German scientists reported on Thursday they had devised a test to pinpoint a new class of drugs that, it is feared, could become a tempting choice for sports cheats.

A sports ground in Leicester is vandalised less than six weeks after a community scheme helped revamp it.

So what’s ahead for the year in sports business? Here are five predictions as we enter the last year of the decade. (Hint: Look for Tiger to roar back to the top of the golf rankings.)

DirecTV Group said on Wednesday it has advised Comcast Corp it plans to file for arbitration in a dispute over rate increases to carry Comcast's sports networks in New England and the San Francisco areas.

JD Sports Fashion is the latest retailer to update the market on how it fared over Christmas.

Thursday's sports calendar

An Orange County budget committee votes that kids need high school sports. A committee assigned to coming up with ways to save the Orange County school district $102 million has unanimously decided that kids need sports.

NEGRENSE commissioner Eric Loretizo of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said Wednesday the PSC will prioritize its financial assistance on 10 "focus sports" for the coming 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos and other scheduled international meets this year.