Amir Khan will bid to become a world champion for the first time in June when he steps up a division to take on WBA light-welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik.

United States' men's basketball team claimed gold today, after being challenged all the way by Spain in a scintillating 118-107 game.

IT MAY be something of a second coming but Jamie Costin will have arrived when he lines up for the 50k walk in the Bird’s Nest tomorrow morning (12.30am Irish time).

Quadruple-gold medallist Chris Hoy has urged aspiring cyclists to believe they can “do it clean”.

Marion Jones has returned all five Olympic medals she captured during the 2000 Games in Sydney, according to reports in the United States.

Marion Jones has denied new allegations she has used performance-enhancing drugs.

BRITAIN’S Kelly Holmes ended years of frustration at major championships last night when she won the women’s 800 metres Olympic title.

Irish Olympic rowing manager Richard Parr has insisted that the lightweight four, stroked by Kerryman Paul Griffin, will rise to the challenge of Sunday morning's final in Schinias.

Ireland's three-day eventing chances took a nose-dive this afternoon to ninth overall at the Markopoulo centre in Athens, as both Edmond Gibney and Mark Kyle struggled and became the team's discard dressage scores.

ANDREW BREE is looking to further improve his Irish 200m breaststroke record at the NCAA Championships which begin in Long Island, New York, today.

More than 100 dissidents and family members of jailed activists have appealed to Chinese leaders to release all political prisoners.