Li Shixin of China defended his gold medal in the men's 1-metre springboard Monday, giving the world's pre-eminent diving power its fourth straight world title.   Li earned 460.95...

Chris Froome rode to victory in the 100th Tour de France on Sunday, dominating rivals over three weeks on the road and having coolly and adroitly dealt with doping suspicions off...

Race organizers say an Italian rider has died in a crash at the World Supersport race.   Kawasaki Go Eleven rider Andrea Antonelli died Sunday after losing control of his Kawasaki...

China's Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao won the first diving gold medal at the world championships on Saturday, earning Wu a record sixth world title in the women's 3-metre synchronized...

Chris Froome preserved his healthy overall lead after a nervous finish to Tuesday's 16th stage, and then blamed his main Tour de France rival Alberto Contador for a downhill incident that could...

Marc Marquez of Spain won his second race of the season at the German MotoGP on Sunday and grabbed the championship lead.   The Honda rider took advantage of the absence of two countrymen...

American 100-meter record holder Tyson Gay has tested positive for a banned substance and says he will pull out of the world championships next month in Moscow.    Gay isn't revealing...

At the 100th Tour de France, it is Marcel Kittel and no longer Mark Cavendish who is looking like the fastest man on two wheels.   Everything was primed on Thursday for Cavendish to win a...

Maltese swimmers have grabbed 12 gold medals after the first two days of competition at this year’s edition in Kecskemet in Hungary.   They also obtained four silver and five bronze...

British sprinter Mark Cavendish finally hit form to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday and Australian veteran Simon Gerrans kept the yellow...