Anorexia ended ballet dancer's career
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Sarah Wilkinson, a former ballet dancer, used to lie in bed at night thinking she would die as her body began to consume itself after a diet of black coffee and laxatives left her skeletal and malnourished.
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Minsk- Olympic 100 metres champion Yuliya Nesterenko has been taken to hospital after suffering stomach problems and stress, an official said on Tuesday.
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The end of a legal battle about ownership of Martha Graham's dances has revealed how wrenching the question of artistic legacy and ownership can be.
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In ÂConfessions on a Dance Floor,Â Madonna no longer re-invents, she maintains Â especially when it comes to the sheer spectacularity of her physical form.
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Alexei Ratmansky, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, has confirmed that he is leaving the Bolshoi and is in negotiations with New York City Ballet to become its resident choreographer.
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Hungarian weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics was stripped of his silver medal and kicked out of the Olympics on Saturday for using steroids. Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca was also expelled for a positive drug test.
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The pop star with the malfunctioning wardrobe has lost weight but not her blunt lyrics.
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Marg Oaten's daughter was a happy, healthy girl who loved table tennis and drama until at the age of 10 she developed anorexia. Twelve years on she is still fighting the illness, which almost killed her.
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FOR three years, Diane Prettys husband could only watch as she disintegrated in front of his eyes through the devastating effects of motor neurone disease (MND). In her final months, with her muscles wasting ...
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NEW YORK  - While extreme thinness may the  most obvious and life-threatening aspect of anorexia, new  research suggests that it is often the psychological symptoms  of eating disorders that take the longest to overcome.
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The Streb dancer deeAnn Nelson landed hard on her back during a performance, ending her career with the company but not, she hopes, in dance.
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Former world figure skating champion Kimmie Meissner of the United States dumped long-time coach Pam Gregory on Monday in a bid to salvage her season.
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The pop star look a shadow of her former self.
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Torri Edwards is out of the Olympics after losing her appeal against a drug ban.
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Darcey Bussell bows out on Friday at her  spiritual home, London&#39;s Royal Opera House, after more than 15  years as the queen of British ballet.
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HAVANA -- Cuban ballet dancers in white glide across the floor, executing an airy blend of pirouettes and back stretches. Within seconds, spectators are captivated, quickly forgetting what at first they couldn't overlook - most of the dancers weigh more than 200 pounds.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - The International Olympic Committee ended the once stellar Olympic career of U.S. sprinter Marion Jones on Wednesday, taking back her five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs.