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Kings reach new 6-year deal with Slava Voynov
The Los Angeles Kings have reached agreement on terms of a new six-year, $25 million contract with Russian defenseman Slava Voynov. The 23-year-old ...
Surprise Hossa scratch part of NHL injury culture
Marian Hossa is one of the Chicago Blackhawks' top scorers, with three game-winning goals already this postseason. And then, suddenly, he wasn't in ...
MGM, AEG to develop 20K seat Las Vegas Strip arena
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant ...
Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon, citing back
After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand ...
Datsyuk, Red Wings agree on $22.5M, 3-year deal
The Detroit Red Wings accomplished their No. 1 goal of the offseason Tuesday by agreeing to a $22.5 million, three-year deal with Pavel Datsyuk.
AP Interview: Wiggins will be strong in 2014
The director of the Tour de France expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race that starts ...
Top-seeded Radwanska loses to US qualifier Hampton
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska slumped to a 7-6 (2), 6-2 defeat by American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round at Eastbourne on Tuesday.
Valcke wants FIFA chief Blatter to stand again
The prospect of Sepp Blatter reversing a previous pledge and standing again for the FIFA presidency is growing. Before being re-elected unopposed in ...
Bank warns of billions in losses from Sochi Games
Russia's state development bank says it stands to lose billions of dollars from financing unprofitable construction projects for the 2014 Sochi ...
Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 29
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people.
Malisse ousts Ferrer in 1st round of Topshelf Open
French Open losing finalist David Ferrer lost his first round match Tuesday at the Topshelf Open, depriving him of valuable practice time on the grass ...
Dawn Approach wins, Animal Kingdom loses at Ascot
Dawn Approach won the St James's Palace Stakes on the opening day at Royal Ascot following a thrilling race and a photo finish with Toronado on ...
AP Source: Couture agrees to extension with Sharks
The San Jose Sharks have agreed to a contract extension with star center Logan Couture to keep him off the market next summer. A person familiar with ...
Eintracht's goalkeeper Nikolov to move to MLS
Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Oka Nikolov is leaving the Bundesliga club after 19 years to move to Major League Soccer. Eintracht chief executive ...
England focused on here and now vs South Africa
England has an Ashes series looming ahead of it and South Africa a lingering history of one-day failures behind it. Both will try and convert those ...
Official: Olympic failure led to judoka's suicide
A Russian judo official says a four-time European judo champion who committed suicide had been depressed since failing to win a medal at last year's ...
FA won't renew Pearce contract as Under-21 coach
Stuart Pearce is out as coach of England's Under-21 team. The Football Association says it will "not be renewing his contract," which expires at the ...
Ribery, Benzema prostitution trial is adjourned
A trial involving Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema on charges they solicited an underage prostitute has been adjourned ...
American Steve Johnson gets Wimbledon wild card
Steve Johnson of the United States joined Frenchman Nicolas Mahut and seven British players invited to compete in the men's and women's singles as a ...
Bittencourt leaves Dortmund for Hannover
Leonardo Bittencourt is leaving Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund to join Bundesliga rival Hannover. Hannover says the midfielder received ...
Newcastle confirms Kinnear's return
Newcastle has appointed Joe Kinnear as the Premier League club's new director of football on a three-year contract. The 66-year-old Irishman left ...
Man United to play friendly in Stockholm
Manchester United will travel to Sweden for a friendly game against AIK in August as part of the English champions' pre-season tour. The club said on ...
Rask shuts down Blackhawks as Bruins take 2-1 lead
The puck bounced off the post and rolled across the crease, away from the goal line. The red light flashed briefly, but replays would confirm that ...
Paille, 3rd line push Bruins into series lead
The Bruins' third line was No. 1 in Boston. The revamped lineup of Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin scored Boston's first goal and drew the ...
Bruins beat Blackhawks 2-0, lead Cup finals 2-1
Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready. The Bruins goalie ...