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SAO PAULO (AP) -- The biggest question for Thursday's opening match of the World Cup isn't whether host Brazil can beat Croatia but how the unfinished and troublesome Itaquerao stadium will hold up in its first ever enco...

Sepp Blatter dancing on stage makes us weep tears of football shame.

Argentina's open training session ended in disorder on Wednesday as more than a dozen fans invaded the pitch and reached Lionel Messi and his team mates before security guards could intervene.

The heat and humidity will be a factor, and so will the poor playing surface, when the Amazonian jungle city of Manaus hosts England and Italy in its first World Cup match on Saturday.

Roger Federer began his grass-court preparations for Wimbledon by coming from behind to beat Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2 at the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday.

(Reuters) - San Francisco has been ruled out as host for the next America's Cup in 2017, according to a statement on the official regatta website.

That's a lot of money, even for LeBron James. And it might help the Heat get even better. It was buried away in a larger story about how the Heat plan on attempting to lure Carmelo Anthony to join their Big Three, but Br...

Hull City’s Yannick Sagbo has been banned for two matches for remarks made on social media in relation to the […]

The All England Lawn Tennis Ground plc announced the issue of up to 2,500 Centre Court debentures for the five years from 2016 to 2020 inclusive at a price of £50,000 each.

A former intern for the Los Angeles Clippers has filed a federal lawsuit against the Sterling Family Trust, claiming the team violated labor laws by not paying interns.

When the Seattle Seahawks conclude OTAs Thursday, Marshawn Lynch is expected to again be absent.

Chicago Bulls forward Ronnie Brewer has pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge in Beverly Hills.

Jamaica's Novlene Williams-Mills and Kaliese Spencer extended their current win streaks to three apiece at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on a beautiful evening in Oslo at the IAAF Diamond League meeting In the Norwegian c...

The workers at Rio de Janeiro's airports said they would go on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, the opening day of the World Cup soccer tournament.

The Browns don't expect quarterback Johnny Manziel to drop the football and pick up a bat anytime soon.

The Bengals signed first-round pick Darqueze Dennard to a four-year deal Thursday, bringing their entire draft class under contract.

Like almost every one of his 12 years in the NBA, Nene's second full season with the Wizards was interrupted by an injury that sidelined him for an extended period. But as he's been prone to do, Nene bounced back strong,...

Miami police have closed an investigation into a hotel incident involving San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and a woman who told police that she might have been sexually assaulted after drinks with several...

Former Los Angeles Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor said he worked for now-disgraced owner Donald Sterling for 22 years because of limited job opportunities for former black players and the need to provide for his f...

Maverick McNealy, a sophomore at Stanford, makes his United States Open debut with his father, Scott, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, employed as his caddie.

At the United States Open this week in Pinehurst, N.C., footprints in sandy areas not considered bunkers may end up posing unofficial hazards for players.

Course may neutralize long hitters, enhance importance of reaching tricky greens in regulation PINEHURST, N.C. — Keegan Bradley strolled across the Pinehurst practice green Wednesday and noticed Zach Johnson using a pu...