Sports round-up

Athletics: Jamaican sprint kings, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, have both been shortlisted for the 2011 World Athlete of the Year award, the IAAF said. Blake won the World Champion-ships 100m title in Daegu in September. And the duo sprinted to landmark times at the Diamond League last month, Bolt running the fastest 100m this year and Blake the second fastest 200m in history.

Boxing: Guillermo Jones, who has defended the WBA cruiserweight crown only once since winning it in 2008, will risk his title next month. The 39-year-old Panamanian will face American Mike Marrone on November 5 at Hollywood, Florida. A winner of his past six fights, Jones is 37-3 with two drawn and 29 knockouts while Marrone is 20-3 with 15 knockouts.

Rugby Union: Centre Manu Tuilagi has added to England’s disciplinary woes at the World Cup with a fine for wearing an illegal gumshield bearing a sponsor’s name. Tuilagi, whose older brother Alesana was punished for the same misde-meanour last week while playing for Samoa at the tournament, was fined $7,500 for wearing the wrong mouthguard in England’s game against Georgia.

Doping: Sri Lanka has sacked its entire sports medical unit over allegations that staff were linked to banned steroids used by cricketers and national athletes. Sports Minister Mahindananda Althugamage or-dered the complete overhaul of the unit following positive tests for cricketer Upul Tharanga, national rugby players and boxers.