Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas are among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards. The Britons have been nominated for Sportsman of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year respectively. Hamilton faces competition from world number one tennis star Novak Djokovic, World Cup winner Luka Modric

Ex-Great Britain cyclist Jess Varnish says she is “disappointed” but has “no regrets” over her failed attempt to prove she was an employee of British Cycling and UK Sport at tribunal. The decision means the 28-year-old is highly unlikely to be able to sue both bodies for wrongful dismissal and sexual discrimination after being dropped

Former cyclist Jess Varnish has failed in her attempt to prove she was an employee of British Cycling and UK Sport at an employment tribunal. The decision means the 28-year-old is highly unlikely to be able to sue both bodies for wrongful dismissal and sexual discrimination after being dropped by GB in 2016. Varnish says

The powerful painkiller tramadol will be banned in-competition in cycling from March this year. Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, has announced its own ban despite the drug not being included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) prohibited list. Penalties for a positive test range from disqualification from the event to a nine-month ban for

Media playback is not supported on this device An email at the centre of the controversy over a mystery delivery of testosterone to the National Cycling Centre has been obtained by the BBC. The correspondence, dated 18 October 2011, is from a staff member at one of the country’s leading medical suppliers, Fit4Sport Limited, to

Media playback is not supported on this device Former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman will face a charge he ordered testosterone to enhance the performance of an athlete at a tribunal next month. Freeman is alleged to have lied to “conceal his motive” for the order of 30 sachets of Testogel to

A 90-year-old American cyclist has been given a public warning for violating anti-doping laws. Carl Grove claimed contaminated meat was the reason he tested positive for epitrenbolone after the US Masters Track National Championships. Grove, the oldest participant in the event, had won the men’s 90-94 sprint title in July. The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada)

Chris Froome will not defend his Giro d’Italia title this year as he and fellow Briton Geraint Thomas say they will focus on the Tour de France. Froome, 33, is aiming to become only the fifth rider to win five Tours, while Welsh Team Sky team-mate Thomas, 32, won the race for the first time

After a year in which England won Commonwealth netball gold, England’s men reached the semi-finals of the football World Cup, Lizzy Yarnold took a second Winter Olympics gold and Dina Asher-Smith claimed multiple medals on her way to becoming – currently – the fastest woman on the planet, 2019 has a lot to live up

Rachel McKinnon estimates she has received more than 100,000 hate messages on Twitter since she won her UCI Masters Track World Championship title in October. The 36-year-old Canadian’s victory was controversial in some quarters because she is a transgender woman competing in female sport, albeit in the 35-44-year-old category. Jen Wagner-Assali, who finished third, called

Media playback is not supported on this device You might think being BBC Sports Personality of the Year would lead to long celebrations and a slightly ropey feeling the next day. In the cold dawn of Monday, Geraint Thomas left his trophy with friends in Birmingham, got on a train and headed to Majorca for

Britain’s Simon Yates says he wants to “finish the job off” when he returns to the Giro d’Italia in 2019. The 26-year-old led the race for 13 days in May but lost the leader’s jersey to eventual winner Chris Froome on stage 19 of the 21-stage race. Yates, who rides for Mitchelton-Scott, went on to

Media playback is not supported on this device Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018. The Team Sky rider, 32, became only the third Briton to win the race, after Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome. “I take great pride in representing Britain and Wales,” he

Media playback is not supported on this device Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald won gold in the women’s madison at the Track Cycling World Cup in London. The British duo, who also took gold with team-mates Neah Evans and Ellie Dickinson in the women’s team pursuit, produced a dominant performance. After Russia and the United

Geraint Thomas has received a new Tour de France trophy after his original was stolen from a cycling show. The Coupe Omnisports disappeared after Team Sky, whom Thomas rides for, loaned it to sponsor Pinarello to display at The Cycle Show in Birmingham. Police are investigating the theft, which came two months after Thomas won

Great Britain claimed a silver medal in the men’s Madison on the second day of the Track Cycling World Cup in London. Matthew Walls, 20, and Fred Wright, 19, followed up Friday’s team pursuit bronze medals by sealing second place, 16 points behind champions Denmark. The inexperienced British duo scored in seven of the 12

Media playback is not supported on this device Track Cycling World Cup Venue:Lee Valley VeloPark, LondonDates:14-16 December Coverage:Watch live coverage on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs, online & BBC Sport app. Great Britain’s women won gold in the team pursuit at the World Track Cycling World Cup in London. Laura Kenny, Katie

Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Neah Evans and Ellie Dickinson win gold in the women’s team pursuit at the World Track Cycling World Cup in London. WATCH MORE: ‘What a finish’ – GB win men’s team pursuit bronze by three hundredths of a second READ MORE: GB women win track cycling gold Available to UK users