Commonwealth Games - Bolt leads Jamaica to 4x100m glory as England claim silver

Usain Bolt powered clear in the home straight as Jamaica won the Commonwealth Games 4x100m relay, with England claiming silver.

                      Usain Bolt celebrates after Jamaica win 4x100 gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Bolt picked up the baton in second place, but the fastest man of all time had no problem overhauling England's Danny Talbot to win in a Games record time of 37.58 seconds.

Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, who won the 100 metres on Monday, and Nickel Ashmeade ran the first three legs but all eyes were on Bolt, the 100 and 200 metres world record holder.

Commonwealth Games - England's Adams makes history again in women's boxing

England's Nicola Adams won the first ever women's boxing gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, repeating the feat she achieved at the Olympics two years ago.

 The 31-year-old boxer is on an incredible journey since rocketing to fame at London 2012 and with Rio 2016 in her sights, she is not stopping any time soon. Adams was made to work hard on Saturday afternoon in Scotland, edging a split decision against Michaela Walsh from Northern Ireland to top the podium.

In doing so she became England’s first female Commonwealth boxing champion and with Rio 2016 now less than two years away, Adams insist her journey is far from over. "There will be a lot of threats in Rio, everybody wants to beat Nicola Adams," she said.

International Champions Cup, TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis - Manchester City 2 (Jovetic 34, Kolarov pen 52) Olympiacos 2 (Diamantakos 36, 66). Olympiacos win 5-4 on penalties.      

           Manchester City defender Aleksander Kolarov (11) is congratulated by midfielder Bruno Zuculini (36) and forwar

Manchester City are out of the International Champions Cup at the group stage after losing to Olympiacos in a penalty shootout.The Premier League title holders were beaten 5-4 on penalties, after the game finished 2-2 after 90 minutes.

City finish the pre--season tournament in the United States on five points in Group B, but go out of the tournament as they are behind Liverpool on the head-to-head.Brendan Rodgers’ side therefore progress to Monday’s final in Miami, Florida.

Pellegrini: Lampard will join Manchester City on loan

Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that Frank Lampard will join Manchester City on loan from New York City.

Although the club have not yet officially announced the deal, City boss Manuel Pellegrini confirmed on Saturday night that the England midfielder, who signed for City's sister outfit New York City FC this summer ending 13 trophy-laden years at Chelsea, will join up with his team on Wednesday.

With the 2015 Major League Soccer season not starting until the spring, there was speculation that Lampard would head to Melbourne City, the third club owned by the City Football Group, on a short-term deal.

But following the friendly against Olympiacos in Minneapolis, Pellegrini confirmed the 36-year-old will now move to the Etihad until the new year before the next American season begins in March.

Commonwealth Games - Doping teen stripped of gold medal

Nigeria teenager Chika Amalaha has been stripped of her Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medal after failing a doping test, the Commonwealth Games Federation said on Friday.

     Silver medalist Dika Toua of Papa New Guinea, Gold medalist Chika Amalaha of Nigeria and Bronze medalist 

The 16-year-old, who won gold in the women's women's 53kg competition, provided positive 'A' and 'B' samples that contained prohibited diuretics and masking agents.

"The Commonwealth Games Federation has determined that Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha, has committed an anti-doping rule violation and has fully suspended her from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow," the CGF said in a statement.

"As a result, Ms Amalaha has been disqualified from her event at the Games, with her result in the Women's Weightlifting 53 kilogram competition nullified."