Lance Armstrong's doping past got him kicked out of the pool. Armstrong was forced to withdraw Thursday from the Masters South Central Zone Championships this weekend after swimming's international federation raised objections to his participation.

Sweden's Winter Olympic gold medalist Anette Norberg will not defend her title at Sochi next year, the Swedish Curling Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

Taiwan will hold its second international sailing regatta in Dapeng Bay, Southern Taiwan next month, with 20 foreign teams expected to participate, the organizers said yesterday.

Usain Bolt started his season by winning a 150-meter race on a track set up at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

Asafa Powell will find the crowd smaller and the surface a whole lot different when he competes this weekend in the Stawell Gift, a century-old handicap race held in a small town in western Victoria state.

The 2013 Badminton Asia Championships will begin at Taipei Arena on April 16, with Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) saying yesterday that he hopes Taiwan can keep the gold medals in the country.

England will have to survive 90 overs with only six second-innings wickets intact on the final day of the third cricket test to avoid losing a test series in New Zealand for the first time in 30 years.

Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome won the Criterium International on Sunday after a solo victory in the third and final stage.

Australian Richie Porte snatched the overall lead at the two-day Criterium International on Saturday by winning the second stage, a 7-kilometer individual time trial.

Australian Simon Gerrans won the sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Saturday as Ireland's Daniel Martin retained his lead at the top of the overall standings.