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McQuaid dismisses LeMond's claim to lead UCI
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond's claim that he should take over cycling's governing body to lead the sport out of crisis following the ...
Baseball backs merger with softball in Olympic bid
The International Baseball Federation has formally approved a merger with softball's governing body in a joint bid to return to the Olympics.
A teammate could be Svindal's biggest challenger
Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal has been nearly unbeatable in speed races this season. This weekend, however, he could be challenged by ...
US airlines to lead industry recovery in profits
U.S. airlines will lead a recovery in the global sector's profits next year, mainly thanks to cost cuts and restructuring measures taken to address ...
Contador, UCI settle request for $3M fine
Alberto Contador and the International Cycling Union have reached an undisclosed financial agreement after the governing body tried to impose a €2.
German government fails to salvage Swiss tax deal
The German government has failed in an attempt to salvage a deal that was meant to end a long-running dispute with Switzerland over German tax cheats ...
European broadcasters invest in top cycling races
The European Broadcasting Union showed its faith in cycling on Wednesday, announcing a third long-term race broadcasting deal since Lance Armstrong ...
Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an ...
Sudan goes to CAS to regain WCup qualifier win
Sudan's football federation has appealed to sport's highest court to regain a World Cup qualifying victory it was stripped of by FIFA for fielding an ...
Swimming body picks Canada to host 2016 worlds
The Canadian city of Windsor will host the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in 2016. Swimming's governing body, known as FINA, says it chose ...
China overtakes US in number of patent filings
GENEVA — The U.N. says the Chinese filed the most patent applications in the world last year, overtaking the U.S. for the first time. The U.N.'s World ...
Hawking, CERN scientists win huge physics prize
A Russian billionaire's foundation is awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his work on black ...
STMicroelectronics to exit Ericsson joint venture
Europe's largest chipmaker, STMicroelectronics NV, said Monday it plans to exit its money-losing joint venture ST-Ericsson, as it struggles to manage ...
Review: Terfel shines in Zurich's odd 'Dutchman'
There's scarcely a ship or a sailor to be seen in the wildly revisionist, weirdly anti-colonialist new production of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" ...
Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead
Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and ...
Tina Maze wins World Cup giant slalom
Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third straight World Cup giant slalom Sunday to extend her lead in the overall standings, and defending champion Lindsey ...
Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup super-G
Lindsey Vonn's rivalry with World Cup leader Tina Maze heated up and threatened to boil over on Saturday, when the Slovenian's coaches accused the ...
Hefti of Switzerland wins 2-man bobsled
Titleholder Beat Hefti of Switzerland returned to the bobsled World Cup circuit and won his first race of the season by dominating a two-man event on ...
World Cup leader Tina Maze wins super-combi event
Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third race of the season by finishing first in both runs of a World Cup super-combined event Friday to extend her lead ...
Platini pledges to help fans in Euro 2020 plans
UEFA President Michel Platini promises to make fans a priority when deciding how to stage the 2020 European Championship in several countries across ...
UN sees slowing growth in worker wages
The U.N. labor office says workers' wages are growing at levels well below those before the global financial crisis, and actually fell in developed ...
UEFA urges ban on 3rd-party player transfer rights
UEFA stepped up opposition to investors owning stakes in players' transfer rights on Thursday, warning it would take action if FIFA failed to act.
Euro 2020 to be held in several countries
Around 45 countries were given hope of hosting the 2020 European Championship on Thursday as UEFA pledged the tournament would be played across the ...
Afghan, Iraq wars top Red Cross priorities in 2013
The International Committee of the Red Cross says Afghanistan and Iraq will continue to dominate its agenda while seeking $1.21 billion to pay for its ...