Gay to bid for Olympic triple in Beijing
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OSAKA, Japan  - Triple world champion Tyson Gay will try to duplicate his golden feat at next year's Olympics.
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Michael Phelps, who won six Olympic  gold medals last month, will try to repeat his Athens  performance at the seventh FINA world swimming championships in  Indianapolis.
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Retired rower Matthew Pinsent will be offered a job with the International Olympic Committee.
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Qatar, which is hosting the Asian Games   this year, plans to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a senior   Qatari official said on Wednesday.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  - Now Tyson Gay and his band of speedsters are ready to take on the world.
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The Czech capital Prague will bid to host the Olympics in 2016 or 2020, mayor Pavel Bem said on Tuesday.
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America&#39;s National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern says Beijing will be capable of hosting regular season NBA games before the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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A massive plan to attract the 2012 Summer Olympics to New York, touting the city's diversity, financial and media power, was revealed Wednesday.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - New American sprint king Tyson Gay said on Friday he hoped to lower Jamaican Asafa Powell's 100 meters world record at next month's Sheffield grand prix meeting.
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British badminton star Nathan Robertson has set his sights on Olympic gold in Beijing following his silver medal with Gail Emms at the Athens Games.
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The Japanese Olympic Committee on Thursday notified the International Olympic Committee of its intention to offer Tokyo as a candidate to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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China's 40-billion-dollar welcome mat is almost in place as Beijing prepares to woo the world -- barring unwelcome guests -- to the Olympic Games in August.
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The International Olympic Committee  (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the  2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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American sprinter Tyson Gay hopes conditions at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium will allow him to set a world record for the 100 meters at the IAAF Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Michael Phelps will bid to repeat his feat of six Olympic gold medals when he competes in the Fina swimming short course world championships.
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The 21-year-old Chinese claimed the gold medal of the showcase men&#39;s 110m hurdles before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympic Games here on Friday.
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Led by Michael Phelps, the United States is eager to confirm its place as swimming's superpower at the world championships in Melbourne and ride the wave of domination onto the Beijing Olympics.