Belgian Victor Campenaerts set a new one-hour world record for distance covered on a track Tuesday with 55.089 km (approximately 34 miles), edging past the previous record set by British great Bradley Wiggins.
The Tiger Woods major watch, stagnant for so long that it had almost been abandoned, is back on and Jack Nicklaus might yet be proved correct. As the years ticked by from 2008 and an injury-riddled Woods got stuck for more than a decade on 14 major titles, four short of Nicklaus’s record, the “Golden Bear” kept saying he still thought his mark was in jeopardy.
The two-time Boston Marathon champion turned onto Boylston Street with a sliver of a lead, leaning in front of two others with the finish line in sight.
Dustin Poirier bloodied Max Holloway and won a unanimous decision for the UFC interim lightweight title Saturday night, denying Holloway his chance to become only the fourth fighter to hold two belts at the same time.
Rory McIlroy is in fearsome form as he arrives at Augusta National chasing a rare career Grand Slam, but a renewed Tiger Woods could have something to say...
Justin Gaethje needed one brutal blow to show why he’s called “The Highlight” and stamp himself as a championship contender. Gaethje knocked out Edson Barboza...
Double Olympic 800-meters champion Caster Semenya says she is “no threat” to women’s sport and that recent comments from International Association of...
Conor McGregor’s announcement that he is to retire from mixed martial arts sent shockwaves around the sporting world Tuesday, but in a sport that seldom plays...
There are great goals, lucky goals, own goals, winning goals and now, in the era of VAR, the “provisional goal.”
Another season will pass without Champions League glory for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, but few will forget the manner in which the quest for a historic...
Top seed Novak Djokovic and 11-time champion Rafael Nadal showed no mercy in dominating wins to power into the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals Thursday.
Rafael Nadal charged out of the blocks Wednesday to hammer Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-1 in his opening match at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Fadi al-Khatib delivered a late scoring spree as Champville battled past Riyadi 74-66 Thursday to reignite their best-of-five Final Four series, which the...
The Los Angeles Clippers delivered the biggest comeback in NBA playoff history Monday, rallying from a 31-point deficit for a shocking 135-131 win over the...
Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton returned to the top of the Formula One standings Sunday with a comfortable victory in China that ticked off two more...
Lewis Hamilton won the 1,000th Formula One grand prix Sunday after grabbing the lead from Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas at the first corner and powering...
Double Olympic 800-meters champion Caster Semenya is “optimistic” of success in her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over eligibility...
T.J. Dillashaw surrendered his UFC bantamweight crown Wednesday after revealing an “adverse finding” in a doping test that followed a January loss in New York.
Japanese Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda, who is under investigation for suspected corruption, said Tuesday he would step down when his term ended in...
Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, is resigning amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next...
Errol Spence Jr. solidified his status as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world with 12-round boxing master class over challenger Mikey Garcia...
Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton picked up where he left off last season and was joined by teammate Valtteri Bottas as the Mercedes drivers posted the...
World athletics governing body IAAF has decided not to lift a ban on Russia's athletics federation over doping, saying on Monday it was still waiting to...
Junior dos Santos stopped Derrick Lewis by technical knockout Saturday night in the main event at UFC Fight Night in Wichita. “I’m feeling very good,” the...
England moved one step closer to sealing the Women's Six Nations Grand Slam with a commanding 55-0 victory over second-placed Italy in Exeter Saturday.
Jon Jones defended his light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Anthony Smith at UFC 235 Saturday night, overcoming a two-point...