Sports



Exclusive: Pistorius is getting "F1 advantage" and should not compete in Olympics, says South African sports scientist

By Mike Rowbottom

Oscar_Pistorius_Hungary_June_30_2011August 14 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision to allow South Africa's multiple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius to compete against able-bodied athletes was "a complete farce", according to a fellow South African sports scientist, Dr Ross Tucker, who compares the technological advances involved in making Pistorius's prosthetic blade "legs" to those in Formula One.




Promise safety is number one priority ahead of open water test event

By Tom Degun at Hyde Park in London

Open_water_swimming_in_Hyde_Parks_Serpentine_12-08-11August 12 - Charlotte O'Neill, the London 2012 Aquatics Manager, has promised that organisers are making the safety of the athletes their number one priority ahead of the Olympic marathon swimming test event in the Serpentine at Hyde Park this weekend following the death of one of the sport's top stars Fran Crippen last year.








Top Jamaican sprinter tests positive for banned drugs

By Duncan Mackay

Steve_Mullings_racing_June_2011August 11 - Jamaica's Steve Mullings, the world's third ranked 100 metres this year and one of the favourites for the World Championships in Daegu later this month, has allegedly tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs and is now facing being kicked out of the sport for life, it has been reported today.