Tuesday marks the 1-month countdown to the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, a defining moment on the world stage for Russia and Vladimir Putin.   These games are among the most...

The Boston Marathon bombing was selected the U.S. sports story of the year Friday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press.   Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish...

Super maxis held three of the top five positions in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race Thursday with defending champion Wild Oats XI trailing Perpetual Loyal by three nautical miles late on the first...

The Sydney to Hobart race begins Thursday when the yachts make their way out of Sydney Harbour through hundreds of spectator craft and with thousands watching from the shoreline. Here are five things...

Neil Robertson became only the eighth player in snooker history to win the Triple Crown with a 10-7 victory over Mark Selby at the UK Championship.   Robertson, 31, fought back from 5-1 down...

Malta will be hosting a racing fleet of 138 sailors from 10 countries for what has now become an annual appointment for the Optimists Class EuroMed Malta Championship.   The event, the 14th...

Pavi Depiro     89     Bupa Luxol     79   (19-25, 18-18, 13-16, 23-14) –...

The world of chess has a new king, and it's a 22-year-old who is as much at home posing for fashion shoots as he is pushing pawns.   Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the chess world...

Golf took another stand against video evidence Tuesday by announcing a new decision that would not penalize a player whose ball moves at rest if the movement is only detected by enhanced...

Backed by an enthusiastic crowd at the Hibernians Stadium yesterday afternoon, Malta swept past Croatia 37-20 to land an impressive and most important win.   The victory means that the Malta...