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By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) -High winds led to the final men's downhill training run at the Beijing Olympics being cancelled on Saturday after just three runners completed the course. Aust...

By Simon Jennings YANQING, China (Reuters) - Swirling winds around the steep slopes of Yanqing have been a hot topic among the alpine skiing contingent at the Beijing Games and double Olympic gold med...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Saturday condemned as "contemptible" the timing of China and Russia's "no limits" partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese government was bringi...

(Reuters) - Sport's highest global court has upheld FIFA former interim president Issa Hayatou's appeal against a one-year ban on him for violating the global soccer governing body's ethics code. The ...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - Defending Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia, whose dreams of Beijing gold were threatened by a serious knee injury, says she is back on skis and preparin...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Australia's Scotty James said on Saturday he is looking forward to a "good battle" with Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano in the Beijing Games halfpipe and that he will ...

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles' Angel City FC is getting ready to spread its wings and team members on Friday said they felt blessed to be part of its inaugural season in the Nati...

(Reuters) - The Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday rejected team owners' request for a federal mediator, saying that the best way to resolve the ongoing player lockout is for league r...

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The NBA has seen a spike in viewership in Brazil, Australia and the Philippines, demonstrating that the league's efforts to grow the game outside of North America is bearin...

(Reuters) - American Harold Varner III and Spain's Adri Arnaus shared a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Saudi International event near Jeddah after both carded a four-under-par 66 on Friday....