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The World Anti-Doping Agency yesterday gave Kenya a final deadline of May 2 to bring its program in line with the global code or a review committee will recommend it
A Japanese badminton player has admitted to gambling at an illegal casino, damaging his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Kento Momota gambled at a Tokyo casino
Wolfsburg caused the biggest upset of this season’s Champions League with a 2-0 victory over record 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal yesterday. Making only its
The head of the Australian Olympic Committee says child abuse prevention needs to be elevated to the same importance as the anti-doping code within the Olympic charter. AOC president John Coates
The Olympic committee said yesterday it reached a decision to uphold its rules that ban athletes suspended for doping from competing with the national team for an additional three years
Group leader Shanghai SIPG kept former champion Gamba Osaka winless in a 2-0 victory in the Asian Champions League yesterday. Shanghai’s third straight win kept it atop Group G, while all
Arturo Vidal’s early header was enough for Bayern Munich to beat Benfica 1-0 at home and take a slender advantage from the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal. The Chilean
A FIFA judge who helped ban Sepp Blatter for financial misconduct is now under investigation by his ethics committee colleagues after being named in an international probe of offshore accounts. The
Defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande is on the brink of a group-stage exit in the Asian Champions League after a 1-0 loss to Urawa Reds yesterday left the big-spending Chinese club
Two-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi is facing serious financial difficulties in Brazil, with authorities seizing trophies and racing cars from his personal museum. Among the cars seized was the one
FIFA says Greece is facing expulsion from international soccer over a government decision to suspend the country's cup competition because of fan violence. Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis called off the Greek
While a deal to stream the most-watched American sport on the most-popular social network has obvious appeal, Facebook likes its live videos to be commercial-free and balked at the NFL’s
Milan has announced the death of long-time coach and player Cesare Maldini at the age of 84. In a statement yesterday, the club remembered Maldini as “a man who was destined for immense achievements
Nico Rosberg made it back-to-back wins to start the new Formula One season by winning the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday, capitalizing on a first-corner collision involving Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton
Cristiano Ronaldo is quick to praise himself almost every chance he gets. But he backs it up with decisive goals in the toughest of places. It’s especially true when playing at
Migrant laborers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labor while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a
Following a draw against “lowly Macau,” the Malay coach Ong Kim Swee told players to accept the bitter truth that they are not good enough to go up against minnows. According
More than 1,700 security personnel were on patrol yesterday as France beat Russia on its return to the Stade de France, four months after their last home game was
Serena Williams had been out of the tournament for less than 20 minutes when she climbed into her white Mini Cooper with the checkerboard top and pulled away from the
Captain Eoin Morgan is hoping that England’s experience of twice winning in New Delhi will give it an advantage against New Zealand in the first semifinal of the World Twenty20
Virat Kohli produced a sublime 82 not out off 51 balls on the weekend to help India defeat Australia by six wickets in their World Twenty20 match and advance to
The death of a local rider as a result of an accident during the Gent-Wevelgem classic overshadowed the victory by world champion Peter Sagan. The Wanty-Gobert team confirmed the death of
Nairo Quintana of Colombia held on to his lead over Alberto Contador to win the Tour of Catalonia for the first time on Sunday. Quintana successfully defended his seven-second advantage over
Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff, who revolutionized the game with the concept of “Total Football,” has died. He was 68. Family spokeswoman Carole Thate confirmed to The Associated Press that Cruyff
Poland began its preparations for this summer’s European Championship with a 1-0 win over Serbia in a friendly this week. Jakub Blaszczykowski picked up a poor Serbian clearance and sent a
Belgium’s football friendly against Portugal next week has been moved to the Portuguese city of Leiria from Brussels because of the deadly attacks. The Belgian federation reached agreement with its Portuguese
Brazil’s economic and political crisis has relegated Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic preparations to an afterthought with South America’s first games just over four months away. Rio’s Olympics are being sidelined by
WBA heavyweight boxing champion Lucas Browne says he’s “completely” innocent of doping, but has no idea whether he will be able to clear his name. Browne tested positive to banned steroid
The tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open who said women’s pro tennis players “ride on the coattails of the men” resigned this week, ending his 29-year association with the
Belgium’s national soccer team called off a practice session in Brussels yesterday after the city was hit by what authorities are calling terror attacks. (More on page 15.) “Our thoughts are
Despite failing a doping test for meldonium, world swimming champion Yulia Efimova said yesterday she still hopes to compete at the Olympics in August. In an emotional recorded statement on Russian
Chinese conglomerate Wanda says becoming a top-tier sponsor leaves it “better placed” to help decide where future editions of the World Cup will be staged. With Chinese leaders expressing a desire
As a boxer and humanitarian, Muhammad Ali stood out. So does the bright pink home in Kentucky where he shadowboxed and played pranks on his brother. The small frame residence where
Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton in yet another Mercedes 1-2 finish at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, but the predictable result disguised what was an exciting Formula One season opener,
Thomas Mueller equalized in the first minute of injury time and Bayern Munich scored two more goals in extra time to complete a thrilling 4-2 victory over Juventus yesterday that
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