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Austrian snowboarders dominate World Cup in Sochi
Taku Hiraoka of Japan and Kelly Clark of the United States won World Cup halfpipe events at the Sochi Olympics venue on Thursday. Hiraoka scored 90.
'76 Olympic shot put champ Beyer admits doping
Former Olympic shot put champion Udo Beyer has for the first time admitted doping, saying in a documentary that it was his personal decision and that ...
Iceland shipping company adds Maine to route
An Icelandic shipping company has agreed to establish container freight operations in Portland in a move that will link Maine's largest city to ...
Papal resignation sparks global disbelief, grief
From the parishes of Poland to the churches of Chile, Roman Catholics around the world were stunned Monday at the first papal resignation in six ...
FIFA bans Canada forward Occean for 6 matches
FIFA has ordered Canada forward Olivier Occean to serve a six-match ban after being sent off and then insulting the referee during a World Cup ...
Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery on right knee
The surgeon who operated on Lindsey Vonn's right knee was "optimistic for a full recovery" after she shredded two ligaments during a crash last week ...
Bulgaria to brief EU ministers on bus bombing
Bulgaria will brief other EU nations on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year's bus bombing that killed five ...
Canadian navy officer gets 20 years for espionage
A Canadian navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty to selling military secrets to Russia was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Sub-Lt.
Future Bank of England boss open to policy review
Mark Carney, the Canadian who will become the Bank of England's governor this summer, said Thursday he is open to a review of Britain's monetary ...
Bulgaria: IDs, location of 2 terror suspects known
The two living suspects behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year have been identified and both are now living in ...
Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis
Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated ...
Bulgaria links Hezbollah to bombing of Israelis
Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated ...
New BlackBerry to be released in US in mid-March
The chief executive of Research In Motion says he's disappointed the new BlackBerry won't be released in the United States until mid-March, but he ...
Czechs, Italy advance in Davis Cup; Spain loses
Tomas Berdych had enough energy left after a record-setting doubles match to put defending champion Czech Republic into the quarterfinals of the Davis ...
Hamelin wins 1,000 in short track World Cup
Double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin of Canada won the men's 1,000-meter race at a short-track speedskating World Cup event on Sunday. The Canadian ...
Kraus and David win World Cup ski cross events
Tamas Kraus of the Czech Republic won a freestyle World Cup ski cross event on Sunday, while Alex Fiva of Switzerland retained the overall lead ...
Canadian officer apologizes to family for spying
A Canadian navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty to selling military secrets to Russia apologized to his family and children for the pain he ...
Canada, Holland: WhatsApp violates privacy norms
Regulators in the Netherlands and Canada say the popular messaging application WhatsApp is violating internationally accepted privacy norms by ...
EU, 2 other nations meet to pledge Mali trainers
EU countries are meeting Tuesday in Brussels to pledge personnel and other support for a military training mission to Mali, an EU official said.
Almagro out of Spain's Davis Cup tie with Canada
Nicolas Almagro has withdrawn from Spain's Davis Cup first-round tie against Canada due to injury. The Spanish tennis federation said Saturday that ...
Canada's Humphries leads women's bobsled worlds
World champion Kaillie Humphries of Canada held a slim lead midway through her defense of the women's bobsled title on Friday. The Olympic champion ...
A look at countries where women are in combat
From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with ...
Wind, snow thwart search for plane in Antarctica
Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers Friday from reaching a plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ...