Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, snubbed in voting for this season's NBA Most Valuable Player award, was named Sunday as winner of the NBA Citizenship Award for community service. The prize,...
American Justin Gatlin, so often the pantomime villain of men's sprinting, returned to winning form with a pedestrian 100 metres victory in Japan on Sunday. The veteran 35-year-old, a two-time doping...
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal is out of the Italian Open after a straight-set defeat by Dominic Thiem of Austria in the quarter-finals in Rome. The Spanish world number four had won all 17 of his...
Novak Djokovic was beaten by Andy Murray in last year's Italian Open final World number two Novak Djokovic is through to the Italian Open final after losing just one game against Dominic Thiem in...
American Matthew Centrowitz, the 1,500 meter Olympic champion at the Rio Games, dominated Britain's Mo Farah, the undisputed king of the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, at the USATF Distance Classic meet in...
Struggling world number one Lydia Ko said Wednesday she is unfazed by the prospect of being deposed from top spot as she heads into this week's Kingsmill Championship in Virginia. The South...
Rafa Nadal beat David Goffin 7-6(3) 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Madrid Open, where he will face Novak Djokovic, the beneficiary of a walkover when Kei Nishikori pulled out due to injury....
World number two Novak Djokovic is into the semi-finals of the Madrid Open after his quarter-final opponent Kei Nishikori withdrew with a wrist injury. Japan's world number eight missed last month's...
Novak Djokovic moved into the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters on Friday without hitting a ball as Kei Nishikori withdrew citing the recurrence of a wrist injury, tournament organisers said. The...
Iconic venues from across Los Angeles's sporting skyline took center stage on Thursday as a team of International Olympic Committee officials scrutinized the city's bid for the 2024 Olympics. Members...
Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid chiefs rolled out an array of stars from Hollywood, the sports world and big business in a private dinner for International Olympic Committee delegates visiting the city,...
Reigning Women's World Cup champion United States will host top-10 rivals Australia, Japan and Brazil in a new tournament this year and next, the US Soccer Federation said Wednesday. The first...
A team of International Olympic Committee delegates kick off a three-day tour of Los Angeles Wednesday as the city attempts to demonstrate its readiness to stage the 2024 Olympics. With just four...
Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says he was unhurt after claiming to be “rammed” by a car driver while out training in southern France. The Briton, who rides for Team Sky, posted a...
Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves and two other Australian Olympic swimmers are facing possible two-year bans for missing drug tests, reports said on Sunday. Groves, two-time Olympian Thomas...
New Zealand's two-time Olympic rowing champion Eric Murray announced his retirement Monday, saying he no longer felt the buzz of victory after an eight-year winning streak. Murray and Hamish Bond...
China have turned to former Olympians Xia Xuanze and Zhang Jun as national badminton coaches to replace long-standing boss Li Yongbo as they battle to revive their dominance in the sport. Xia, a...
Serena Williams has said she revealed her pregnancy by accident, after mistakenly uploading a photograph on Snapchat. The 23-time Grand Slam winner posted a picture on the social media app, posing in...
Serena Williams just announced that she is 20 weeks pregnant for fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit. Even though it was well known that Serena was engaged since late last year, Black...
Superstar athlete Serena Williams late Tuesday promised she would be back on the court after becoming a mom, with her baby hopefully cheering her on. Williams spoke playfully and candidly about...
