Sports
Saudi horsemen clinch bronze
Britain, led by a rider who returned to the sport after breaking his neck in a competition fall, won its first Olympic show jumping gold medal in 60 years Monday.
Bolt confirms he is greatest sprinter ever
Any doubts that Usain Bolt is the greatest sprinter to grace an athletics stadium were swept away in 9.63 seconds at the London Olympics Sunday evening.
US judoka expelled for doping
American judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympic Games.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Keegan Bradley only wanted a chance to get into a playoff Sunday at Firestone. All it took was a vital par, along with a stunning collapse by Jim Furyk, for Bradley to win the Bridgestone Invitational, bag the $1.4 million first prize and wrap up a spot on the Ryder Cup team.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Sudan’s Abubaker Kaki (C) celebrates after finishing first ahead of second-place finisher Kenya’s Timothy Kitum (L) and third-place finisher Saudi Arabia’s Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed in their men’s 800m Round 1 heat during at the Olympic Stadium in London Monday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Britain’s Andy Murray believes his Olympic triumph will provide the perfect springboard to break his Grand Slam drought.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
China’s Wu Minxia won the women’s 3m springboard diving gold medal to draw level with Guo Jingjing as the most-decorated diver at the Olympics with six medals Sunday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Second-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine won the Citi Open Sunday for his first ATP World Tour 500 event title, beating fourth-seeded Tommy Haas 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-1.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run rally by Detroit with two outs in the 10th inning Sunday, giving the Tigers a 10-8 victory over Cleveland that sent the Indians to their ninth straight loss.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Lightning strikes at a Pennsylvania raceway after a rain-shortened NASCAR race killed one fan and injured nine others, one critically, racetrack officials said.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Scott Dixon took the lead by passing Will Power in pit row on the 57th lap and then held on Sunday to capture his fourth IndyCar title in the last six years at Mid-Ohio.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Former FBI director Louis Freeh has been brought in by the Asian Football Confederation to assist in the corruption investigation of its suspended president Mohamed Bin Hammam in a sign that the probe is intensifying.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
England and South Africa drew the second Test Monday after some late drama that offered each team an unlikely sniff of victory on the fifth and final day at Headingley.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
With 80,000 sets of eyes locked on the world’s best sprinters and an electrically-charged silence hanging heavy inside the Olympic Stadium one lucky ticket holder decided to add to the drama Sunday and lob a bottle toward Usain Bolt.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Italian Niccolo Campriani thrashed the field to win the men’s 50m three position rifle shooting event at the London Games Monday as American Matthew Emmons endured another Olympic nightmare.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Fancy a traditional English fry-up for breakfast? How about a chicken curry or some kimchi? Or would a lamb samosa and some baba ganoush from a halal kitchen be more to your taste?
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
After narrowly missing out on the Ligue 1 title last season, Paris Saint-Germain is the overwhelming favorite to win a first French crown since 1994 this time around.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
Xavi Alonso and Sami Khedira scored in each half to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win over Mexican club Santos Laguna in a friendly Sunday.
Tuesday, 07 - August 2012
A.J. Burnett remained undefeated against the Cincinnati Reds this season and Starling Marte hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the fourth to help the Pittsburgh Pirates salvage the finale of their three-game series with a 6-2 win Sunday.
