Tyson Gay ran the second fastest 100-metre time this year on Thursday, clocking 9.79 seconds to win at the Athletissima Diamond League meet.

IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the programme for the 2020 Olympics today, an official familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

The International Olympic Committee on Friday said that they would be looking at the US Anti-Doping Agency's report into cyclist Lance Armstrong before deciding whether to strip him of his Olympic bro

Usain Bolt eased to victory in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday as Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake became the second fastest 100m performer of all time.

Bolt, fresh from his

Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde received a two-year ban from world sport’s top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006.