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MONACO Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meetings next year.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg. For one day, he owned it.

KITCHENER, Ontario Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette.

VAIL, Colo. U.S. skier Resi Stiegler is out for the season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash during giant slalom training.

Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains.

LONDON The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.

LAS VEGAS Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

MONACO The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career.

LONDON U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team Friday, ensuring the squad stays alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador remains in its ranks.

Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin.

KITCHENER, Ont. Patrick Chan isn't picking a fight. Honest.

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has been named the 2009 Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player.

Save a chair, folks. John Ruiz is sidling back to the heavyweight title table.