The Confederation of African football (CAF) has ruled that Ugandan striker Geoffrey Massa is ineligible to play against Nigeria's Super Eagles in an African Nations Cup qualifier set for next March in Abuja.

The environment still poses as a challenge to the Beijing Olympic organizers but they are working hard to keep their promises, said a senior International Olympic Committee official in Beijing on Thursday.

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) president Ruben Acosta said on Thursday that he believed Chinese women's team will defend their title in 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The competition schedule for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been finalized, with the swimming finals and some of the artistic gymnastics to be held in the morning, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday.

Around 4,500 dope tests will be conducted at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, a 25 percent increase from Athens 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.

Organizers of the Turkish Grand Prix have withdrawn their appeal against a record fine imposed on them for breaking the FIA's statutes, the Turkish Daily News reported on Thursday.

The Kenyan government has ordered the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) to sort out chaos before Saturday to enable the east African nation to return to international football.

Kenyan soccer fans have roundly blamed Kenya soccer chiefs for the country's suspension by world's football governing body, FIFA, from international football.

Liverpool's Australian midfielder Harry Kewell confirmed on Thurdsay that he will not play for Liverpool until next February.

Third-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia lost to Marc Gicquel of France 6-3, 6-3 at the Lyon Indoors tournament on Wednesday.