For the fifth consecutive year, the Association du PolyLiban (www.polyliban.org) organizes its Lebanese-Swiss sport and cultural event: The Polyathlon des Cèdres, a press release said.
It is a non-competitive adventure that expands your limits, gives you the chance to discover Lebanon, and raises awareness to respect the environment by using only your bike and legs as a means to travel, it added.

Formula One stars on Thursday paid tribute to the sport's former medical delegate Sid Watkins, who has died at the age of 84.
Watkins helped save the lives of Ferrari's Didier Pironi at the 1982 German Grand Prix, Jordan's Rubens Barrichello at Imola in 1994, and McLaren's Mika Hakkinen at Adelaide in 1995 during an incident-packed 26-year career as Formula One's on-track surgeon.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he is focused on winning for Real Madrid and not on his contract, beating down speculation that he is unhappy with his reported 10-million-euro ($13 million) salary.
Ronaldo shocked fans last week by declaring he was "sad" at the Spanish league champions without explaining why, except to insist later that it had nothing to do with money.

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta will be out for between 10 days and two weeks after suffering an adductor injury while playing for Spain in mid-week, the Catalan club have announced.
Iniesta, who was recently named UEFA's Best Player in Europe for 2012, was hurt during Spain's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win in Georgia and will miss Saturday's trip to Getafe in La Liga, as well as the Champions League meeting with Spartak Moscow next Wednesday.

Manchester United star Shinji Kagawa has vowed to take better care of himself after being sidelined by a back injury that he said may have been caused by "travel and fatigue".
Kagawa, forced out of Japan's 1-0 win against Iraq on Tuesday by a minor back strain, admitted he needed to strengthen his body to prevent further problems. It is unknown when he will return for his new club.

British Prime Minister David Cameron apologized Wednesday to families of the 96 Hillsborough football stadium disaster victims after a probe found police tried to blame fans for the 1989 tragedy.
Cameron told parliament the victims had suffered a "double injustice" from official failings that led to fans being crushed in Britain's worst sporting tragedy and then from police attempts to impugn the dead.

Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish was victorious in a sprint finish on the fourth stage of the Tour of Great Britain in Blackpool on Wednesday, as he claimed the overall leader's gold jersey.
Having already won Tuesday's third stage from Jedburgh to Dumfries, the defending world road race champion started the day level with Australia's Leigh Howard of Orica-GreenEdge atop the standings.

The relatives of 96 soccer fans crushed to death in Britain's worst sports disaster were finally granted access Wednesday to secret documents they have long believed will prove how mistakes by British police and others compounded the 1989 tragedy.
After battling for more than 20 years, the families were reviewing 400,000 pages of previously undisclosed papers detailing the actions of British police, paramedics and officials who initially investigated the deaths of the 96 Liverpool fans.

Argentina stayed atop South America's World Cup qualifying standings with a 1-1 draw against Peru on Tuesday, salvaging a point from a match the Gauchos deserved to lose.
Argentina has 14 points from seven matches but can't afford to relax as Colombia and Ecuador moved within a point. Colombia won 3-1 at ten-man Chile — four days after beating South American champion Uruguay 4-0 — and Ecuador drew 1-1 at Uruguay.

Eschewing delirious crowds at the airport, Olympic sprinting champion Usain Bolt returned to Jamaica in uncharacteristically low-key style.
There were no adoring throngs, none of his signature skyward points or other antics. There was just a quietly organized news conference Tuesday at Bolt's restaurant and night club in Kingston with a few dozen journalists, business people, and politicians in attendance.
