The 2011 Giro d'Italia will start with a team time-trial in Turin on May 7 and end with an individual time-trial in Milan on May 29, organisers said in a statement.

Australian men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth has accused New Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers of showing a lack of respect for the sport.

The Red Bull Air Race, which has brought more than $12 million to the Perth economy annually, has been cancelled for next year.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided not to renew his contract with Astana and will leave the Kazakh-funded team at the end of the season, the Spaniard said.

Former world champion Casey Stoner says the sheer pace of MotoGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo is forcing him to make mistakes.

Anthony Mundine says his superior skills will give him the upper hand when he fights Ryan Waters in an All-Australian WBA light middleweight world title eliminator.

Australian Chad Reed, the dominant rider on the US motocross circuit, has been cut down by a virus which will sideline him for the rest of the year.

Glenn Seton, possibly the best V8 Supercar driver never to have won the Bathurst endurance classic, will launch a last-gasp bid for the iconic trophy in October.

Marcos Ambrose could be set for a return to Australia after announcing he will quit JTG Daugherty Racing at the end of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Hockeyroos coach Frank Murray has blended youth with experience in naming his squad for next month's World Cup.