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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...

TORONTO - The addition of veteran pitcher Francisco Liriano assures that all-star Aaron Sanchez will be heading to the Blue Jays bullpen. The 32-year-old Liriano was acquired by Toronto in a trade wit...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes released Canadian quarterback Brandon Bridge on Monday. Bridge, 24, known as Air Canada, was used only to run the ball on short-yardage situations this season, carryi...