SYDNEY — The executive director of AIBA, the governing body of amateur boxing, has hit out at Olympic chief Thomas Bach for suggesting putting together an alternative organization to run the sport at next year's Tokyo Games would "not be rocket (...)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic crushed Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 to win the Masters Cup on Sunday, underlining his credentials as a major challenger to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the top of men's tennis.
The Australian Open champion, who lost all (...)
Jonas Bjorkman brought the curtain down on his 17-year career in professional tennis after bowing out of the Masters Cup doubles on Friday.
The 36-year-old Swede, who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles and was once ranked number four in the world (...)
Roger Federer got his quest for a fifth Masters Cup title off to the worst possible start with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat at the hands of Frenchman Gilles Simon on Monday.
The Swiss top seed, who withdrew from the Paris Masters 11 days ago with a back (...)
Spain's Sergio Garcia won the rain-disrupted $5 million HSBC Champions after a playoff against Britain's Oliver Wilson on Monday to overtake Phil Mickelson as world number two.
The 28-year-old, who carded a final round four-under-par 68 to finish (...)
Spain's Sergio Garcia picked up four shots over the last five holes to claim a share of a one-stroke second-round lead with Swede Henrik Stenson at the rain-disrupted HSBC Champions on Saturday.
After Friday's washout, the skies finally cleared and (...)
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton put himself on the brink of becoming Formula One's youngest champion with a nerveless pole to flag victory at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.
Felipe Massa kept the title battle alive with second place after Ferrari (...)
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton gave his Formula One title hopes a huge boost when he took pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday with his main rival Felipe Massa of Ferrari qualifying third.
The 23-year-old Briton, who could become Formula (...)
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton made the best possible start to his quest to win the Formula One title at the Chinese Grand Prix by dominating Friday's free practice.
The 23-year-old Briton, who could become the sport's youngest champion on Sunday, swept (...)
Less than two weeks after the Olympic flame was extinguished at the Bird's Nest, Beijing will be back on Games-time footing from Saturday for the largest ever gathering of disabled athletes at the 13th Paralympics.
China promised to stage the event (...)
Beijing has advised spectators coming to next month's Olympics to leave their banners at home, even if they do not contravene rules forbidding the airing of political or religious views at venues.
Beijing authorities have long been concerned that (...)
Security is the single most important factor in hosting a successful Olympics, China's Vice President Xi Jinping told a “mobilization” rally on Wednesday, 30 days before the Beijing Games open.
China has long identified terrorism as the biggest (...)