The Olympics and Paralympics are now (almost) universally viewed as having been an unqualified success.
I've long believed that if the Olympics ever return to America's shores we should include horseshoes, monster truck racing and the 100-meter mosey and what's good for the colonist is good for the colonizer. So where are the English sports?
With the London 2012 Olympics rapidly approaching, I am eagerly awaiting the inauguration of female boxing as an official discipline. Despite this being a long overdue development, as a beginner to the sport, I am thrilled to see female boxers finally gracing the ring at the most important sporting event of the year. In preparation, the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) met yesterday to discuss the games and draw up recommendations, including suitable dress requirements. One of the items up for discussion was whether female boxers should have to wear skirts.
Fabio Capello has his best player banned for three games at Euro 2012, his captain at the centre of racist abuse allegations and his team facing the w...
Gareth Thomas, the Welsh rugby player who became the world's first openly gay professional male athlete in a team sport after coming out in 2009, stun...
With NBA Commissioner David Stern already canceling the first two weeks of the 2011-12 NBA season, the league's players are going to have some free ti...
After famously having its hopes of qualification for the 2010 World Cup dashed by a goal scored by way of a Thierry Henry handball, the Irish Men's Na...
Elizabeth Hurley has just joyfully announced her engagement -- via Twitter, no less -- to retired Australian cricketing legend Shane Warne. While ...
A scary moment occurred in the 40th minute of Olhanense's 2-1 victory on Sunday in Portugal when Uniao Leiria defender Edson accidentally kneed 19-yea...
Forgive the awful pun, but talk about using your head. During a Norwegian league match between Odd Grenland and Tromso IL on Sunday, Jone Samuelse...
Rumors have been kicking up in recent weeks about soccer icon David Beckham's next employer after he finishes his contract with the LA Galaxy in the M...
An English Rugby star has found himself at the center of media attention, but not because of his marriage to Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara P...
Here's the latest addition to what's fast becoming a vast library of "Soccer Fails." Today we present Artem Gomelko, goalkeeper for FC Torpedo Zhodino...
In soccer, there are goals and there are GOOOAAAAAAAAALs. As you will see, this falls firmly in the second category. During a match against the...
Generally, when a top-ranked tennis player "collapses" at a major tournament it means that they've lost unexpectedly to a lower-ranked opponent or squ...
During a Champions League match against Malmo, Steven Whittaker, who plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League, decided to express his frustrat...
In soccer, a red card is hardly ever well received by a player. It doesn't just end the player's day early, but it singles the individual out and deem...
The millions in attendance at Wimbledon are apparently turned off by the loud grunting coming from the female tennis players, according to the head of...
David Tyree says same-sex marriage would send the country into anarchy. Oh, really? I would say he's taken one too many hits, but the truth is, he never made another catch in the NFL after that Super Bowl reception.
Step aside Miroslav Klose, there is a new winner for the worst miss of all time. In the middle of a lower league match in Venezuela, Anderson Fred...
We try to deal with all the major issues in sports, such as, does sex help or hurt before a big game? According to French Open champ Francesca Schiavone, "For a woman, sex before a match... is fantastic."
With Germany fielding its most ethnically mixed World Cup side on record, the country's immigrant Turkish and Arab population is showing unp...
I flew to Amsterdam from New York a couple of days ago, connecting through Madrid with a long layover. So happenstance offered me a paired glimpse of the two capitals from the World Cup final: red winner, orange loser.
Critics of the official World Cup soccer ball, Adidas' Jabulani, have been vocal and plentiful. FIFA has already acknowledged that there may be som...
In the face of threats that he would be turned in to calamari, Paul the Psychic Octopus has bravely, and accurately, predicted Germany's defeat by Spain yesterday.
