Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said on Thursday that Scots will vote on September 18, 2014 in a referendum on whether the country should be independent.

Squash's evolution as a TV-friendly sport, played against some of the world's most dramatic backdrops, should serve it well in its bid to become an Olympic sport in 2020, its federation president told AFP on Friday.

An Indian court Thursday opened a trial into charges that sports timing company Swiss Timing caused losses to the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games by supplying equipment at exorbitant rates, a report said.

MCC's world cricket committee has said it would like to see Twenty20 cricket included at the 2024 Olympic Games to boost take-up of the game around the world.

Oscar Pistorius is one of the few athletes who has managed to bridge the divide between disabled and non-disabled sport, shattering myths and preconceptions along the way about the limits of human achievement.

Australia's public broadcaster said it will not broadcast or report live from the upcoming Test series in India after deciding not to pay inflated rights fees.

All Black Liam Messam is considering switching to Sevens rugby as the chance to win Olympic gold threatens to lure players from the 15-a-side ranks for the 2016 Rio Games.

India's former Olympics chief pleaded not guilty in court on Monday to an array of corruption charges related to his handling of the chaotic Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

India's former Olympics chief pleaded not guilty in court on Monday to an array of corruption charges related to his handling of the chaotic Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

India's former Olympics chief pleaded not guilty in court on Monday to an array of corruption charges related to his handling of the chaotic Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has revealed that she will make a "major announcement" at a press conference next Tuesday, amid rumours she has decided to retire from swimming.

An Australian sprinter who claimed ahead of the London Olympics he was racially abused by officials and accused the athletics federation of vilification, has been banned from competition for six months.

An Australian sprinter who claimed ahead of the London Olympics he was racially abused by officials and accused the athletics federation of discrimination has been banned for six months.

For decades, their practice ring honed the talent of Pakistan's most famous wrestling family. Today, it is their graveyard, a fitting symbol of the decline of the sport in the Muslim nation.

Moves to ensure the election of the first Aboriginal woman to Australia's parliament met with a backlash Wednesday, with one politician saying Olympian Nova Peris would be a "maid" for the government.

The administration of Olympic sports in India could face a major overhaul after world bodies and the government cracked down on the power games played by self-seeking politicians.

India's government suspended the national boxing federation Friday, dealing it a fresh blow after it was frozen out by the sport's world governing body for "possible manipulation" in internal polls.

India has been thrown out of world boxing for alleged "manipulation" during the elections of its national federation, the sport's world governing body said in a statement.

The suspended Indian Olympic Association announced the election of a tainted sports official as its secretary-general on Wednesday, rebuffing the world governing body IOC.

India's Olympic Association shrugged off its suspension from the IOC by pressing ahead Wednesday with a vote to install the organiser of the scandal-plagued 2010 Commonwealth Games as its new head.