LONDON, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Rugby League great Martin Offiah has said he is ready to help Dwain Chambers adapt to the 13-man code provided the dope cheat sprinter really is serious about learning the game.

PARIS, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who has been told he cannot compete in the Beijing Olympics, will appeal his case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on April 29-30, it was confirmed on Tuesday.

LONDON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou, herself no stranger to doping controversy, has been awarded the 100 metres silver medal won by Marion Jones at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton after the disgraced American was stripped of her medals after admitting using the banned steroid THG.

NEW YORK, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Victor Conte, whose BALCO laboratories sparked stunning scandals in athletics and baseball, plans to write a tell-all book about athletes and investigators, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

LONDON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Controversial British dope cheat sprinter Dwain Chambers said Monday he remained 'optimistic' regarding his chances of competing in this August's Beijing Olympics even though he is currently banned from competing in the Games.

LONDON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Controversial British dope cheat sprinter Dwain Chambers said Monday he remained 'optimistic' regarding his chances of competing in this August's Beijing Olympics even though he is currently banned from competing in the Games.

NAIROBI, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya is losing out in cross country running and unless a remedy to stop the sharp decline is identified, the country will suffer in the Beijing Olympics, former world cross country champion Paul Tergat said on Monday.

EDINBURGH, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - Sibling rivalry helped the Dibaba household gather a further two golds at the world cross-country championships with victories for sisters Tirunesh and Genzebe in the senior and junior women's events.

LONDON, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Castleford coach Terry Matterson saw his team crushed 50-4 by Bradford but refused to get dragged into the furore surrounding Dwain Chambers' imminent arrival at the Super League no-hopers.

EDINBURGH, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - The running machine that is Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele has admitted that the pressure of having his new wife as a spectator was a major spur to him winning an unprecedented sixth world cross title.

Bekele certainly did not have it all his own way on the muddy 12.1km Holyrood Park course here on Sunday.