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DAEGU, South Korea (AP) Olympic champion Dayron Robles was disqualified for interfering with Chinese star Liu Xiang in the 110-meter hurdles Monday, giving runner-up Jason Richardson of the United States the victory in one of the most anticipated races at the world championships.

With Olympic berths at stake and their league in limbo, Dirk Nowitzki and other NBA stars have flocked home for the European Championship to help their nations try to qualify for the 2012 London games.

Olympic champion Dayron Robles will have little room for error when he faces Liu Xiang and David Oliver in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, a race that is shaping up to be the most competitive of the athletics world championships.

Estonia’s two-time Olympic nordic skiing champion Andrus Veerpalu said Tuesday he would turn to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to appeal a decision by world skiing body FIS confirming and extending a doping ban.

The U.S. Olympic Committee has notified all interested cities that it will not submit a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

An independent investigation into the decision to transfer the Olympic Stadium to West Ham concludes there is no need to re-open the bidding process.

For Olympic gold medal winner Rulon Gardner, going from best in the world to being a contestant on the NBC show “The Biggest Loser” wasn’t a journey he wanted to make, but it was one that changed his life.

Olympic decathlon champion Bryan Clay has withdrawn from the world athletics championships with a minor knee injury.

Olympic figure skater Rachael Flatt will train at three Bay Area ice rinks when she begins her freshman year at Stanford in September, U.S. Figure Skating announced Friday.