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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 ...
Women's downhill at Val d'Isere now on Friday
A women's World Cup downhill has been scheduled at Val d'Isere on Friday instead of Saturday to take advantage of a better weather forecast.
Priestland injury blow for Wales, Lions
Wales flyhalf Rhys Priestland will miss the next six months after rupturing his left Achilles tendon, ruling him out of the Six Nations and ...
World Golf Glance
PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA/ONEASIA TOUR AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Coolum, Australia. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Palmer Coolum Resort ...
Raptors F Bargnani injured in game against Blazers
Forward Andrea Bargnani has left the Toronto Raptors' game at the Portland Trail Blazers with what appeared to be a right elbow injury. Bargnani was ...
Russian discus medalist suspended in doping case
Russia's anti-doping agency says discus thrower Darya Pishchalnikova has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF after a positive doping test that ...
Kim Yu-na posts season's best to seal return
Olympic champion Kim Yu-na completed her triumphant return to figure skating competition on Sunday by winning the NRW Trophy with the season's best ...
Norway's men and women win World Cup relay events
Norway won both the men's and women's relay events Sunday at the second biathlon World Cup meet of the season. The Norwegian men used nearly flawless ...
Hirscher wins WCup giant slalom ahead of Luitz
Defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria protected his first-run lead to comfortably win a giant slalom race on Sunday and silence his ...
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 ...
Germans sweep luge World Cup event
Olympic champion Felix Loch won his second luge World Cup race of the season Sunday to lead a German sweep of the podium places. Loch finished .
Russia's Zubkov makes it 4 in 4
World Cup titleholder Alexander Zubkov won his fourth consecutive four-man bobsled race Sunday to extend his lead in the season standings. Pushed by ...
Kessler stops Magee in 3rd round
Mikkel Kessler of Denmark has claimed a fifth world championship after relieving Brian Magee of his WBA super middleweight title with a third-round ...
Cowboy charged after player dies in auto accident
Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed ...
A-Rod committed to 'hard road back' after surgery
Alex Rodriguez went to see doctors with hopes of finding something wrong. When they actually located a problem, only then did he start feeling a bit ...
Kenny Perry, Sean O'Hair take Shootout lead
Kenny Perry and Sean O'Hair took a two-stroke lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout by birdieing the final six holes in better-ball play for an ...
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 ...
Kim Yu-na reigns on return to competition
Kim Yu-na made a triumphant return after her 19-month sabbatical from competition by posting the season's highest score with a flawless short program ...
Asada, Takahashi win Grand Prix Final
Mao Asada of Japan won the Grand Prix Final with a clean free program that ranged from sprightly to quietly refined on Saturday. Compatriot Daisuke ...
France's Alexis Pinturault wins men's WCup slalom
Alexis Pinturault of France thrilled the home fans with a brilliant second run under the floodlights to rise from sixth place and win a World Cup ...
Canada's Maltais wins women's WCup snowboard cross
Defending women's World Cup champion Dominique Maltais of Canada won the first snowboard cross of the season Saturday for her eighth career victory, ...
Germans sweep top 3 places
Olympic bronze medalist Natalie Geisenberger led a German sweep of the podium in a luge World Cup meet Saturday. Geisenberger notched her 12th career ...
1st European Games approved for Baku in 2015
China and Japan already compete in the Asian Games. The Americas have the Pan American Games. Africa organizes the All-Africa Games. Now Europe is ...
Fak, Solemdal win biathlon WCup pursuit events
Slovenian biathlete Jakov Fak won a men's World Cup 12.5-kilometer pursuit Saturday for his first career victory. Fak missed two targets before edging ...