Drugs in sport could be criminalised ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, organisers have confirmed.

Lamine Diack, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, is facing open rebellion over his leadership.

Pope Benedict XVI said today he hoped the Turin Winter Olympics would bring out a spirit of fairness and fraternity and help contribute to peace in the world.

ALL athletes guilty of serious doping offences will be banned for a mandatory two years under new laws proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency at their summit in Copenhagen yesterday.