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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
UK sprinter Dwain Chambers knew he did wrong
 UK sprinter Dwain Chambers has admitted that he knew he was doing wrong when he took part in sport after using drugs, and he always had the worry that one day he would get caught.
30-year-old Chambers, who served a two-year ban for having used the steroid THG in 2003, has been banned from taking part in any future Olympic Games.
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer's top rank threatened
 Swiss tennis star Roger Federer's world number one ranking is threatened it seems following his defeat at the Toronto Masters in his first game since playing at Wimbledon.
Federer was beaten 2-6 7-5 6-4 by unseeded French player Gilles Simon in the second round.
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Spanish motorbike rider Jorge Lorenzo needs plaster cast
 Spanish motorbike rider Jorge Lorenzo has been forced to have a plaster cast on his left foot for 10 days because he fractured three metatarsal bones when he crashed on the US MotoGP.
Lorenzo, who rides a Fiat Yamaha, has already had his season ruined so far by injuries he has suffered. However, it needs to be said that he was lucky he didn't hurt himself more seriously in the dramatic first-lap accident, which he escaped with only minor fractures.
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Australian golfer Greg Norman has tough decision to make
 Australian golf star Greg Norman has a tough decision to make as to whether he is going to be a contestant in the USPGA Championship.
53-year-old Norman has been invited to play at Oakland Hills on 7 August after he recently came joint third in the Open at Royal Birkdale.
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
US sprinter Tyson Gay has hamstring injury
 US sprinter Tyson Gay has withdrawn from racing against Jamaica's Asafa Powell at Crystal Palace due to a hamstring injury.
The race is scheduled to take place on Friday, and is considered as one of the highlights of the London Grand Prix so it is unfortunate that Gay will have to miss out on it.
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Tennis star Andy Murray beats Thomas Johansson
 Scottish tennis star Andy Murray has gone forward into round three of the Toronto Masters after he beat Swedish player Thomas Johansson with a 6-4 6-4 score on Wednesday despite bad weather, which delayed the game.
Murray had gained a bye in the first round to qualify to play against Johansson, whom he had already defeated 7-6 6-0 in Doha earlier this year.
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Motorsport boss Max Mosley wins case against News of the World
 Motorsport boss Max Mosley, who has recently been the subject of a scandal over an alleged Nazi-themed orgy, has won his case against the News of the World newspaper, which had published the story about him.
The High Court ruled that the News of the World breached Mr Mosley's privacy, and he was awarded £60,000 in damages.
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
International Olympic Committee bans Iraqi athletes
 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned Iraqi athletes from competing at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.
The team from Iraq had already been under an interim ban because the Iraqi government had changed the country's Olympic committee for its own appointees, however, the IOC charter states that all committees must be free of political influence.
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
American golf star Michelle Wie for the Reno-Tahoe Open
 American teenage golf star Michelle Wie is taking part in a PGA Tour event once more when she will be a contestant in the Reno-Tahoe Open that begins on 31 July.
Wie has been in seven men's golf tournaments so far since her professional debut in the sport when she was hyped as a "teenage sensation" but despite all the publicity she has yet to make the cut.
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