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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Mexico's soccer heroes tend to be strikers, the home run hitters of the sport. Players like Hugo Sanchez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco and more recently Chicharito Hernandez and Oribe Peralta are the guys wh...

Two games, two disappointing performances. Are Brazil really built to win the World Cup? Needing a tie against Brazil to nose ahead of Croatia in the race for second in Group A, Mexico duly got one, holding the Selecao t...

The U.S. team likely will be without forward Jozy Altidore for Sunday’s match against Portugal.

The U.S. Patent Office has ruled the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled.

Gerald Green has been in his fair share of NBA dunk contests, and it looks like the 28-year-old can still throw down some slick dunks. The Phoenix Suns guard got way up and threw down a strong windmill jam after passing ...

Technically, Robert Hopkins was found guilty of second-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree assault because he landed on and seriously injured a fan below, but this is as close as you can get to being convicted ...

Ghana team officials said Wednesday that reports of a "player revolt" against coach Kwesi Appiah following the 2-1 loss to the United States at the World Cup weren't true.

Brazilian police say a stray bullet grazed the neck of a 7-year-old boy near a site where thousands had gathered to watch a large-screen broadcast of Brazil playing Mexico in the World Cup host city of Fortaleza.

Nadal and Djokovic are ranked Nos. 1 and 2, but Federer still lives for the lawn

Defending champion Andy Murray has been seeded third for Wimbledon, two places above his current world ranking.

The seeds have been announced for The Championships 2014

A former Dallas Cowboys linebacker has been named the primary suspect in a police investigation in Cleveland after allegedly trying to hire a hit man to take out his agent ... this according to a police report obtained b...

Aaron Hernandez's attorneys want to issue a subpoena to the New England Patriots for medical, psychological and other records on their former player.

CHICAGO - In his more than three decades on the federal bench, U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur has developed a reputation as a high-minded expert in the law, often peppering his rulings with somewhat obscure literary r...

To the victor come the spoils, and San Antonio plans to spoil their NBA champion Spurs with a victory river parade and Alamodome rally.

A Major League Baseball security expert and former Secret Service agent testified Tuesday that the security he observed at Dodger Stadium on the day a fan was severely beaten was greater than any he had seen except for a...

Michael Schumacher is getting neurological treatment and rehabilitation in the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) like any other patient, his doctor Richard Frackowiak said on Tuesday. Treating the record Formula One ch...

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) - Victoria Azarenka was reasonably satisfied after losing her first match in more than three months, a three-setter in the first round of the Aegon Championships on Tuesday.

Brazil's World Cup has been a carnival of color -- but this was a monochrome affair in Fortaleza. The host was held 0-0 by Mexico, with goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa the hero.

Kurt Warner rewarded the Arizona Cardinals for reviving his career with a trip to Super Bowl XLIII and now the team is returning the favor.

ENGLEWOOD Colo.

Cameroon are probably done already but Croatia still have dreams of the knockout rounds. Plus, has there been a bad match yet?