IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...

Pacquiao, Marquez at it again for fourth time
By now, there's nothing Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez don't know about each other. After 36 rounds in the ring — many of which could have ...
NCAA's Emmert still pushing for athlete stipends
NCAA President Mark Emmert is still determined to provide college athletes with $2,000 for expenses not covered by scholarships. Convincing schools ...

Barcelona soccer club defends use of Catalan
Long a symbol of Catalan identity, Barcelona soccer club added its voice Wednesday to a simmering political dispute between the region of Catalonia ...

Athletes lose medals; Armstrong decision pending
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...

IOC opens case on SKorea soccer player for banner
The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the ...

Progress for Tiger, but still a long way to go
Ian Poulter finished his final round at the World Challenge and was chatting next to the clubhouse at Sherwood when he stopped in the middle of a ...

IOC suspends India over political interference
The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for ...
3 youths to be charged after fatal soccer attack
Richard Nieuwenhuizen was doing what he loved: watching his son play soccer and volunteering as a linesman. On Monday, the 41-year-old father's ...
McIlroy voted PGA Tour player of the year
Rory McIlroy sure didn't feel like the PGA Tour player of the year when he arrived at Kiawah Island for the final major of the year. He had missed ...

Officials familiar with case: IOC suspends India
The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with ...

Penske gives IndyCar some buzz with Stewart offer
Nearly 12 weeks after winning his first IndyCar championship, Ryan Hunter-Reay will finally get to accept his trophy in a ceremony at Indianapolis ...

McDowell ends a long drought at Sherwood
Graeme McDowell loves nothing better than to close out a long year with a win, and there's no better place for him to do that than Sherwood Country ...

McDowell ends drought by winning World Challenge
Graeme McDowell kept trying to convince himself and everyone else that his game was improving, even though he had gone two years without a trophy to ...

Vonn races to 2nd straight Lake Louise hat trick
Lindsey Vonn is in a class by herself when it comes to women's World Cup skiing at Lake Louise. After winning both downhills, Vonn capped a sweep with ...

Ligety wins giant slalom with blazing final run
Ted Ligety simply can't be caught these days. Not on these new giant slalom skis, anyway. At least, that's the prevailing feeling among a good portion ...

Funeral held for boxer 'Macho' Camacho in NYC
Hundreds mourned Hector Camacho on Saturday in the landmark East Harlem church the fighter attended as a boy, and hundreds more cheered and shouted ...

Beckham wins 2nd MLS title, Galaxy beat Dynamo 3-1
David Beckham stood on the podium with his three sons, an oversized Union Jack knotted around his Los Angeles Galaxy jersey. With a practiced lift and ...

McDowell clings to a 2-shot lead at Sherwood
Based on history alone, the most comfortable part of Graeme McDowell's position is being at Sherwood Country Club. Ever since he first showed up at ...

Lindsey Vonn wins 2nd Lake Louise downhill
Lindsey Vonn raced to her 13th World Cup victory at Lake Louise on Saturday, leading another 1-2 U.S. sweep in the second downhill at the Canadian ...

Marsaglia of Italy captures 1st World Cup race
For some of the skiers, the super-G course was so treacherous and tricky that it was a wipeout waiting to happen. For Matteo Marsaglia, the hill was ...

McDowell heads for finish line at World Challenge
Perhaps it was no coincidence that Graeme McDowell finally had a good night of sleep and then put together the best round at Sherwood Country Club, ...

Lindsey Vonn wins again at Lake Louise
Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening downhill Friday for her 12th career World Cup victory at Lake Louise, renewing her desire to race against the men ...

Italy's Innerhofer wins Beaver Creek downhill
Christof Innerhofer could barely train in the offseason because of his chronically aching back. After this performance, the Italian skier was ...