In heavy snowfall, the sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympic debut Thursday with the men’s and women’s sprint events. A perfectly fitting backdrop for a sport that goes ...

Marseille is trying to save its season by hiring Habib Beye after a slump that has derailed its Ligue 1 title hopes. Beye ...

One of the more frightening falls over 14 days of Olympic snowboarding involved one of the sport’s newest champions. Gaon Choi slammed hard on the deck of the halfpipe in ...

Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players’ association, a day after Tony Clark’s forced resignation. It was a move for continuity ahead of the likely ...

Scientists have found a dozen further breeds threatened by Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome or BOAS.

Sidney Crosby has not been ruled out for Canada's semifinal game against Finland at the Olympics on Friday after leaving the quarterfinals with an apparent right-leg injury. He did not ...

Athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Games have elected a South Korean bobsled pilot and an Estonian biathlete to represent them at the International Olympic Committee. The eight-year terms for ...

An idea of a New York City and Lake Placid Winter Olympics is gaining buzz after Milan and Cortina show that a two-site Games can work. New York state Assemblyman ...

Barcelona has to tighten up the defense to halt a two-game losing streak and stay close to Real Madrid in the fight for the La Liga title. Barcelona hosts second-to-last ...

Women's skicross world champion Fanny Smith says her trust in skiing officials remains in tatters as she eyes potentially her last chance for Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Winter ...

A storm dumping more than a half-foot of snow in the mountain town of Livigno on Thursday morning forced some Olympic competition to be pushed back ...

Israel's increased attacks and forcible transfers of Palestinians "raise concerns over ethnic cleansing" in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, the United Nations said Thursday.