All athletes at this month's World Championships will have their blood tested as part of an unprecedented anti-doping programme, the IAAF announced... more
Asafa Powell is relishing the chance to steal the limelight from his compatriot and friend Usain Bolt when he returns to the scene of his quickest 100metres... more
The story of the Olympics stretching back from ancient times to speed king Usain Bolt will be told in a special exhibition during the London 2012 Games... more
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will rule on the row between the BOA and 2012 organisers after the Government failed to resolve the dispute over profits from the Games... more
A chance encounter between the designer Paul Smith and a young dancer led the sultan of stripes into an intriguing relationship with The Royal Ballet. Here the fashion mogul turned snapper focuses on its brightest stars... more
Is there anywhere more glamorous and intimate than a woman's dressing table? No, says Sally Albermarle, who explores the charms of the powder room... more
The Chancellor made a big point of the importance of an 80/20 split in his Emergency Budget speech this week. Harry Mount looks behind the theory to find why this ratio is thought so central to modern existence... more
French tennis player Richard Gasquet has been cleared of any wrongdoing when a sports court accepted his claim that he tested positive for cocaine by kissing a woman in a nightclub... more
London will have to wait to discover whether it will be given a Golden League meeting in a planned restructuring of the series, the International Association of Athletics Federations has revealed... more
Jose Mourinho's Premier League winner’s medal goes under the hammer, Alisher Usmanov ups the stakes, West Ham head to court, and Mark Hughes should be looking over his shoulder according to Football Talk... more
Alan Pardew's future, David Seaman's glee at Spurs' dismal start to the season, Ashley Cole and a still bitter Robbie Savage make it into this week's Football Talk... more
Football: West Ham have been boosted by a delay in the outcome of Sheffield United's £30million damages claim against them over Argentina star Carlos Tevez... more
Football: West Ham face two important dates this week as they intensify their campaign against the controversial judgement of the Football Association's independent tribunal in the Carlos Tevez affair... more
Football: West Ham are preparing to fight an independent tribunal's decision to rule in favour of Sheffield United over the Carlos Tevez affair... more
Athletics: Britain's Natasha Danvers finished in third place behind Melaine Walker and Anna Jesien in the 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows