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Ukrainian boxing star Vitali Klitschko warned Tuesday that a "bloody uprising like in Syria" could start in his home country, which he said is now run by a "totalitarian regime."

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World 400 metres hurdles bronze medallist LJ van Zyl hopes his future wife will accompany him to London this year as a fellow member of the South Africa Olympics team.

(Reuters) - The Hawkeye ball tracking system will be in place at the Champions League Final Four in Poland next month, the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) said on Monday, paving the way for its possible introduction at the London Olympic Games.

MUNICH (Reuters) - Challenger Dereck Chisora pledged on Monday to dethrone WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko with an eighth round knockout when they meet in Munich on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Kenya's four-times world champion Vivian Cheruiyot will skip next month's world indoor championships to focus on the London Olympics after running her first event of the year in Birmingham on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Sprinter Dwain Chambers is preparing for London 2012 despite a lifetime Olympics ban for doping.

GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza runner Bahaa al-Farra treads carefully, braving the elements and potholed roads ravaged by years of conflict between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army, as he prepares to race at the London Olympics.

Tri Yas, the annual triathlon held in Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit, will hold the 2012 race at twilight on April 13.

History was made in the UAE yesterday when the country’s first women’s track and field squad was announced.

KINGSTON, Feb 11 - Jamaican world 100 metres champion Yohan Blake opened his 2012 Olympic season with a lifetime best of 46.49 seconds to finish second in the 400 metres at the Camperdown Classic Saturday.

(Reuters) - Madonna has slammed British rapper M.I.A.'s offensive finger gesture during her Super Bowl show as juvenile, negative and out of place.

(Reuters) - Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank-Sungard team could be thrown out of cycling's World Tour after the Spaniard was given a two-year doping ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Amir Khan will fight Lamont Peterson on May 19 in Las Vegas after the Briton was granted his wish for a rematch after his controversial loss to the American last December, his promoter said on Thursday.