Category Archives: Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO - Fourth-ranked Stan Wawrinka is withdrawing from the Olympics because of injury, leaving the Rio Games without half of the ATP’s top-10. With his announcement Tuesday, two-time m...

TORONTO - Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and kicker Lirim Hajrullahu and defensive back A.J. Jefferson, both of the Toronto Argonauts, were named the CFL’s players of the week T...

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath. That calm period may not last for long. Teams had until 4 p.m. EDT on Monday to make trades without waivers,...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Declaring that the global drug-testing system is damaged, Olympic leaders and anti-doping officials vowed Tuesday to fix the problems and prevent the type of scandal that has embroile...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - It seems the sports world just doesn’t know what to do with an athlete like Caster Semenya. The South African runner, and others like her, may present one of the gre...

TOKYO - Japanese Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura may be a record six-time world champion, but he won’t be encountering much success in his “Pokemon Go” efforts after running up a huge...

PANJSHIR, Afghanistan - On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored ...

HOUSTON - Carlos Correa came through again with a clutch hit for the Houston Astros. Correa’s RBI double in the 14th inning gave the Houston Astros a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Mo...

RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC President Thomas Bach issued another defence of his handling of the Russian doping scandal Monday, saying the decision not to exclude the entire Russian team from the Rio de Janei...

ARLINGTON, Texas - For the second year in a row, the Texas Rangers added a top player who had already nixed a deadline deal to another team. The AL West-leading Rangers acquired catcher Jonathan Lucro...