American Dustin Johnson fired a seven-under 64 at Riviera Country Club to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the 6.4 million-dollar Northern Trust Open.

Johnson made the most of cool, calm morning conditions as he nabbed...

John Terry's future as England captain may be decided Friday after days of pressure over his alleged extra-marital affair with the former partner of a team-mate.

Head coach Fabio Capello flew into England Thursday and will make a...

Win or lose on Sunday, the New Orleans Saints will return from their first-ever Super Bowl to a hero's welcome, complete with their own Carnival parade, from a long-suffering city still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina.

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Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai has "zero interest" in buying Portsmouth and only took control of the struggling Premier League club to oust its previous owner, a report said Friday.

The South China Morning Post quoted...

Celebrated Australian flanker George Smith announced his immediate retirement from international rugby on Friday to pursue a move abroad.

The 110-Test veteran, 29, will quit the ACT Brumbies at the end of the Super 14 season in May...

Italy coach Marcello Lippi said on Thursday that he has almost already decided upon his World Cup squad for South Africa.

The reigning champions will be in group F with Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia and Lippi says there are...

AS Roma's stunning recent run continued as they beat Udinese 2-0 in the capital to take a commanding lead in their Coppa Italia semi-final.

Goals from Mirko Vucinic and Philippe Mexes settled the first-leg tie in Roma's favour and...

Top seed Gael Monfils stayed on course for a third ATP title with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over friend and fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna in a South African Open second-round tie here on Thursday.

Paris-born Monfils, who has won...

League Cup finalists Aston Villa's Togolese international midfielder Moustapha Salifou admitted on Thursday he didn't think any of the squad would survive the gun attack on their coach prior to the start of the Africa Cup of Nations last...

Australia Friday defied "ridiculous" orders to tear down a large Boxing Kangaroo flag at the Winter Olympics athletes village in Vancouver over trademark rules.

Australian Olympic Committee spokesman Mike Tancred said the iconic...