The Latest on the opening day of the World Cup (all times local):   11:20 p.m. The second day of World Cup action will bring one of the most anticipated games of the...

The ISSF World Cup Shotgun Malta 2018 came to an end on Thursday with The Trap Mixed Team Event. In this event Maltese trap shooters Brian Galea and Mikaela Galea competed on three rounds of...

Australia captain Michael Hooper says Ireland's beefed-up forward pack means the Wallabies will have to play even better in the second test than they did in winning the first. While star...

Russian women and visiting World Cup soccer fans: be fruitful and multiply. After a lawmaker caused a backlash on social media by advising Russian women against getting involved with...

Antoine Griezmann says he is staying at Atletico Madrid, putting an end to widespread speculation that the France forward would leave to join Spanish rival Barcelona. Griezmann says Thursday that...

Three is the new magic number for hosting a World Cup. Victory for the U.S.-led North American bid with Canada and Mexico to stage the 2026 tournament could mean that single-nation hosts like...

Hosts Russia could not have wished for a better start to their own FIFA World Cup™ following their resounding 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia....

Russia comprehensively thrashed Saudi Arabia, 5-0, in the opening game of its home World Cup. Yuri Gazinsky scored on a header 12 minutes in, and afterward Saudi Arabia could offer little resistance....

Julen Lopetegui says being fired as Spain coach two days before its opening match at the World Cup was "possibly since the death of my mother the saddest day of my life." Lopetegui made the...

Johanna Konta won an all-British match against Heather Watson to reach the Nottingham Open quarterfinals on Friday. It was a second meeting on the WTA tour for Britain's top two female players...