Gymnastics: American Simone Biles, who won four golds at last week’s world gymnastics championships in China, including the all-around title, was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation. Biles, 17, also won gold in the floor exercise and balance beam in addition to the women’s team title. “I’m glad I’m not competing with her,” 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin told reporters before handing Biles the award at a gala dinner in New York marking the 40th anniversary of the organisation founded by Billie Jean King.

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Tennis: Former world number three Nikolay Davydenko (picture) announced his retirement yesterday at the age of 33. The Russian, who won the ATP World Tour Finals title in 2009 and helped his country win the Davis Cup in 2006, said injuries had forced him to end his 15-year career. “I had a lot of injuries over the last few years,” Davydenko said. “They are still causing me discomfort. The time has come: I am officially announcing my retirement as a professional sportsman.”

Basket, NBA: Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash missed his third straight practice after injuring his back while carrying bags on Wednesday. The 40-year-old has battled injuries the past few years. Last season, Nash, the oldest active player in the league who is in his 19th season, was limited to 15 games.

Cycling: The International Cycling Union (UCI) has officially asked the licence commission to review the Astana team’s world Tour (elite) status after the Kazakh outfit was hit by a third positive doping test this year. “This (licence review) follows the serious concerns raised by the fact that two Astana riders, Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy, recently tested positive for EPO and the notification this week that Ilya Davidenok has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for anabolic androgenic steroids in a sample collected at the Tour de l’Avenir on 28th August 2014,” the UCI said.