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October 14, 2018

German bus crashes on Swiss highway, 1 dead and 14 injured

A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 ...

October 14, 2018

Patrick Baumann, rising star in Olympic circles, dies at 51

Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball's world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has ...

October 12, 2018

Lukaku leads Belgium past Switzerland with a brace

Romelu Lukaku scored both goals in Belgium's 2-1 win over Switzerland on Friday, putting the Red Devils in the lead of its ...

October 12, 2018

No fans, no goals: England and Croatia play to a dull draw

Deprived of a seat inside the stadium through no fault of their own, a small band of loyal England supporters watched the ...

October 12, 2018

Settlement ends Russian doping case at Pyeongchang Olympics

One of the four doping cases at the Pyeongchang Olympics has been closed in an agreement between bobsled's governing body and ...

October 09, 2018

Sports court to rule on disputed Olympic boxing election

The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it aims for a first ruling within days on a Kazakh official's urgent request to be ...

October 09, 2018

Polish leader honors WWII diplomat who tried to help Jews

Poland's president and descendants of Holocaust survivors held a graveside ceremony Tuesday to honor a Polish diplomat in ...

October 09, 2018

The Latest: UN has 'serious concern' on missing Saudi writer

The Latest on the mystery surrounding fate of Saudi journalist who disappeared while visiting kingdom's consulate in Istanbul ...

October 08, 2018

CAS agrees contamination caused Russian Olympic doping

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has lifted a provisional ban imposed on one of the two Russian athletes who tested ...

October 04, 2018

Alleged operations by Russia's GRU in recent years

In a series of coordinated announcements, authorities in United States, Britain, The Netherlands and Australia on Thursday ...

October 04, 2018

IOC threatens to drop boxing from Olympics over election

The International Olympic Committee has reiterated its threat to drop boxing from the Olympics, expressing "extreme concern" ...

October 03, 2018

Edmonton Oilers edge Cologne 4-3 in OT in exhibition game

Ryan Strome scored with 2:53 left in overtime as the Edmonton Oilers beat the German league's Cologne Sharks 4-3 in an ...

October 02, 2018

Jack Ma says US-China trade war could last 20 years

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said Tuesday that the trade dispute between the U.S. and China could last 20 years. But he expressed ...

October 02, 2018

World Economic Forum hosts Balkan leaders in Switzerland

The World Economic Forum's president said Tuesday that the organization's move to bring together leaders from four Western ...

October 02, 2018

European judges dismiss challenges by Mutu, Pechstein

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a challenge by soccer player Adrian Mutu and speedskater Claudia Pechstein ...

October 01, 2018

Hall's OT winner lead Devils over Swiss club

Taylor Hall's goal with 1:03 left in overtime lifted the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over SC Bern of the Swiss National ...

October 01, 2018

Physicist suspended for talk that sparks sexism concerns

Officials at the world's largest particle accelerator on Monday suspended an Italian physicist pending an investigation into ...

October 01, 2018

UN touts anti-tobacco progress, decries industry meddling

The U.N. health agency says roughly 90 percent or more of countries behind a deal to reduce harmful tobacco consumption have ...

October 01, 2018

Peru captain Guerrero still banned in latest Swiss ruling

Peru captain Paolo Guerrero has lost another legal challenge in his bid to play again despite a 14-month doping ban.