The Dakar Rally got off to a symbolic start yesterday ahead of a 15-day race that will take competitors from Argentina through Chile to a finish in Lima, Peru....

Novak Djokovic showed he remains the player to beat in 2012, routing David Ferrer 6-2, 6-1 yesterday to win the World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament....

Andy Murray has hired eight-time Grand Slam winner Ivan Lendl as his new coach....

Attorneys for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. completed the second part of a plea deal that let the championship fighter pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial and jail time for a November...

Northern Irish golfers Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy are among the sports figures honored by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Year list, after claiming their first major titles in 2011....

Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been awarded a knighthood in New Zealand's annual New Year Honors List as the...

U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur faces a difficult road in her first tournament of 2012, with Serena Williams, Australian Open champion ...

Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet beat China's Li Na and Wu Di 6-1, 6-1 in mixed doubles yesterday to give France a 2-1 win in the...

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday by pledging to stay in his job for at least another three years....

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho downplayed his recent comments to the BBC that he wanted to return to England "in a couple of years,...