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December 10, 2018

Video review, goal-line decisions approved for water polo

Video review and goal-line technology are coming to water polo to help the oldest Olympic team sport keep pace. FINA, the ...

December 09, 2018

Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup parallel slalom event

Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup event for the third time in eight days, beating Petra Vlhova in the head-to-head final of ...

December 09, 2018

Swimmers hit world body FINA with California antitrust case

Three Olympic and world champion swimmers have filed an antitrust suit in California challenging governing body FINA's ...

December 08, 2018

IOC eases off support for electronic gaming as Olympic event

The International Olympic Committee has slowed its support for recognizing electronic gaming as a sport. After an Olympic ...

December 08, 2018

Shiffrin wins World Cup super-G for back-to-back speed wins

Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup super-G on Saturday, confirming the slalom great's arrival as a pure speed racer and ...

December 08, 2018

Court rejects Boca Juniors appeal to disqualify River Plate

A legal attempt by Boca Juniors to be awarded the Copa Libertadores title has failed. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says ...

December 07, 2018

Outgoing UN envoy makes new appeal to Syria's warring sides

The outgoing U.N. envoy for Syria appealed Friday to the country's warring sides to agree on a committee to draft a new ...

December 06, 2018

UN-led talks on Western Sahara end with plans to meet again

The U.N. secretary-general's envoy for Western Sahara on Thursday wrapped up the first talks in six years over the future of ...

December 06, 2018

UN rights office: Burundi's government has asked us to leave

The United Nations human rights office on Thursday said Burundi's government has asked it to leave, months after the outgoing ...

December 05, 2018

Boxing head tries to placate voters amid Olympic inquiry

The president of the amateur boxing association says the body has "finally and fully left the troubled past behind," despite ...

December 05, 2018

Right-wing populist chosen for rotating Swiss presidency

A top leader of Switzerland's main right-wing populist party has been chosen to take the Alpine country's largely ceremonial ...

December 04, 2018

Russian curler banned 4 years in Olympic doping case

Russian curling medalist Alexander Krushelnitsky was banned for four years Tuesday in a doping case which cost Russia the ...

December 04, 2018

Warm weather, lack of snow in Europe delays ski-cross events

Amid warm weather to start the European winter, the three-time delayed ski-cross World Cup season opener is now set for Dec.

December 03, 2018

England to play Netherlands in Nations League semifinals

England will play the Netherlands and host Portugal will face Switzerland in the semifinals of the inaugural UEFA Nations ...

November 30, 2018

Schmidhofer takes Lake Louise downhill for 1st World Cup win

Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria captured the downhill race at Lake Louise on Friday to earn her first World Cup victory.

November 30, 2018

Russia, Ukraine, US in 7-nation contest to host swim worlds

Swimming's governing body says Russia and Ukraine are among seven countries wanting to host the world championships in 2025 ...

November 30, 2018

FIFA bans former soccer official for 4 years in bribery case

FIFA's ethics committee has imposed a four-year ban on a soccer official for accepting a bribe, reportedly from former ...

November 28, 2018

Switzerland: Child dies of wounds by fire that killed 6 more

Authorities say a child has died of injuries caused by a fire that earlier killed six people in a residential building in ...

November 28, 2018

Top diplomats at UN meeting offer support for Afghanistan

Top diplomats from Russia, the United States and the European Union united Wednesday in support for the Afghan president's ...