Swimming: Thorpe denies return

Five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe has shot down reports that he will make a comeback to the sport in time for the 2012 London Olympics.

Thorpe, 27, retired in November 2006 after battling with motivational problems as well as illness and injury issues following the 2004 Athens Olympics.

His management team Grand Slam International released a statement yestreday in which Thorpe denied reports that he was eyeing a spot in Australia's 4x100m relay at the London Games.