A recovering Neymar was confirmed and injured leader Dani Alves was replaced by Danilo and Fagner in a Brazil World Cup squad of few surprises on Monday. The only surprises were among the likely...

Italy and Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon will hold a news conference on Thursday when the goalkeeper is expected to announce his retirement. Juventus released details of the conference to be...

Injured striker Sergio Aguero and midfielder Lucas Biglia were included in the preliminary, 35-player Argentina squad for the World Cup in Russia on Monday. Also, four players with few or no...

Serena Williams' coach says she will play the French Open beginning in two weeks. The tournament will mark the 23-time Grand Slam champion's first major since returning to the tour from maternity...

Issam al-Hadary is on his way to becoming the oldest person to play in a World Cup match. The 45-year-old goalkeeper was chosen Monday by Egypt coach Hector Cuper in a 29-man preliminary World...

Neymar won the French League's Player of the Year award on Sunday, ahead of Paris Saint-Germain teammates Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe. Marseille winger Florian Thauvin, the other nominee,...

Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi and Ahmed Musa were in Nigeria's provisional World Cup squad on Monday, as was the uncapped Simeon Nwankwo, a 1.98-meter (6-foot-6) striker with Italian club...

Roger Federer has on Monday returned to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings for the 309th week of his career, after Rafael Nadal was beaten in last week's Mutua Madrid...

Roberto Mancini has been confirmed as Italy's new coach. The Italian football federation made the announcement late Monday, saying Mancini will be introduced on Tuesday but without providing...

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has withdrawn from the French Open because of a left knee injury. The former Australian Open runner-up from France says in a video posted on his Twitter account that...