Sviatlana Usovich

South Africa's triple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is ready to be discharged from hospital after he sustained minor injuries to face after a boating accident, one of his doctors said on Sunday. Pistorius sustained minor injuries to his face after a boat accident on the Vaal, south of Johannesburg late on Saturday, SAPA news agency quoted the doctor as saying. Initial media reports said that he was in a serious condition after the accident. "He is fine... his brain is functioning normally and he is 100 percent conscious. He will soon be discharged," said Dr. Anchen Laubscher, one of the paramedics who treated the ... Read Full Story

European Indoor 60m champion Dwain Chambers is not expected to be banned again by athletics' governing body when the IAAF council meet here this weekend, but the GB track star is not yet out of trouble. The International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) council is meeting in Berlin on Saturday and Sunday and one of the items up for discussion is whether to impose further sanctions against Chambers for bringing the sport into disrepute. The sprinter tested positive for the steroid THG in 2003, becoming the first athlete connected to Balco founder Victor Conte to test positive for the previously undetectable steroid. Chambers was ... Read Full Story

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - A new global series of athletics meetings known as the Diamond League will be launched next year in a bid to broaden the popularity of the sport, the IAAF announced on Monday. Twelve meetings in Europe, the United States and China are under contract for the one-day series, which will replace the six-city Europe-only Golden League. Three more meetings are on standby, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in an announcement from Monte Carlo. Confirmed for the series are London, plus one other UK meeting, Lausanne, Oslo, Stockholm, Monaco, Paris, Brussels, Zurich, the American cities of New ... Read Full Story

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - A new global series of athletics meetings known as the Diamond League will be launched next year in a bid to broaden the popularity of the sport, the IAAF announced on Monday. Twelve meetings in Europe, the United States and China are under contract for the one-day series, which will replace the six-city Europe-only Golden League. Three more meetings are on standby, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in an announcement from Monte Carlo. Confirmed for the series are London, plus one other UK meeting, Lausanne, Oslo, Stockholm, Monaco, Paris, Brussels, Zurich, the American cities of New ... Read Full Story

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