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Associated Press
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Scottie Pippen is tired of retirement. He wants to return to the NBA for a chance to win his seventh championship ring. With most of the league's stars and decision-makers gathering at the All-Star weekend festivities in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old Pipp..
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BBC News
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A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship has failed a gender test, officials say...
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MSNBC
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Though bruised and braced, an injured left shoulder hardly prevented Candace Parker from hoisting that championship trophy on high for one last time.
Parker scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Tennessee capture its eighth NCAA women’s..
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CNN
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British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year.
Asher and Willis were overlooked for the British team for the Game..
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CNN
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McLaren launched an appeal in London on Thursday which, if successful, could hand the world championship to their star driver Lewis Hamilton. Motorsport's world governing body the FIA will rule on McLaren's appeal over a decision not to punish BMW Sauber..
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CNN
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Swede Henrik Stenson and Andres Romero of Argentina returned to claim first-round victories Friday in their delayed matches at the World Match Play Championship. Stenson eliminated American Woody Austin 1 up after making a 15-foot birdie putt at the last..
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CNN
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World championship leader Lewis Hamilton joined McLaren team chief Ron Dennis at a special hearing in Paris which will rule in Formula One's 'spying' scandal. McLaren and drivers Hamilton and world champion Fernando Alonso face punishments which could inc..
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CNN
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Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba made an astonishing recovery to become the first woman to defend her world championship 10,000 meters title on Saturday. Dibaba was left languishing at the back of the field after being accidentally tripped on lap 13 but stormed..
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CNN
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McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led the Hungarian Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to stretch his championship lead over unhappy team-mate Fernando Alonso to seven points. The 22-year-old British rookie put behind him a pole position controversy and spy..
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CNN
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In what is shaping up to be one of the most exciting Formula 1 seasons in recent history, with seven races remaining the drivers championship is still wide open. Four drivers -- Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen are still al..
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CNN
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Ducati have renewed the contract of MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner, the Italian team said on Monday. "World championship leader Casey Stoner has renewed his agreement with the Borgo Panigale-based factory for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, with an op..
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CNN
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Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton will race in Sunday's European Grand Prix, his McLaren team said. Hamilton, 22, crashed heavily in Saturday's qualifying but was cleared to race by doctors on Sunday morning. He will start the race in 10th po..
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CNN
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American Jay Williamson, playing thanks to a sponsor's exemption, shot a three-under-par 67 on Saturday to hold a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Williamson, ranked 299th, saved par from a tric..
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CNN
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Norway's Suzann Pettersen fired a sizzling five-under-par 67 in sweltering heat at the Bulle Rock Golf Course to move one shot clear in the LPGA Championship second round on Friday.
The 26-year-old from Oslo, two off the pace overnight, birdied three o..
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CNN
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Championship leader Casey Stoner made the most of a rain-affected qualifying session to claim pole position at the Italian MotoGP on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Australian, who has won three of this season's five races, took advantage of a brief respite..
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CNN
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Fernando Alonso seized pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday with British team-mate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside on an all-McLaren front row.
Felipe Massa qualified third for Ferrari, the Brazilian's run of..
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CNN
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Michelle Wie, out of action since January because of a wrist injury, will celebrate her 18th birthday in the opening round of the Samsung World Championship in October.
American Wie has been given a special invitation to compete in the elite-field tour..
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CNN
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Rick Nash scored twice as Canada lifted the world hockey championship title for the 24th time with a 4-2 defeat of Finland in Moscow on Sunday.
Eric Staal and Colby Armstrong also scored for Canada, while Petri Kontiola and Antii Miettinen were on targ..
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CNN
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Australia's Casey Stoner blew away his rivals to win the Turkish MotoGP race on Sunday to take the overall lead in the championship.
Spaniard Toni Elias finished second for Honda, edging out Stoner's Ducati team mate Loris Capirossi of Italy.
Stoner..
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CNN
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Citroen's Sebastien Loeb won the Portuguese Rally and took a one point lead in the championship after Ford rival Marcus Gronholm was penalized for a technical problem on Sunday.
The triple world champion beat his Finnish rival by 37.1 seconds after the..
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