
Neymar says he is joining Barcelona in 5-year deal
Neymar said Saturday he will be joining Barcelona after the Confederations Cup, the latest addition to a star-filled roster that already includes ...

Benitez's Chelsea stint ends with 5-3 loss to City
After the final whistle of his 50th and final game with Chelsea, Rafa Benitez walked toward the visitors' dugout at Yankee Stadium, raised his left ...

Dortmund rues missing golden opportunity to win CL
Borussia Dortmund's pain in losing the Champions League final 2-1 to bitter rival Bayern Munich is acerbated by the knowledge it may never have a ...

Froch wins decision over Kessler in rematch
Carl Froch won a unanimous decision over Mikkel Kessler in a super middleweight title unification bout on Saturday night, avenging his first career ...
Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story
In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings ...

Heynckes leaves Guardiola with tough act to follow
Follow that, Pep. Jupp Heynckes is leaving Bayern Munich having set the bar for Pep Guardiola as high as the Wembley Stadium arch. In England's ...

Bill Clinton, other celebs at Vienna AIDS charity
Cross-dressers, half-naked revelers, a famed fashion designer, entertainment icons and a former U.S. president shared the spotlight in the Austrian ...
Lions' Hartley in danger of missing Australia tour
England hooker Dylan Hartley is in danger of missing the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia after being sent off for swearing at the referee ...

Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in CL final
With minutes left to play and the biggest game in club football once again in his hands, Arjen Robben made sure he didn't miss this time. Robben found ...

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier
Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a ...

Cannes: 'The Immigrant' stirs emotional response
James Gray's sincere melodrama "The Immigrant" has divided the Cannes Film Festival not for its politics or its audaciousness, but for its ...

French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris
A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine ...

Polanski laments leveling of sexes as 'idiotic'
Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic" The director made ...

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the ...

Tilda Swinton brings erudite vampires to Cannes
Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch's latest movie "Only Lovers Left Alive," an unusual comedy that puts a spin ...
Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize
An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, ...

Root century lifts England to 337-7 vs NZ on day 2
Joe Root made the second test worth waiting an extra day for as he notched his maiden test century on his Headingley home turf in leading England to ...

Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest
Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed ...

Bayern, Dortmund fans descend on Wembley for final
Thousands of German football fans gathered at Wembley Stadium on Saturday and packed into central London ahead of the Champions League final. In the ...
Mercedes in talks to be Williams' engine supplier
With its long-standing partnership with McLaren set to end shortly, Mercedes is in talks to become the Formula One engine supplier for Williams from ...

Bayern, Dortmund use expected lineups for CL final
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are both fielding their expected lineups for the all-German Champions League final at Wembley, with neither coach ...

A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes
Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival. The festival, he says, is "for ...