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The IAAF is saddened to hear that Dale Greig, the British runner who set the inaugural women's world marathon best over a certified and measured course, died of cancer on 12 May, three days short of her 82nd birthday.

Will W Series encourage more women to start racing? Dieter Rencken speaks to CEO Catherine Bond Muir, their two race winners and ex-F1 racer Divina Galica.

Major Michael Rotich, the former head of Kenya's track and field team, is banned from athletics for 10 years.

If the Giants and Jets are unwatchable yet again, the NFL may have just provided New York with a quick fix. At the Spring League Meeting on Wednesday, the league eliminated the so-called “singleheader rule,” meaning ...

Sebastian Vettel says his "no-brainer" decision to write a letter to Niki Lauda when the three-time Formula 1 champion fell ill last year was done out of "respect"

According to court documents that were unsealed this morning, Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu was the victim of an extortion plot carried out by one of his distant family members. The documents describe repeated threats mad...

Dwyane Wade chose the high road.

LeBron James is too good to spend his final years with a franchise that is circling the drain.

Maurizio Sarri hopes Eden Hazard will stay at Chelsea but will respect whatever decision the forward reaches on his future. Hazard’s contract at Stamford Bridge is due to expire at the end of next season and he has bee...

Mario Andretti sees the reminders of 1969 everywhere these days – his face, his race car number, that familiar STP logo, they all appear on an endless array of shirts and jackets, clocks and flags, posters and coasters...

NFL guarantees three games every Sunday afternoon in all markets, moves start times of divisional playoffs, cuts commercial breaks for Super Bowl.        

Toronto's Marcus Stroman had an exchange with Boston players on the field during Tuesday's game, and Red Sox manager Alex Cora continued after the game.        

Pitcher Koji Uehara, whose dominant season in relief helped the Boston Red Sox win the 2013 World Series, has retired with Japan's Yomiuri Giants -- the team that he first played for in Japan.

Schematically, the move makes sense. But if Ndamukong Suh's troubled reputation follows him to Tampa, it could backfire.

On Jan. 3, St. Louis had the worst record in the N.H.L. On Tuesday, the Blues became the Western Conference champions.

Lewis Hamilton is fairly familiar with the streets of Monte Carlo so he took a more relaxed route to Wednesday duties at the Monaco Grand Prix, arriving on a beastly looking motorbike. Hamilton's passion for two wheels i...

Roger Federer returns to the French Open for the first time in four years to challenge Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's bids for more records.

Four of the league's biggest stars -- Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi -- are out for opening night and beyond. Liz Cambage and some promising rookies can fill the void.

Heather Watson and Katie Swan moved into the second round of French Open qualifying with victories at Roland Garros on Wednesday.

Last year's French Open finalist talks to Tumaini Carayol about death, illness, maturity and discovering the focus that has often eluded her Sloane Stephens grew up surrounded by dead bodies. Her extended family owns a f...

Williams team principal Claire Williams admits she has revised her view of all-women junior single-seater formula W Series having visited the first round of the championship in Hockenheim.

He has done it before and he would like to do it again, however, Daniel Ricciardo reckons winning the Monaco GP in his first year with Renault is a 'stretch.' Last season the Aussie raced from pole position to the victor...