Referees are set to be subject to drugs tests, FIFA's medical chiefs have revealed.

Charles van Commenee, the head coach of the British athletics team, has set his charges a target of eight medals at the looming home Olympics.

A scientific review of genetic technology that can give tomorrow's athletes a helping hand

Justin Gatlin beat Jamaica's Asafa Powell on the line to win the 100m in a time of 9.87 seconds at the season-opening Diamond League meet in Doha yesterday.

Amir Khan has spoken of his hurt and disappointment following the cancellation of his world light-welterweight title rematch against Lamont Peterson and says the American champion's failed drugs test proves he was "a cheat".

British sprinter Dwain Chambers will compete against world record holder Usain Bolt over 100 metres at this month's Golden Spike event in Ostrava.

The former Salford captain Malcolm Alker faces an investigation by UK Anti-Doping after claiming he took drugs while still playing in Super League.

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released from jail after serving half of a 12-month sentence for his part in a fixing scam.

British Wrestling have vowed to "come down hard" on Myroslav Dykun if his B test is positive for amphetamines.

The IOC's ultimate sanction would be to bar the British team from the Games

The British Olympic Association's lifetime ban for drugs cheats has been formally declared unenforceable.

Two British athletes who were exposed as drug cheats will be eligible to compete at the London Olympics when their lifetime bans are overturned today.

Dwain Chambers will today be cleared to run in the London Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday informed the British Olympic Association of its judgement on the BOA's controversial byelaw that bars all athletes who have failed a dope test from competing in the Games.

You're sure it was Thursday night, and not Sunday? There were moments last night when you wondered if you were watching Homeland on Channel 4. Glib as it may seem to compare that confection with an important documentary about a plan to kill 2,000 people, the makers of The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes had evidently plundered the terror-thriller playbook to create a film that was as challenging to the fingernails as anything Sergeant Brody has delivered.