Summer Sports News

Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden is enjoying a succesful season so far on the World Cup circuit Vancouver's Brent Hayden lowered the meet record in the men's 50-metre freestyle on Saturday at the Canada Cup short course swimming competition in Toronto.

Former Olympic judo competitor James Waithe has been found guilty of being part of a drugs gang which netted around A 50m.

Manchester United's Michael Owen is one of a number of sporting stars who have been promoting property in Dubai.

It was all systems go for Athletics South Africa on Saturday as the nine-member interim board met with ASA administrator Ray Mali with the focus on the coming domestic season and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Eun Seong Hong of South Korea and Eddie Ockenden of Australia contest the ball. Map: Melbourne 3000 Defending champion Australia has blasted South Korea 4-0 on the opening day of hockey's Champions Trophy in Melbourne.

Nearly 18 months after beating Spain to clinch another men's Champions Trophy field hockey title, Australia will have the added advantage this year of hosting the tournament it hopes to win for the 10th time.

A shame, really. On Thanksgiving Day, too many sports columnists tend to take the easy way out.

PLYMOUTH'S World Cup bid director Keith Todd insists he and his team have put together a "compelling case" for the city to become one of England's host venues for the 2018 tournament, writes WMN sports editor Mark Stevens.

In the wake of headlines announcing the public coming out of a hockey star's son, the dialogue about gay sports pros has opened up once again.

Florida Panthers' Pavel Bure moves down ice before scoring a goal in the first period of a hockey game Friday, Jan.

Europe's football chiefs have backed a proposal to limit the age of players featuring at the Olympics to under 21.

London organizers have proposed moving badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to Wembley Arena in north London rather than build a temporary venue near the Olympic Park in east London.

Golden feeling: Rebecca Adlington , Joanne Jackson will team up with Federica Pellegrini for the European Select team to take on the United States.

Chris Klug and his band of snowboarders know all about it. Denied funding in part because they participate in the least popular, least medal-producing event on the snowboarding program a ' the parallel giant slalom a ' Klug formed his own team, found his own sponsors, hired his own coaches and is seeking his own path to the Vancouver Games.

A giant of New Brunswick sport and the pride of the coastal town of Shediac made his way to centre stage once more on Monday as the Olympic torch arrived in New Brunswick, its eighth province on this cross-Canada, 45,000-kilometre journey.

After a rocky start, swimmer Eamon Sullivan came from behind to win Celebrity MasterChef / Channel Ten Eamon Sullivan wins Celebrity MasterChef Scored 30/30 for his dessert OLYMPIC swimmer Eamon Sullivan has embraced his competitive nature to beat INXS rocker Kirk Pengilly and model Rachael Finch to become the first Celebrity MasterChef winner.

AUSTRALIAN great Robbie McEwen will try to kick-start his stalled cycling career at Tour Down Under in Adelaide in January.

When injured American Andy Roddick was caught on camera watching the action at the ATP World Tour Finals, the applause that rang around the cavernous O2 Arena spoke volumes for his popularity in London.

Leisel Jones has provided her strongest indication she is ready to carry on and become the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics.

World and Olympic medallists Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson will find themselves in the unusual position of being on the same team as Italian rival Federica Pellegrini after the European side was announced for next month's British Gas Duel in the Pool in Manchester.