Negotiations are underway for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League, with Shane Warne leading the campaign to bring him to Melbourne.

David Rudisha of Kenya won the men's 800 metres Olympic title on Thursday in a stunning world record of 1min 40.91sec.

The 23-year-old world champion pulled five metres clear of Nijel Amos of Botswan

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius's landmark Olympic campaign gained a reprieve on Thursday as South Africa were given a place in Friday's 4x400m relay final on appeal.

"IT'S ON!! We in the FINAL. Team

History-making Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is an icon but not a legend -- yet, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said on Thursday.

The 70-year-old Belgian spoke to a sele

India's K.T. Irfan finished a creditable 10th in the men's 20km Race Walk competition with a new national record in the London Olympics here on Saturday.

Irfan clocked 1::20:21 in the race participat

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a thrilling women's 100m duel to retain her Olympic crown on Saturday, holding off a lunging Carmelita Jeter to win by just 0.03sec.

Fraser-Pryce, the fastest wo

The race to be crowned world's fastest man takes centre stage at the Olympics on Sunday as Usain Bolt bids to defend his 100m title in what is being billed as potentially the quickest race in history.

Indian track and field athletes begin their campaign in the London Olympics on Friday, seeking to redeem their reputation, which lay in tatters due to the doping scandal that marred their splendid sho

Corporate major, Sahara India on Thursday announced to reward the Indian athletes with pure gold, who will manage to clinch a medal at the London Olympics commencing on Friday.

Sahara will be awardin

Less than a week left for the high-action London Olympics, it seems the whole world is singing up to the mother of all sporting events.

And, down here, it’s a fascinating feeling to watch even a stat