Jamaican runner Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100 meters on Saturday night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York.

The training manual for thousands of volunteers working the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics is going through a rewrite because of “inappropriate language” used to describe disabled athletes.

The NBA stars who hope to play for the United States in Beijing will have to survive a Dream Team Olympic trials next month in Las Vegas.

Track coach Trevor Graham orchestrated a doping scheme for his elite track athletes and lied to federal investigators about his role in it, the prosecution said in closing arguments of Graham’s trial yesterday.

A bitter fight between the Iraqi government and sports federations is putting the country at risk of being banned from the World Cup and the Olympics.

Olympic gold medal sprinter Antonio Pettigrew for the first time publicly admitted taking performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful track career in which he passed all drug tests.

Bob Bowman and swimming great Michael Phelps envision the North Baltimore Aquatic Club becoming a training hub for professional swimmers when both return there after the Summer Games in August.

A prosecution witness in a federal steroids investigation says he provided track coach Trevor Graham and his athletes with steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs over a four year span.

Tyson Gay overcomes his nerves and the 110 degree heat to squeak out a victory in the 100 and 200 meter races at the season-opening Adidas Track Classic.

Michael Phelps ditches his high-tech racing suit then turns in a first- and second-place finish at an Olympic tuneup event in Santa Clara, Calif.

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete for a spot on the South African Olympic team after a sport regulatory body rules that his carbon-fiber prosthetic limbs do not give him an advantage over other runners.

Michael Phelps wins but is unhappy while Natalie Coughlin is thrilled in defeat but that’s how it goes at a pre-Olympics trial event.

Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery is sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.

With the Summer Games in Beijing fewer than three months away, Chinese athletes lead the current world diving rankings in every category.

20-year-old Aussie Matthew Mitcham, a self-proclaimed “uncoordinated” kid, crushes the competition to win the gold medal in Sunday’s men’s platform final at the USA Diving Grand Prix.

The U.S. Olympic softball team rallies for two runs in the sixth and manages a 2-0 victory over the Washington Glory, shedding light on how seldom the national team has been challenged.

Time was running out on Natasha Kai’s bid for her first hat trick in a U.S. women’s national soccer team uniform. Amy Rodriguez was waiting at the official’s table to replace the Hawaiian-born, tattooed forward, and with perhaps one more stoppage in play, Kai’s productive evening would be over.

Combining for three medals, veteran American divers Laura Wilkinson and Troy Dumais make strong cases for Beijing.

The U.S. women’s soccer team, which was embarrassed both on and off the field at last fall’s World Cup in China, appears back on course as the Olympics approach.

The U.S. women’s softball team is is traveling around the country this summer to hone their skills and build good will in advance of the 2008 Olympics.