Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke his own world record in the 200 meters at the World Championships in Berlin 2009 on Thursday.

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is putting some of his fortune into Formula One as primary investor in the new U.S. F1 team due to enter the sport next season.

Usain Bolt, unsurprisingly, looked a little tired on Tuesday as he began his bid to add the 200 meters world title to the 100 he secured so spectacularly on Sunday, doing the bare minimum to ease into the second round.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica shattered his own world record in the 100 meters dash on Sunday with a time of 9.58 seconds at the World Championships in Berlin.

Sprinter Usain Bolt, the track and field star of the Beijing Olympics, last year will be appearing at the track and field 12th World Championships in Athletics in Berlin which begins this weekend.

Giambi was released by the A's on Friday, cutting short the struggling slugger's return to his first major league club. It's unclear whether he will catch on with another club or whether this could be the end of a 15-year career.

Philadelphia Eagles middle linebacker Stewart Bradley will likely miss the season after suffering a knee injury Saturday night during "Flight Night" at Lincoln Financial Field.

The records fell like dominoes at the swimming championships in Rome this year, as Michael Phelps of the U.S. added to his already gilded career with five gold medals, the most at the competition.

Michael Phelps of the U.S. let his swimming do the talking as he beat Milorad Cavic swimming for Serbia to win the Men's 100 Meter Butterfly at the World Championships in Rome.

China crushed the world record in the women's 800 free relay at the FINA World Championships, beating US as No. 1, followed by U.S. and Great Britain.

China's Zhao Jing smashed the world record in the women's 50 and won the second gold medal of swimming for China at the FINA World Championships, local Businesstimes reported on Friday morning. Zhao clocked a stunning time of 27.06, which crushed Anastasia Zueva's world record of 27.38.

China seized its first-ever men's gold for swimming in World Championships on Wednesday, with Zhang Lin improving Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds.

David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were among the approximately 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 according to lawyers who were aware of the results, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

Michael Phelps of the U.S. was upset by Paul Biederman of Germany on Tuesday in the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships in Rome.

Spain's Alberto Contador won this year's Tour de France on Sunday, his second win in cycling's premier event by more than four minutes, ahead of Luxembourg's Andy Schleck and beating out seven-time winner Lance Armstrong of the U.S. who was making a comeback three and a half years after retiring.

American cyclist Lance Armstrong who made his comeback after retiring from the sport for three and a half years held third place overall after the 20th stage of the Tour de France which will crown its winner tomorrow.

Spain's Alberto Contador held on to the overall lead at the Tour de France at the end of the 17th stage.

Prince Fielder is the Home Run Derby winner for 2009.

Lance Armstrong is leaving open the possibility of riding again at the Tour de France.