Jonas Valanciunas had 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead Lithuania past Baltic neighbor Latvia 67-59 at the European basketball championship on Friday.   The Toronto Raptors center and...

Goran Dragic scored 18 points to lead host Slovenia to a 78-69 upset of defending champion Spain at the European basketball championship on Thursday.   Dragic, a guard in the NBA,...

Spain limited Croatia to three points in the final quarter and began its bid for a third straight European basketball title with a crushing 68-40 victory on Wednesday.   Marc Gasol had 14...

Usain Bolt says he plans to retire from the sport after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.   Bolt says he wants to win gold in Rio, set another world record in the 200 meters next year, and...

A Texas judge is pushing Lance Armstrong closer to his first sworn testimony on details of his performance-enhancing drug use, ordering the cyclist to answer questions about who knew what and when...

Spain is favoured to win a third straight European basketball championship despite losing plenty in size by the absence of Pau Gasol and Serge Ibaka and the shooting of Juan Carlos Navarro when the...

Malta’s Alex Borg, photo, yesterday played his first two matches in the Sangsom 6 Red world championship being held in Bangkok, Thailand.   He won his first match against...

Rarely, if ever, has so much been on the line at a single Olympic meeting.   When International Olympic Committee members gather next week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, they will be faced with...

England's cricketers apologised Wednesday after some team members were seen urinating on the field at The Oval as they celebrated the Ashes series victory over Australia.   The fifth and...

Oscar Pistorius was indicted Monday on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of the double-amputee Olympian's girlfriend on Valentine's...