Jamaica's Usain Bolt on Wednesday night became the first man to win the Olympic sprint double for 24 years with his second world record in five days in Beijing.

Britain's Natasha Danvers turned the worst season of her life into the best with an Olympic bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles in Beijing.

Britain made it five swimming medals in Beijing as Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten claimed silver and bronze in the open water event.

James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan's Bakthiyar Artayev and guarantee Great Britain's third boxing medal of the Beijing Games.

It was a day of mixed emotions for Great Britain at the Olympic sailing competition on Wednesday as Bryony Shaw delivered the country's first ever women's windsurfing medal but Nick Dempsey narrowly missed out in the men's RS:X event.

Lyudmila Blonska, the Ukrainian athlete who won silver in the women's heptathlon, is facing disciplinary action after failing a drugs test.

AC Milan director Silvano Ramaccioni believes Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko is on the verge of securing a return to the San Siro.

Sunderland are on the verge of completing the loan signing of Djibril Cisse after reaching an "agreement in principle" with Marseille over the transfer of the striker.

Derby defender Alan Stubbs has been forced to retire following a recurrence of a troublesome knee injury.

Zimbabwe have confirmed they will take no part in next summer's World Twenty20 in England.

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