Usain Bolt Says He’ll Retire After 2017 World Championships

Ian Walton/Getty Images Usain Bolt, 28, is planning to step away from the track after the 2017 World Championships in London. He states the decision is not final, however, because he's focused on protecting his legacy as one of the...

African Nations Cup semifinal erupts in violence ‘like a war zone,’ Ghana soccer officials say

  Security detain an Equatorial Guinea fan after he tried to attack the referee during the 2015 African Cup of Nations semifinal soccer match against Ghana in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on, Thursday. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters) Violence interrupted an African Nations...

Ghana coach Grant worried about player security during chaotic semi

Referee Eric Arnaud Otogo-Castane (3rd R) of Gabon stands next to Ghana players after Equatorial Guinea fans threw objects during their African Nations Cup semi-final soccer match in Malabo February 5, 2015 (Photo: Reuters) Ghana coach Avram Grant said he...

CAF suspends ref, fines Tunisia $50,000

The Confederation of African Football has fined Tunisia’s football federation $50,000, while a referee has been sent home and suspended for six months in the fallout from the chaotic African Cup of Nations quarterfinal against hosts Equatorial Guinea. Tunisia was...

Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez set for surgery to repair broken foot

James Rodriguez could be out up to two months with a broken foot. (Getty Images)Colombian soccer star James Rodriguez suffered a "fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot" and will undergo surgery "in the next few hours," per...

Novak Djokovic, Williams sisters in Australian Open quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic reached his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 win over Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller at the Australian Open on Monday. Djokovic is trying to become the second man after Roy Emerson to win five Australian...

Players withdraw protest to Fifa over Women’s World Cup surface

Players say artificial turf is dangerous Fifa refuses to move on issue The USA forward Abby Wambach and a group of fellow players have withdrawn their complaint of gender discrimination over the artificial turf fields to be used for this...

D.C. police arrest CBS sports commentator Greg Anthony in prostitution sting

CBS sports commentator Greg Anthony, a former NBA player, was arrested Friday and charged with soliciting a prostitute during an undercover sting operation, D.C. police said. Anthony, 47, a father of four, was arrested in a room at the Doubletree...

The Real Knockouts of Women’s Boxing

Even the sport’s reigning champions have trouble making a living without turning themselves into sex symbols. It’s a singular experience, being served blueberry pancakes by a national champion. But for pro boxing middleweight Tori Nelson, ranked #1 in the U.S....