The Toronto Raptors said they would not free Spain's Jorge Garbajosa for the Olympics, with the NBA club and the Spanish federation still locked in a legal dispute over an earlier injury to the forward.

The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil Wednesday after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong where officials deported at least seven activists before the flame's arrival.

A three-month ban served by Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca late last year was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday, a spokesman said.

The U.S. Olympic team's new uniforms are designed to mark them not only as American athletes in Beijing this summer, but also as diplomats of sorts. Polo Ralph Lauren is the official outfitter to the Olympic and Paralympic teams this year, replacing the Canadian brand Roots, which dressed U.S. athletes for the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.

A new space-age swimsuit could provide a "convenient distraction" for drug cheats, top U.S sprinter Gary Hall Jr said on Wednesday.

The World Anti-Doping Agency is urging China to ensure its standards for intercepting banned substances matches its testing facilities for drug cheats at the Beijing Olympics. WADA officials, meeting to discuss cross-border investigation powers in the anti-doping fight, asked Chinese authorities to increase customs and immigration checks to prevent performance-enhancing drugs from reaching the...

Interpol and the World Anti-Doping Agency are close to signing an agreement as part of a strategy to stop drug trafficking in sports.