Johnny Weir withdrew from next month’s Four Continents competition in Seoul, South Korea.

Baylor University assistant track coach Michael Ford said Wednesday he’s agreed to coach defending Olympic 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner as he prepares for the Beijing Games this summer.

World ice-dancing champion Maxim Staviski received a 2 1/2-year suspended prison sentence Wednesday for a drunken driving accident that killed a man.

South Korea defeated Japan 28-25 on Wednesday in a replay of a qualifying match for the men’s handball tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

U.S. skier Scott Macartney is recovering well after his horrific Jan. 19 crash in a World Cup downhill race, but is not allowed to ski until the fogginess in his head has cleared.

Defending Olympic 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner and his longtime coach have split over a contract dispute with the Beijing Games just seven months away.

Officials of the Russian rowing federation received a one-year ban after seven rowers committed doping violations in a 12-month period.

TOKYO — South Korea defeated Japan 34-21 Tuesday in a replay of a qualifying match for the women’s handball tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver unveiled plans Monday to create the longest torch relay across one nation in the history of the Olympics.

Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver unveiled plans Monday to create the longest torch relay across one nation in the history of the Olympics.

Australian cyclist Anna Meares, winner of the 2004 Olympic 500-meter gold medal in track cycling, could miss a chance to defend her title due to a serious race accident.

Richmond’s Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K has been designated as the men’s U.S. championship race.

Congratulations, Mirai Nagasu and Rachel Flatt. You placed 1-2 at nationals. Your reward? No trip to the worlds. Why? Because of an inane age limit rule that needs to be tossed.

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has virtually given up his fight to compete at the Beijing Olympics and is concentrating on running at the 2012 London Games.

Six workers have died building venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics over the last five years, an acknowledgment Monday that came after a series of clarifications by a Chinese official.

Beijing unveiled the Watercube, a venue for swimming in the Olympics.

Evan Lysacek won his second straight U.S. title Sunday, though the results will show him with the same score as Johnny Weir.

Bode Miller won a super-combi event Sunday for his fourth World Cup victory this season.

Marlies Schild of Austria clinched her fourth World Cup slalom race of the season on Sunday, while Americans Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the first run.

Mirai Nagasu delighted the crowd with a refreshing and entertaining show at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday night. At 14, she became the second-youngest woman to win the title, too.