Michael Phelps added one more honor to his staggering list of accomplishments Thursday, being voted The Associated Press male athlete of the year in a poll by U.S. editors and...

    The Italian Olympic Committee has requested a four-year doping ban for former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer.   Schwazer was excluded from the London Olympics...

The fleet taking part in the Raymarine Figure of eight Double Handed Round Malta and Gozo Race set off to a slow start from Marsamxett Harbour.   The race is one of the longest and toughest...

Phoenix Petrus Qormi 62   Alyssa Ashley Loyola 73   (13-17, 16-11, 12-20, 21-25)       After suffering two league defeats Loyola were back on the winning...

Russian race walker Sergei Morozov has received a lifetime ban for a second doping offense.   Russia's track and field federation says the suspension was imposed because of...

    The Canadian city of Windsor will host the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in 2016.   Swimming's governing body, known as FINA, says it chose Windsor over...

Russia's anti-doping agency says discus thrower Darya Pishchalnikova has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF after a positive doping test that could cost her the silver medal from the London...

World number one Mark Selby won the biggest title of his career by beating Shaun Murphy 10-6 in the final of the UK Championship.   Selby had gone 2-1 ahead but Murphy won three frames in a...

    The inaugural European Games were approved Saturday by continental Olympic committees and assigned to Baku in June 2015 — ending years of debate.   The secret ballot...

Usually, when we have a headline like this, we would be referring to some poor result on the international scene, in most cases associated with football. Our joys in sport have been very few and very...