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Astros Bats Again Silent In 4-1 Loss To The Blue Jays

Happ is 3-1 with a 3.50 ERA in six career starts against the Astros and has shut down Jose Altuve (1-for-9).Fiers received a no-decision in his last turn despit...

Another scare: US men's basketball team edges Serbia 94-91

The American stars saw off a spirited challenge for the second straight game, two days after Australia hung with them for much of a match that the United States...

USA women's basketball takes the court

Taurasi, 206 points behind Leslie, would need to average over 34 points in a tournament in which the most points any US player has scored in one game is 15 (Tau...

Turns out Messi is not retiring from international football after all

Argentina´s new coach was due later on Friday to announce his squad for looming World Cup qualifiers. In a statement on Friday, Messi said: "I don't want to...

Rio opening ceremony TV ratings down from London 2012

President of the organizing committee Carlos Nuzman delivered an impassioned tribute to Rio and urged Brazilians to embrace the Games. Later, the juggernaut o...

American Nathan Adrian takes bronze in 100-meter freestyle

He's tracked the Aussie sprinters, seen those eye-popping times and tried to keep pace - or go even faster. Belgium's Pieter Timmers won silver (47.80) and in d...

Pogba: Why I Joined Man Utd

United have provided a gallery of the in-game versions of a number of other first-teamers, including Jesse Lingard, Wayne Rooney and Memphis, while EA Sports ...

Katrina Kaif Shares What the Team is Upto

Katrina Kaif is our favourite member of the Dream Team which is flying to the USA for a series of concerts staring August 13. In a rehearsal video that the actr...

Brendan Dassey Conviction Overturned

Dassey was previously sentenced for the 2005 murder of freelance photographer Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County. Dassey, who is now 26, was convicted in 2007...

Managers critical of Pogba deal are not at top clubs - Mourinho

It was thought by many that Pogba would never return to Old Trafford after leaving in gloomy circumstances, but Jose Mourinho has broken the world transfer reco...

Hope Solo booed over Zika comments in USWNT win

The 200th cap was Solo's latest accomplishment in a 16-year worldwide career. Solo was the victim of similar treatment in the United States' first match of th...

British coach describes leading Fiji to Olympic glory

The Fiji Times reported fans danced in the street and said many called for Fiji's England-born coach Ben Ryan to be granted honorary Fiji citizenship. "They...

Greg Stewart completes move from Dundee to Birmingham

In a statement, the Dark Blues said: "Dundee Football Club can today confirm that an agreement has been reached with Birmingham City for the transfer of Greg St...

Madison Keys, Steve Johnson give US 2 singles wins in Rio

Madison Keys went up against a brick wall Friday. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnia will go for gold in women's doubles and will face the victor of Timea...

Swimming: Ervin wins gold 16 years after his first

DiRado won her fourth medal of the week. He also won bronze in Wednesday's 100-meter freestyle and was part of Sunday's gold medal-winning 4x100m freestyle rela...

American Ryan Murphy wins gold in men's 200 backstroke

After winning four gold medals at these games and looking unbeatable, Phelps finally ran out of steam in what was the final individual race of his career unless...

Michael Phelps golden again, as he wins 200IM

The 32-year-old Lochte, who said he would take a break from swimming now as he ponders his future, said he would have liked to have put up more of a challenge. ...

Rio 2016 Day 6: Simone Biles chases history

Member Alexandra "Aly" Raisman came in second with 60.098. It's yet to be known what Biles will do after Rio-and she still has three individual event finals...

Andy Murray excited to lead Britain at Rio Olympics

The World No.2, who will carry the Great Britain flag at the opening ceremony tonight, won gold four years ago by beating Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer bac...

With Olympic gold, USA's Simone Biles simply greatest gymnast ever

Simone is four feet and eight inches tall - but manages to leap higher than any of her competitors. The name is symbolic for two reasons: one, this is the last ...

Messi says he will again play for Argentina's national team

Messi is considered by most the best soccer player in the world, and at age 29 still should have many good years in front of him. With the CONMEBOL (South Ame...

Eagles score quickly, hold off Buccaneers 17-9 in opener

The main duty of a backup quarterback is filling in when the starter goes down with an injury. "These guys are professional", Pederson said, when asked why he...

Manuel hopes her gold can inspire African-American swimmers

It marked her fourth medal of the Olympics - the only Canadian to have ever accomplished such a feat in a single Olympic Games. After preparation that took a li...

Olympics-Swimming-Australia's Chalmers comes from behind to take men's 100m freestyle

Trailing seventh at the turn, Chalmers powered through the field in the last 50 metres to become the first Australian man to win the event since Mike Wenden at ...

PGA Championship: Third round play suspended for weather

No. 3 Jordan Spieth, a two-time major champion, is tied for 13th at 3-under. Walker, who was in the lead after every round, finished at 14-under 266, one shot...

Raisman earns sweet redemption in Rio

Simone Biles of the U.S., Alexandra Raisman of the U.S. and Aliya Mustafina of Russian Federation pose with thei ... A three-time world champion in the all-ar...

US ousted, Sweden wins 4-3 on penalties after 1-1 draw

She dug a much deeper hole for herself Friday by insulting the Swedish team that had just bounced the heavily favored Americans from the tournament in a penalty...

Jimmy Walker prevails at the PGA Championship

There's not a golfer playing who would honestly claim he'd rather earn an Olympic golf medal than a major trophy - even the Wanamaker Trophy. Still unopened is ...

Manuel swims for US in women's 100-meter freestyle

For Hispanic children, the number was 57.9 percent. Many Americans are familiar with the stereotype that black people can't swim . Black children drown at a ...

Claudio Ranieri: Aliens will land in London before Leicester defend the title

Riyad Mahrez has offered optimistic Arsenal supporters hope that a deal could be in the works for the Leicester City star after the midfielder followed a Gunner...

Phelps now No. 1 gold medalist in history

He did not medal and came in fifth place. The Rio Olympics are not the last we will see of Michael Phelps . Lochte was isntead inspired to "make a bold sta...

Ryan Lochte says his rivalry with Michael Phelps isn't over

Phelps' old foe Ryan Lochte led at the halfway point, but the world record-holder in the event couldn't keep up and finished fifth. I said to Ryan [Lochte], ...

Japanese rugby on the rise after 'big boys' upsets

The 14-12 defeat at the Deodoro Stadium was one of biggest upsets in sevens rugby history and its impact on the All Blacks' campaign was compounded when William...

Hookup Games? Tinder use skyrockets in Rio

This system, Adams pointed out on Tuesday morning, has seen 98 competitors from the last two Olympics test positive retrospectively and in many cases - accordin...

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...