Former France winger Florent Malouda has lost his appeal against being ruled ineligible to play for French Guiana at the 2017 Gold Cup. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says its judges...

FIFA closed a racism investigation Thursday that involved a Spain player and an England opponent from the Under-17 World Cup final. FIFA said its disciplinary panel dismissed the charge against...

Atletico Madrid lost 3-0 at Real Sociedad on Thursday, leaving Barcelona one victory away from clinching the Spanish league title. Barcelona, which drew 2-2 at Celta Vigo on Tuesday without most...

Chelsea kept alive its slim chance of sneaking into next season's Champions League with a 2-1 win at Burnley Thursday. An own goal from Kevin Long and a Victor Moses strike was enough to hand...

Lance Armstrong has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government in a whistleblower lawsuit that could have sought $100 million in damages from the cyclist who was stripped of his...

Paul Chimezie scored a brace in the first half to bring his tally to 24 this season and finish as top scorer of the First Division League. ...

With Malta's BOV Premier League title issue going to the wire over the next weekend, the Malta Independent looks back at the season which could be or could be not decided this coming Saturday....

Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso will serve a three-match ban for a challenge on Shane Long that was missed by officials during Saturday's win at Southampton. The left wingback stood on the back of...

A day after needing 10 match points to advance, Novak Djokovic didn't even come close to getting one. The former top-ranked Serb lost to Dominic Thiem 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 Thursday in the third...

Italy will play World Cup qualifier Saudi Arabia in St. Gallen, Switzerland on May 28. While four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in six decades, Saudi...