Semenya tests not complete - IAAF
Gender tests on South African athlete Caster Semenya are yet to be completed, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) reveal.

Ramzi stripped of Olympic title
Bahrain's Olympic 1500m champion Rashid Ramzi is stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Birmingham move aided Idowu gold
World champion triple jumper Phillips Idowu says his adopted hometown was the springboard to the title.

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Cost of 2014 Games rises to £454m
The organising committee for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow announces a budget increase of £81m.

Johnson suffers Strictly injury
Great Britain long jumper Jade Johnson fears her plans for next season could be hit by a knee injury suffered on Strictly Come Dancing.

Coe backing for Cardiff Games bid
Lord Coe backs plans by the city of Cardiff to bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

Turkish star Kop handed life ban
Former European 1,500m champion Sureyya Ayhan Kop is banned for life from athletics after failing a drugs test.

Helsinki to host 2012 Europeans
Helsinki will host the European Athletics Championships for a third time in 2012 as the event switches to a two-year cycle.

Panel names free-to-air choices
England's home Ashes Tests and away football qualifiers would return to free-to-air television under new recommendations.

Bolt guru Mills ends Jamaica role
Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills is to step down after 22 years in charge of the Jamaican athletics team.

South Africa chief suspended
South Africa's Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene, while the ASA has apologised to Caster Semenya over the gender row that tainted her 800m world title.

Injured Radcliffe vows to race on
Britain's world record holder Paula Radcliffe vows to run on despite suffering more injury problems during Sunday's New York Marathon.

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Sprinter Bolt adopts a cheetah
Jamaica's champion sprinter Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah during a four-day trip to Kenya to promote conservation.

Buck makes switch to Loughborough
North Yorkshire 400m runner Richard Buck moves to the high-performance centre in Loughborough.

Meadows rewarded with cash boost
World 800m bronze medallist Jenny Meadows is promoted on to the top tier of the British lottery funding programme.

Farah wants Euro gold in Dublin
Britain's Mo Farah says that he will compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on 13 December.

Who is the athlete of the noughties?
BBC Sport's statistician compares credentials

Grass is greener for Meadows
British 800m star says pay rise will make huge difference

Athletics on the BBC
Details of how you can follow athletics on the BBC