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Americans extend gold tally at short-course worlds
Matthew Grevers and Olivia Smoliga won men's and women's 100-meter backstroke and Ryan Lochte anchored a relay victory Thursday at the short-course ...
Marchand-Arvier fastest in downhill training
Marie Marchand-Arvier of France posted the fastest time in a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday, edging out Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein ...
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.
Rabobank cycling team renamed Blanco Pro
The Rabobank cycling team is being renamed Blanco Pro Cycling Team next year as it continues to hunt for a new sponsor, Rabobank announced on Thursday
Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
Clijsters beats Venus Williams in farewell game
Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match. Clijsters retired after the U.
Fenninger fastest in World Cup downhill training
Anna Fenninger of Austria posted the fastest time in a World Cup downhill training run on Wednesday, finishing narrowly ahead of American Julia ...
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.
Djokovic, SWilliams win ITF awards for 2012
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the International Tennis Federation's world champions for 2012. Djokovic won the men's award Tuesday for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Japan's Mao Asada wins Grand Prix Final
Mao Asada of Japan won the Grand Prix Final of figure skating on Saturday following a free program that ranged from sprightly to quietly refined.
Britain's Rudman wins skeleton World Cup race
Shelley Rudman of Britain set a track record to win a World Cup skeleton race Friday. Rudman beat the track record by more than a half second, ...
Takahashi leads men's GP Final, Asada in women's
Daisuke Takahashi of Japan confidently took the lead in figure skating's Grand Prix Final on Friday, outdoing world champion Patrick Chan of Canada ...
Birnbacher, Domracheva win WCup biathlon sprints
German biathlete Andreas Birnbacher shot flawlessly Friday to win a men's World Cup 10-kilometer sprint for his fifth career victory.
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 ...