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Christian Benteke's injury-time winner, his second goal of the night, ended Swindon's marvellous Capital One Cup run after a 3-2 fourth-round defeat by Aston Villa.

Caroline Wozniacki started her Tournament of Champions campaign in Sofia with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh on Tuesday.

Middlesbrough claimed a surprise 1-0 victory over local rivals Sunderland at the Stadium of Light to book their place in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.

TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Romero has had surgery on his elbow and is expected to need six weeks to recover.

The worst of Hurricane Sandy is behind us, but the sports world will still feel its effects in the coming days. Even in the past two days, Sandy managed to hit the "Publish" button on an MLB.com admin page and push the N...

Ryder Cup-winning captain Jose Maria Olazabal and Europe team members Nicolas Colsaerts, Paul Lawrie, Francesco Molinari and Peter Hanson will all play at the Volvo Golf Champions in South Africa in January.

Anthony Davis, meet Ludacris-Anthony Davis. But don't freak it out.

The defenseman has until Thursday to decide whether to accept an offer to play with Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss N.L.A., according to his agent.

The following previews were culled from the team chapters of the ever-incisive Pro Basketball Prospectus. Buy the book as a PDF for $9.98. It’s also available in paperback. For more, check out the Basketball Prosp...

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached the third round of the Paris Masters with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2) win over Julien Benneteau.

PARIS (Reuters) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga started his quest for an ATP World Tour final spot with a 6-2 4-6 7-6 second-round victory over fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau at the Paris Masters on Tuesday.

Here is one MMA fighter with confidence for days and bravado aplenty, all of which caused him to get knocked out quickly.  There isn't much known about this video, so I looked to the comments for some added details an...

Paolo Di Canio said before this fourth-round game with Aston Villa that victory would be better than sex with Madonna, but a late goal from Christian Benteke denied Swindon Town a quarter-final place despite their second...

• Celtic 5-0 St Johnstone• Commons 28 32 57pen, Hooper 38, Mulgrew 61 A week after displaying defensive obduracy in the Camp Nou, Celtic grasped an opportunity to express themselves at home. Last year's beate...

Middlesbrough's fifth successive win swept Tony Mowbray's team into the quarter-finals on a very bad night for Martin O'Neill and Sunderland. After an underwhelming start to the Premier League campaign a cup exit to Cham...

Serbian police have filed charges against members of the Serbia and England Under-21 teams in connection with the fight that took place at the end of the recent play-off match in Krusevac.

Spend your time imprisoned inside by a storm with a pretty name constructively: by deepening your bench, and getting your bye-week plays in order. Pat Mayo counts down the best pickups, after the jump.

The Czech Republic's ice hockey federation says it has fined a club after its fans aimed racist chants toward Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds, who is playing in the top Czech league during the NHL lockout.

Braden threw a perfect game in 2010. He’s now looking for a job. Armando Galarraga threw a would-be perfect game in 2010. He got dumped by the Astros. Phil Humber threw a perfect game in April, and he might get no...

Allegations that Mikel John Obi and Juan Mata were addressed with 'inappropriate language' will not go away easily – for the accusers or the accused The closest there has been, when it comes to finding a precedent...

Falcons, Giants remain 1-2 in AP Pro32 power rankings; Colts gallop to No. 16

The Associated Press' 2012-13 preseason women's All-America team, with school, height, year and votes from a 40-member national media panel (key 2011-12 statistics in parentheses): Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, senior, 4...