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Maryland football RB Wes Brown suspended for first 3 games of 2016

Maryland redshirt senior RB Wes Brown will be suspended for the opening three games of the 2016 season dude to a violation of the university's student-athlete c...

Two Russians swimmers launch appeal against Rio ban

Among the 53 banned athletes taking part on Thursday were Sergey Shubenkov, last year's world 110 meters hurdles champion, and London 2012 high jump gold medali...

U.S. says more military transparency needed in South China Sea

Construction are seen on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly islands in this June 3, 2016 satellite image released by the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative at ...

Green Bay Packers host Cleveland in exhibition opener

Veteran wide receiver Andrew Hawkins of the Cleveland Browns, a Bishop McCort graduate, will miss the unofficial debut of starting quarterback Robert Griffin...

Jose Mourinho believes in his team's victory in Premier League's new season

All four players are going to be great for this club. Reports in Italy claim Juventus are considering a bid for Matic as they look to replace Paul Pogba after...

West Brom join race for Benteke

The Belgian is set to depart Anfield after failing to make an impact following his £32.5m arrival from Aston Villa last summer. Earlier this week, Sky Sports...

Sports Minister Warns Against Rush To Judgement In Rio Ticket Scandal

He added: "There is communication (between Pro 10 and the OCI)". Despite being told of the OCI president's opposition to the move, Minister of State Patrick O...

Teen gives United States of America its first gold medal of Rio Olympics

Her interest in competitive shooting was piqued by a hunting trip as a youngster. "It went from waking up at 5 a.m. (Saturday), doing all my prematch routines a...

Arsene Wenger: Paul Pogba to Manchester United 'ticks all the boxes'

United spent £ 89 million (RM465.6 million) to bring the France midfielder back to the club from Juventus, and his former team mate Ferdinand believes the Fran...

Rivals are scared of title talk, says Mourinho

You never know. It could be more than two, it could be more than three. There is an air of expectation around Old Trafford this season unlike anytime else a...

Trump blames 'sarcasm' for claiming Obama founded ISIS

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tried to do away with the latest controversy dogging his campaign - his repeated claim that Barack Obama and Hill...

Former Tiger Prince Fielder's career ends due to neck injuries

The Rangers would receive some sort of monetary relief, assuming they had Fielder's contract insured - The Dallas Morning News reported the Rangers had 50...

Hales fined for dissent over dismissal

However frustrated he is it was the wrong thing to do. "Hales, above a screen grab of the incident that appeared to show the ball touching the grass before Sh...

Olympics: Simone Manuel becomes 1st African-American woman to win swim gold

I hope that I can be an inspiration for others to come into the sport. Mom didn't have an answer. She also has the support of her family, Nolden says. She i...

Nadal, Lopez win Olympic tennis men's doubles for Spain

Nadal and Lopez claimed Spain's fifth overall medal so far, following others in swimming, canoe slalom and weightlifting. They have thus secured the first Olymp...

Phelps continues to win Gold at Rio Olympics

Lochte came in fifth, while Phelps has now won so many gold medals that it would mess up his alignment to try to sport 'em all . "It's been a hell of a caree...

Olympics: Ryan Lochte guarantees Michael Phelps is not retiring

Phelps might be considered the greatest Olympian of all time , but Lochte is right up there with him. Phelps has already come back from retirement once, b...

USA women's soccer out of Rio Olympics after stunning loss to Sweden

It was the first time that an Olympic women's match had gone to penalties. The U.S. dominated possession in the game but failed to create many good scoring ch...

Olympics 2016: Bronze for US's Maya DiRado in individual medley

But she had never won an Olympic medal, her closest call a fourth-place showing in the 400 IM four years ago in London. I'm just very excited. "Last year I ...

Ryan Lochte: 'I Guarantee' Phelps Swims In 2020

Phelps is used to breaking world records and more in the 21st century. Phelps didn't just win - he smashed it. Less than an hour after winning the 400m IM, ...

USA men cruise past China 119-62 in basketball

They departed together Tuesday night for Brazil , a trip that's expected to lead to gold. "We just wanted to send a statement to the rest of the world", Anth...

China's Zhen Wang wins 20km race walk

However Bosworth still made up a couple of places he had lost in the closing stages as he came home sixth, only 59 seconds off the victor, China's Zhen Wang. "I...

Russia's Yulia Efimova on proposed lifetime drug ban: What about Michael Phelps?

Her latest comments probably won't do much to change how she has been viewed so far at these Olympics, though. As a matter of fact, I thought I would have to ta...

Zach Johnson Trails by Three at Rain-Delayed John Deere Classic

Johnson won the 2012 tournament. Despite not leading, no one looked more comfortable on the course than Johnson, though. Every player was dealing with sched...

Brett Favre: I wouldn't be Hall of Famer without dad

Thompson quantified Favre's 36-minute speech as "Pure Brett". Being enshrined in the Hall of Fame brought Pace's football career full circle. I played footb...

Pro Football Hall of Fame announces ticket refund plans after game canceled

Suisham pushed for better conditions this season, and he was one of the main reasons that the league was monitoring the field pregame. Making matters worse, t...

Olympic Swimming Results: Michael Phelps Wins Silver Medal In 100M Butterfly

It was Phelps' first finish that wasn't gold, after taking first place in the 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay, 200-meter butterfly and 200-meter individual...

Olympic officials try to clean green-tinged diving pool

He conceded that some athletes were bothered by the water, but said that was a result of efforts to get the water clean. "Not ideal, but we believe that fixin...

Jay Cutler: Bears WR Alshon Jeffery needs to play in preseason

Jeffery has missed a few practices in training camp because of a sore hamstring but practiced the last two days. "It's not just a practice atmosphere where yo...

Video Of Young Simone Biles Proves Her Flips Were Always Legendary

Douglas said her teammates "did an unbelievable job". Biles has been targeted because of a combination of her color and her success. Biles packs so much dif...

DiRado swims in women's 200-meter backstroke

She had won gold in the women's 4x200m relay with Katie Ledecky, and silver and bronze in the 400m and 200m individual medleys, respectively. Hosszu, who had ...

Michael Phelps Breaks 2168-Year-Old Record with 13th Individual Olympic Gold

My legs are hurting. He became the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Olympics with the win, clocking in 1 minute 54.66 seconds for 200m ...

Ryan Lochte Isn't Buying Michael Phelps Retirement Talk: 'See You In Tokyo'

United States' Ryan Lochte and United States' Michael Phelps, right, compete during a men's 200-meter individual medley semifinal during the swimming competitio...

Swimmer Chen Xinyi of China tests positive at Rio Olympics

Xinhua , China's official state news agency, has reported the story, which marks China's first doping scandal at the Games. She was scheduled to take part in ...

Terry Collins goes on postgame rant after Mets swept & fall to .500

Arizona stole four bases on the night and has nine steals through the first two games in the series, breaking the franchise mark for steals in a three-game ser...