Sport

Marc Wadsworth

Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt became man of the Beijing Olympics - minutes ago not only adding the 200m gold to the one he won for the 100m but again breaking a world record.

Left behind: champion Kaliese Spencer"Don't forget the outstanding performances of the Jamaican women athletes", a close relative of an international sprinter from the Caribbean island enjoying a gold rush of Olympic medals has urged. In an exclusive interview, the maternal aunt of 400m flat and hurdles runner Kaliese Spencer told The-Latest from her Montego Bay home: "The winning of gold medals in the men's 100m and 200m has been phenomenal. But let's not lose sight of the fact that our women have won two golds and two silvers and are hot favourites to win again in the sprint relays."

The world of tennis has been left reeling after Justine Henin, ranked the women's number one player, announced her retirement with immediate effect.

Henin, 25, had recently experienced bad form and pulled out of this week’s Rome Masters, citing fatigue as the factor.

Ben Araujo

Cardiff City and Portsmouth will be the two teams that contest this year’s British Football Association Cup final in May. For the first time since 1995 when Everton overcame Manchester United, a soccer team not recognised as one of the so called “big four” will have their name engraved on that famous trophy.

Aspiring young footballers coming through the ranks don't realise how easy they have it nowadays - or ar least compared to Nolberto Solano's rise to the top, writes James Randall.

James Randall

Motor-racing ace Lewis Hamilton has been compared to golfing giant Tiger Woods. But the Brit does not deserve the comparison made by over-enthusiastic UK journalists.

With five out of every six footballers not making the cut at professional level, Professional Footballers Association Chief Executive Gordon Taylor talks to Phil Simms about how the FA is failing the countries young footballers.