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Gymnast Worley breaks leg, will miss Olympics

Shayla Worley's trip to the Beijing Olympics ended in rural Texas. Worley broke her right fibula Friday just below the knee during warm-ups for the Olympic selection camp, ending her chances of making the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team. The women's team leaves for Beijing on July 31, and competition begins Aug. 10. Oscar Pistorius was left off South Africa's 1,600-meter relay team, ending his hopes of participating in the Beijing Olympics. British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games. London's High Court refused to grant an injunction against the British Olympic Association's bylaw which bans doping violators for life from the Games. Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points and led Germany past Brazil 78-65 and into the... [read full story]                    

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