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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence.

Substitute Alessandro Matri struck twice, including a winner in stoppage time, as Serie A leaders Juventus hit back to win 3-1 at 10-man Cagliari on Friday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 18th goal of the season to inspire Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain to a comprehensive 3-0 victory at 10-man Stade Brest which lifted them three points clear at the top on Friday.

Happy Holidays to all. Hopefully you're warm, you've done all the necessary shopping (end note: whoops), and are in the position to watch some sports with the heat cranked up. From Santa Barbara to New England, it's defi...

A terrific second half helped FC Twente to a 3-0 win at AZ Alkmaar that took them to the top...

If it costs a small fortune to fire your coach -- and often it does -- then a team is probably better off just keeping who they have on the sideline. Yes, this may not make the fans of the losers very happy today. But it...

Evgeni Malkin is the reigning Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League. He carried the Pittsburgh Penguins on his back last year while Sidney Crosby was sidelined for the majority of the season. Malkin scored 5...

Blackburn Rovers had a holiday party this week, and their party ended horribly. Manager Henning Berg was asked to perform a silly dance and was so offended that he stormed out of the party. That got us thinking: How coul...

The first 20-race season in Formula One history brought with it plenty of intriguing storylines, both on and off the track. Now, with 2012 drawing to a close, we look back over the biggest news stories of the yearÂ…

Linebacker Brian Urlacher will miss his third straight game because of a hamstring injury when the Chicago Bears visit the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence.

Who knows what you're going to get nowadays from the New Orleans Saints, who followed up a 25-point Week 14 loss with a 41-point victory in Week 15 and have both won five out of six and lost four in a row at different po...

Another year of baseball history has been written, and we'll consider it memorable because, among the great stories of the year, there was a Triple Crown winner who wasn't a clear-cut favorite to win the MVP.

Even though Nick Diaz lost the match that would ultimately determine the No. 1 contender for the welterweight title, he will still be awarded a title fight with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158 in Montreal. GSP has cited â...

(Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement that will keep the National Football League team in western New York for at least the next seven years, the team said on Friday.

Twente moved three points clear at the top of the Eredivisie on Friday after Nacer Chadli tallied two goals in a 3-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.Chadli broke a scoreless deadlock in the opening minutes of the second half before ...

Steve Nash participated in his second consecutive practice Friday without limitations as he continues to recover from a fractured left fibula, but the 17-year veteran is not certain when he'll return to game action.

A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence.

After getting jeered out of the building Sunday, Brian Urlacher spoke for presumably more than a few of his teammates. "The only team in our division that gets booed at home is us," Urlacher said. "It's unbelievable to m...

Boston Celtics star Leandro Barbosa doesn't need a red suit and a beard to play Santa -- in fact, the guard handed out piles of gifts to underprivileged children in Boston yesterday ... wearing nothing but normal street ...

Seattle Seahawks wide out Sidney Rice is listed as questionable for Sunday's game, via John Boyle. The 'Hawks receiver made the team's injury report with a 'knee.' Head Coach Pete Carroll suggested that it looks like Ric...

Tim Lincecum got a haircut. Tim Lincecum now looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It's kind of weird.