Olympic News

Rui Da Costa of Portugal broke away over the final six miles to win the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday.

The UCI will perform tests at this year's Tour de France to ensure that racers are not cheating by using motors hidden in their bicycle frames.

Luxembourg cyclist Kim Kirchen was placed in a medically induced coma Saturday after having a heart attack at the Tour of Switzerland, his team said.

Jure Robic won the Race Across America for a record fifth time Friday, completing the transcontinental bicycle race in nine days, 1 hour, 1 minute.

United States Olympian Dana Vollmer set a meet record and won two individual events at the Santa Clara International Invitational Grand Prix on Friday.

The Jersey Journal is reporting that former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has pleaded guilty to her role in a northern New Jersey drug distribution ring.

The compulsory dance has been dropped from figure skating by the International Skating Union.

Longtime U.S. Snowboarding coach Bud Keene is stepping down.

Spanish cyclist Ricardo "Richi" Serrano has been handed a two-year suspension and $28,600 fine for blood doping.

Oleksiy Kasyanov of Ukraine has won the decathlon and Eliska Klucinova of the Czech Republic won the heptathlon at the TNT Fortuna meeting.

Danny Boyle, the Oscar-winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire," will oversee the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.

Olympic bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan will make her marathon debut in New York in the fall.

The 16-year-old California girl whose dream of sailing solo around the world was dashed by a massive wave that snapped her mast says she still loves sailing and hopes one day to circumnavigate the globe.

Joannie Rochette will skip the Grand Prix series while she decides whether to skate as an amateur or professional.

Austria's anti-doping agency has banned triathlete Hannes Hempel for four years.

Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic stick and glove have been found.

American sprinter Ivory Williams has been pulled off the U.S. team for the World Indoor Championships after testing positive for marijuana.

Former sprinter Marion Jones has signed on to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock, hoping to launch a new career after losing five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs.

Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the third stage of Paris-Nice and Jens Voigt of Germany claimed the overall lead.

British athletes have been given a goal of winning at least 10 medals at the European Championships to keep the country on track for fourth place at the London 2012 Olympics.