With no medals up for grabs on Monday at the world gymnastics championships, the race was on for the men to secure team spots for next year’s … Read more

The Washington Redskins are finally first at something. Read more

Since the 1992 Olympics, when the NBA’s best players ran all over the rest of the world, the league has sought to take basketball – its produc… Read more

NBA executive Daryl Morey sparked an international incident this weekend, when a Twitter post supporting human rights protesters in Hong Kong … Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The national teams of the United States and Canada, the two superpowers of women’s hockey, will face off at Honda Center on … Read more

DOHA – Leading American athletics coach Alberto Salazar, who has coached some of the world’s top distance runners including British Olympic tr… Read more

DOHA – Ugandan Halimah Nakaayi pulled off an upset to win the women’s 800-meter title at the world championships on Monday while favorite Ajee… Read more

Several players were deemed to be using non-conforming drivers at this week’s Safeway Open in California as the new PGA Tour testing procedure… Read more

U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe was named FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year on Monday during an awards ceremony in Milan, Italy. Read more

LAWRENCE, Kansas – Kansas’ athletic department has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA that lists major violations by the men’s bas… Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas – There were but three points of suspense for the Cowboys’ game on Sunday against the worst team in the NFL: Read more

LAS VEGAS – Natasha Cloud kicked off the Washington Mystics' practice Monday ahead of Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals with a message yelled loud… Read more

SAO PAULO – Brazilian skateboarders finished one-two in the female category of the Street League World Championships on Sunday, a result that … Read more

At the FIBA World Cup, the Spanish triumph and the American embarrassment boiled down to the same factor: commitment. Read more

Powerhouse Brazil showed just what a threat it will be at surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo next year, claiming gold and bronze in the men’s di… Read more

Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu, who upstaged tennis great Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final to win her maiden Grand Slam title, said … Read more

NEW YORK – Daniil Medvedev once reveled in his role as the villain of Flushing Meadows but on Sunday the Russian completed his transformation … Read more

NEW YORK – Rafael Nadal survived a heroic Daniil Medvedev fightback to claim an epic 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 win and a fourth U.S. Open title … Read more

NEW YORK – Rafa Nadal faced his stiffest challenge yet at the U.S. Open but raised his game to beat Marin Cilic 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Monday a… Read more

SAN DIEGO — Phil is fun. Or Phil is more fun. Or Phil is fun, for Phil. Read more

NEW YORK - Roger Federer destroyed David Goffin 6-2 6-2 6-0 on Sunday to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals and keep his bid for a record-exten… Read more

NEW YORK - Crowd-pleaser Coco Gauff came through a tough battle with qualifier Timea Babos 6-2 4-6 6-4 on Thursday to set up a third-round cla… Read more

NEW YORK – Roger Federer gave India’s Sumit Nagal a harsh introduction to Grand Slam tennis as the five-time champion weathered an early storm… Read more

INDIANAPOLIS – It’s 9:12 p.m. EDT on a summer Saturday night, and a modest crowd is only somewhat watching the action at Lucas Oil Stadium. It… Read more

A resilient Daniil Medvedev stunned world No. 1 and title holder Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati Masters semifinals on Saturday. Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – There were bumps, bruises and even blowout scrimmage losses along the way, but USA Basketball wrapped its two weeks of FIBA … Read more

LAS VEGAS – Let's cut to the chase and call them the United Spurs of America. Read more

Rafael Nadal will play Russia’s Daniil Medvedev for the Rogers Cup title in Montreal on Sunday after injured Frenchman Gael Monfils withdrew f… Read more

TORONTO – Serena Williams rallied to avoid a stunning upset and secure a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 semifinal win over Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova at th… Read more

TOKYO – Skateboarding has always been a young person’s game but when the X Games kicks off in Minneapolis on Thursday, competitors as young as… Read more

TOKYO – World No. 2 Naomi Osaka admitted on Thursday that the last few months have been “the worst of my life” and that she hasn’t had fun on … Read more

WASHINGTON – After an 18-month Senate investigation found the U.S. Olympic Committee failed to protect athletes from sexual abuse, a pair of s… Read more

Jill Ellis, who led the U.S. to a pair of Women’s World Cup championships, is stepping down as coach. Her contract with the U.S. Soccer Federa… Read more

Top seed and former champion Sloane Stephens crashed out of the Citi Open in Washington as she suffered a stunning 6-2, 7-5 first-round loss t… Read more

LIMA – The United States jumped clear at the top of the Pan Am Games medal table after sweeping the 3x3 basketball gold medals on Monday and e… Read more

DES MOINES, Iowa – Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad smashed one of athletics’ oldest world records when she stormed to the women’s 400-meter … Read more

WASHINGTON – A Sunday stroll through Rock Creek Park Tennis Center offered the chance to see some of the biggest names in tennis the day befor… Read more

HANAMAKI, Japan — Synchronized cheers reverberated through the bowels of the stadium, the sounds of a tournament in progress. The noise reache… Read more

GWANGJU, South Korea – Katie Ledecky’s withdrawal from the 200 and 1,500-meter freestyle put a huge damper on the third day of the world swimm… Read more

The speed show that is the backbone of the American athletics championships takes on added significance in Des Moines, Iowa, this week when th… Read more

LAS VEGAS — As storybook endings go, this one belonged on Broadway. Call the Hallmark Channel. Don’t be ashamed if you tear up. Read more