A raft of Olympic and world champions have lamented the “disappointing” doping scandal that has gripped track and field after top sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell failed tests.

Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine will finally take the stand Friday at her trial against tour promoters AEG Live, who she alleges negligently hired the doctor convicted over the star’s 2009 death.

A man in a wheelchair ignited a homemade explosive device outside an arrivals exit at Beijing’s international airport Saturday, state media reported, injuring himself but no others.

Graeme Swann starred with both bat and ball as Australia’s latest top-order collapse left England in control of the second Test at Lord’s.

South Africa and Sri Lanka are hoping to recover from recent setbacks in one-day cricket when they contest a five-match series starting in Colombo on Saturday.

Venezuela late Friday said it has “ended” its rapprochement with the US due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the US envoy to the United Nations.

Tiger Woods closed out his second round with a 12-foot birdie putt at Muirfield on Friday to fuel his hopes of winning a fourth British Open crown and a 15th major title.

Several Islamic groups on Friday demanded the recall of the Vatican’s first envoy to Malaysia, describing him as an “enemy of the state” after he supported the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia as refugees, with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Grieving parents rampaged through a village in eastern India to protest the deaths of 23 pupils who ate a poisoned school lunch and the perceived slow police response to the tragedy, officials said Friday.