By Steve Keating

BOSTON (Reuters) - Paul Pierce gave Boston a scare when he left Game One of the NBA final with an injured knee on Thursday, but his return sparked the Celtics to a 98-88 win... more

BOSTON (Reuters) - Coco Crisp and James Shield were ejected from Thursday's Boston-Tampa Bay game after sparking a bench-clearing brawl at Fenway Park.

After being struck on the hip by a... more

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - There is no shortage of horse racing fans who believe Big Brown will win the Triple Crown, but Penny Chenery's opinion carries more weight than most.

By Erik Kirschbaum

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - It is hard not to feel a lump in your throat when listening to Oxana Chusovitina tell the heart-breaking story of how she ended up in... more

By Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - Billy Joe Saunders, an 18-year-old Romany living on a travelers' site on the outskirts of London, looks set to become the face of British amateur boxing... more

By Tom Pfeiffer and Michel Debono

IFRANE, Morocco, May xx (Reuters) - They tried for almost a decade but no one has run a mile faster than Hicham El Guerrouj.

By Larry Fine

HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - Unheralded American Emily Bastel and 43-year-old Canadian Lorie Kane made the best of soft conditions at the LPGA Championship to share the... more

By Steve Ginsburg

ELMONT, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Big Brown's quest to become the first Triple Crown winner in three decades will not be affected by the stifling heat predicted for Saturday's... more

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympics must take care to avoid placing Chinese assistants and news sources at risk of arrest when covering sensitive topics, a U.S. watchdog group said on... more

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The terms of the next America's Cup were again in the hands of a U.S. court on Thursday after lawyers for holders Alinghi and challenger BMW Oracle... more

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays selected shortstop Tim Beckham with the number one pick in the 2008 player draft on Thursday.

Beckham, an 18-year-old graduate from Griffin High School... more

By Vivianne Rodrigues

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock market bulls can be forgiven if they bet hard against Big Brown this Saturday in the fleet-hoofed colt's bid to snatch horse racing's first... more

By Pritha Sarkar

PARIS (Reuters) - For once, Dinara Safina chose not to use up one of her 'many lives' on Thursday and swept into a French Open final against the new queen of women's... more

By Karolos Grohmann

ATHENS (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday that serious doping offenders at the Beijing Olympics would be banned from the next Games.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp and Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba have been suspended for their roles in a fight that triggered a bench-clearing brawl, Major League Baseball said... more

By Julien Pretot

PARIS (Reuters) - Dinara Safina spared herself yet another drama to book her first grand slam final place when she saw off fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 in the... more

By Pritha Sarkar

PARIS (Reuters) - With a reputation of being the practical joker on tour, Novak Djokovic will be hoping he has the last laugh when he faces three-times champion Rafael Nadal... more

VIENNA (Reuters) - Organizers abandoned the first day's play at the Austrian Open on Thursday before a ball had been struck because of a waterlogged course.

The Fontana Golf Course on the... more

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Ryan Garko drove in six runs to guide the Cleveland Indians to a 15-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

It was a good night for both offenses, who... more

Steve Keating

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings clinched the Stanley Cup with a nail-biting 3-2 Game Six win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.