LONDON - Sebastian Coe has expressed surprise that not a single woman has been included on the 10-name shortlist for the BBC sports personality of the year award.
Coe, winner of the award himself in 1979, said he could not understand why the likes of Rebecca Adlington, who won gold at...

PARIS - McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Lewis Hamilton finished the Formula One season in a mentally-strong place which will stand him in good stead going into 2012.
The curtain came down on Hamilton's campaign in inauspicious circumstances on Sunday as his McLaren suffered...

LONDON - Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has confirmed he could fight Vitali Klitschko in March.
The Londoner officially retired in October but was known to be ready to fight again if the opportunity arose for him to avenge his July defeat by Wladimir Klitschko or take on his...

PARIS - Renault team principal Eric Boullier has accused Robert Kubica's manager of "creating stories from nothing".
Daniele Morelli claimed to be baffled by Renault's claim yesterday Kubica would not be ready for the start of the 2012 Formula One season.
Renault issued a statement in...

LONDON - World heptathlon silver medallist Jessica Ennis believes drug cheats should face no extra punishment on the grounds of their nationality as the British Olympic Association prepare to defend their lifetime ban.
The World Anti-Doping Agency yesterday said the BOA rule, which...

ABU DHABI - Lewis Hamilton is hoping his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win he dedicated to his mum is now "the start of something good".
In a year littered with incidents and penalties, and with Hamilton admitting to suffering from personal problems, it was a victory he thoroughly deserved to at least...

BUILTH WELLS — Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland took advantage of the retirement of newly crowned champion Sebastien Loeb to cruise to victory in the Wales Rally GB on Sunday, the Ford driver's first win of 2011.

Loeb was looking to celebrate the clinching of his eighth straight title by...

Lewis Hamilton showed signs of his old self as he stormed to victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, after Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel retired on the first lap.

Vettel's Red Bull picked up a right rear puncture and spun off at Turn Two. The German driver made it...

London will fulfil a promise of a legacy for track and field following next year's Olympics after it was chosen to host the 2017 world athletics championships on Friday by beating Doha for the right to stage the global showpiece for the first time.

The International Association of...

SYDNEY - Tiger Woods led the Australian Open after finishing his second-round with a five-under-par 67 today to move to nine under in total.
The former world number one, now down at 58th in the rankings, carded seven birdies and two bogeys as he finished a shot ahead of Peter O'Malley out of the...