before champion South African cyclist Carla Swart died after a training accident a teenage cycling star tipped to ride in the Olympics was killed in a bike crash whilst out training only five miles from home.
Usain Bolt's manager says the Olympic sprint champion is taking the rest of 2010 off because of tightness in his lower back.
Prince Albert II of Monaco on Wednesday announced his engagement to 32-year-old former South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock.
It appears that sprinting superstar Usain Bolt is human after all.
Charlie Francis, the disgraced former coach of scandal-plagued Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, died on Wednesday aged 60 after a five-year battle with cancer, his family said in a statement.
Olympic 400 metres champ LaShawn Merritt of the United States has been suspended after testing positive for an anabolic steroid contained in an over-the-counter penis enlargement product.
Three-time sprint world champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica is one of five men vying for the prestigous World Athlete of the Year award from the ruling body IAAF.
Two-time World Champion Blanka Vlasic became the second best high-jumper of all time with a super leap of 2.08 metres Monday night.
South Africa topped the medals table at the weekend's Southern Region Senior Championships in Gaborone, Botswana.