Category Archives: Sports

NEW ORLEANS - Making clear that she thought the sentence was a light one, a Louisiana judge Thursday formally imposed a 20-year prison sentence on former NFL star Darren Sharper, who last week was sen...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived for his appeal hearing against a six-year ban from football on Thursday, pledging to accept the verdict of the Court of Arbitration f...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked the ban on his country from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as immoral and inhumane on Thursday, while six Russian athletes launched a bid to compete ...

CHICAGO - U.S. women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended Wednesday for six months by U.S. Soccer for disparaging comments about Sweden following the Americans’ early departure from the Ri...

PRIDDIS, Alta. - Stephanie Meadow didn’t mind the inclement weather conditions during the first round of the LPGA’s Canadian Open on Thursday. After a lightning delay that lasted nearly th...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American L.A. Angels 8 Toronto 2 Oakland 5 Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Seattle 0 Tampa Bay 4 Boston 3 (11 innings) Detroit 9 Minnesota 4 — National Milwaukee 7 Colorad...

TORONTO - The dynamic duo of Mike Trout and Albert Pujols got the best of Marco Estrada. Trout and Pujols hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning as the Los Angeles Angels snapped an 11-game ro...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Jozy Altidore scored in the 86th minute, Sebastian Giovinco had two assists and Toronto FC beat Orlando City 2-1 on Wednesday night. Toronto (12-7-7) won its sixth game during a seven-...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic advanced to the Connecticut Open quarterfinals, beating Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday night. ...

MONTREAL - Even if the Montreal Impact were held to a 1-1 draw by D.C. United, they were happy to rebound from their worst outing of the season with a strong effort on Wednesday night. Defender Hassou...