Athletics

For Jessica Ennis, Dwain Chambers and the rest of the Great Britain track and
field troops, there was a rallying call from Charles van Commenee on the eve
of the World Indoor Championships, which begin here in the Qatari capital
this morning.

Jessica Ennis says she will have to produce the best performance of her career if she wants to win the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Doha.

Dwain Chambers' hopes of 60m gold at the World Indoor Championships are boosted after American gold medal favourite Ivory Williams is given a three-month doping ban.

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones signs for Women's National Basketball Association franchise the Tulsa Shock.

Athletics superstar Usain Bolt has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second year running.

Great Britain have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer's European Athletics Championships by the national funding body.

The former Olympic champion Cathy Freeman has said Britain's athletes should block out all distractions, even family, at the London Olympics in 2012. But the 37-year-old Australian, who won 400 metres gold on home soil in Sydney in 2000, believes home advantage will make athletes such as Jessica Ennis feel "like a giant flying".

BBC Sport writer Tom Fordyce wins the Best Live Blog award at the Sports Journalists Association.

Sprint legend Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt should consider moving up to 400m after an impressive relay display.

UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is disappointed by Phillips Idowu's decision to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships in Doha.

A funny thing happened to Jenny Meadows the other day. There she was, surrounded by a press pack at trackside in the National Indoor Arena, and nobody mentioned the "C" word. It must have been a satisfying few minutes for the Wigan athlete. At last, she could breathe in the oxygen of publicity generated by her own deeds. The cloud of the Caster Semenya affair had been lifted from her horizon. For the time being, at any rate.

UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is adamant that Britain's athletes will prepare at an overseas training camp ahead of the Olympics.

British sprint hurdler Callum Priestley is provisionally suspended after being charged with a doping violation following an out-of-competition test.