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O'Sullivan in fresh row as he eyes final
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan found himself caught up in a new controversy as he moved to within three frames of a place in the world championship final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Read full article

Wada to hold meeting on gene doping
Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential future of cheating in sports. Read full article

Trump pulls level against O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan squandered an early lead in his snooker World Championship semifinal against Judd Trump as the defending champion was pegged back to 4-4 after Thursday's first session. Read full article

FILA to discuss Olympic strategy
The federation for international wrestling will hold an "extraordinary" congress in Moscow later this month to discuss major changes designed to keep the sport in the Olympics. Read full article

O'Sullivan in semis before 'final farewell'
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan eased into the snooker world championship semifinals on Wednesday. Read full article

Ding out of worlds as Hawkins wins
Ding Junhui's hopes of becoming the first Chinese player to win the world snooker title will have to be put on hold following a quarterfinal defeat by Barry Hawkins at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Tuesday. Read full article

Wrestling starts global ad campaign
The ruling wrestling body FILA on Tuesday launched an international ad campaign in order to spare the sport from Olympic exclusion in 2020. Read full article

Ding eyes world title as O'Sullivan advances
China's Ding Junhui said he felt ready to win the snooker World Championship after booking a quarterfinal place with a 13-9 win over Mark King at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Monday. Read full article

The Week in Pictures
Welcome to the latest Week in Pictures - our wrap of the past week's top sporting action in images Read full article

Paralympian Van Dyk excels
After claiming a silver medal in the recent Boston Marathon, Paralympic hand cyclist Ernst Van Dyk followed his performance with a bronze medal in the London Marathon less than a week later. Read full article

O'Sullivan holds slender lead over Carter
Ronnie O'Sullivan produced some of the magic that enabled him to win four snooker world titles as the defending champion took a 9-7 lead over Ali Carter in their World Championship second-round clash on Sunday. Read full article

Selby knocked out of world championship
The world's top-ranked player Mark Selby was knocked out of the world snooker championship 13-10 after a stunning comeback by Barry Hawkins at the Crucible in Sheffield, England, on Saturday. Read full article

Robertson suffers shock exit at the Crucible
Australia's Neil Robertson suffered a shock exit from the snooker World Championships on Thursday as the world No 2 crashed to a 10-8 defeat against Robert Milkins. Read full article

Trump eases through at Crucible
Former finalist Judd Trump eased through to the second round of the snooker World Championship on Wednesday after finishing off Welshman Dominic Dale at the Crucible. Read full article

Former champ Higgins crashes out
Four-time winner John Higgins was knocked out of the World Championship at the Crucible on Monday after a 10-6 defeat at the hands of journeyman professional Mark Davis. Read full article

The Week in Pictures
Welcome to the latest Week in Pictures - our wrap of the past week's top sporting action in images Read full article

Aus cut swimming, athletics funding
Two of Australia's biggest Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, had their annual high-performance funding cut Monday by the government-backed Australian Sports Commission (ASC). Read full article

O'Sullivan cruises through world opener
Four-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan eased past Scotland's Marcus Campbell 10-4 on Saturday as he got his world championship defence off to an impressive start after almost a year spent out of the sport. Read full article

O'Sullivan back in the groove
Ronnie O'Sullivan was back in the old routine on Saturday as the reigning snooker world champion launched his title defence by racing into a 7-2 lead against Marcus Campbell. Read full article

Spar pumps another R20m into netball
Netball received a boost on Wednesday when Spar announced that it was renewing and increasing its sponsorship of netball for another three years. Read full article