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The brains of 99 percent of former National Football League players studied showed signs of a disease linked to repeated hits to the head that can lead to aggression and dementia, according to research published in a medical journal on Tuesday.
The Golden State Warriors announced they have re-signed free agents Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Zaza Pachulia and David West, making official what had been reported over the past several weeks.
The world championships came alive on Tuesday as Lilly King of the United States won the women’s 100 meters breaststroke title in one of three world-record swims at the end of a breathtaking evening session.
Russian forward Danis Zaripov, a three-time world champion who played at the 2010 Olympics, has been suspended for two years after failing a doping test last season in the Kontinental Hockey League, the KHL said on Tuesday.
Canada’s Kylie Masse set a world record for the women’s 100 metres backstroke at the world championships on Tuesday.
Russia on Tuesday told athletes set to compete as neutrals at next month’s world championships that they will be paid by the state despite not officially representing their country.
Caster Semenya will chase a golden double at next month’s world championships in London after adding the women’s 1500 meters to her 800m entry, Athletics South Africa (ASA) said on Tuesday.
World long jump champion Greg Rutherford will not defend his crown in London next month after being forced to withdraw from the championships through injury, British Athletics announced on Tuesday.
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Free agent point guard Derrick Rose and the Cleveland Cavaliers reached agreement on a one-year contract, ESPN reported Monday, citing league sources.
Former world number one Novak Djokovic is in doubt for the U.S. Open due to his elbow injury, Serbian media reported, citing the country’s Davis Cup team doctor.
Britain’s Adam Peaty broke his own world record in the 50 meters breaststroke on Tuesday, swimming 26.10 seconds in the heats at the world swimming championships in Budapest.
Russian forward Danis Zaripov, a three-time world champion, has been suspended for two years after he failed a doping test last season in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), according to a media report on Tuesday.
In the high-stakes race to control soccer TV rights in China, with a potential market of hundreds of millions of fans, an electronics retailer is betting up to $2 billion that could give it a near monopoly on broadcasting the sport at home.
Mervyn Rose, who won two grand slam titles and a pair of Davis Cups for Australia before coaching some of the greats of the game, has died at 87.
Usain Bolt is among three Olympic champions leading a strong Jamaican team at the athletics world championships in London next month.
The Golden Knights’ practice facility has a name.
Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead, three-run home run with one out in the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 win against the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
With one week to go before next Monday’s trade deadline, Major League Baseball’s haves and have-nots are sizing each other up for a pennant push this season or a build-up for the future.
Mercedes will leave the German Touring Car (DTM) championship at the end of next year and enter the electric Formula E series in the 2019/20 season, the carmaker announced on Monday.
British Open champion Jordan Spieth and Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy were rated 7-1 early co-favourites on Monday to win next month’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
With eight Olympic gold medalists on its 132-member roster, the United States are ready to be the powerhouse team at next month’s athletics world championships.
Katinka Hosszu, roared on by her home crowd, held on to secure Hungary’s first gold medal at the 2017 world swimming championships after a thrilling women’s 200 meters individual medley final on Monday.
Golf’s greatest names hailed Jordan Spieth’s dramatic triumph at the British Open at Royal Birkdale on Sunday as the new champion savoured his victory by swigging from the Claret Jug trophy.
Lilly King, of the United States, and Russian Yuliya Efimova moved a step closer towards a grudge rematch of their Olympic final duel as they eased into the women’s 100 metres breaststroke semi-finals at the world championships on Monday.
Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan joined former European Cup winners Red Star Belgrade from Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract on Monday.
Jordan Spieth survived a roller-coaster final round at the British Open to claim his third major title after beating fellow American Matt Kuchar by three strokes in a thrilling duel at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.
Polish driver Robert Kubica, whose career looked over when he partially severed his forearm in a 2011 rally accident, will test Renault’s current Formula One car on Aug. 2 in Hungary, the French manufacturer said on Monday.
A Kemar Lawrence free kick two minutes from time gave Jamaica a surprise 1-0 win over Mexico on Sunday and took the Caribbean side into their second consecutive Gold Cup final.
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Monday the North will be given until the very last minute to decide on its participation at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Kim In-kyung recorded her second win of the season in style with an emphatic four-stroke victory at the Marathon Classic in Ohio on Sunday.
Australia’s Cate Campbell says she felt betrayed by swimming in the wake of her flop at last year’s Rio Olympics where she was tipped to win gold in the 50 and 100 meters freestyle events but failed to even get on the podium.
Lilly King, of the United States, and Russian Yuliya Efimova moved a step closer towards a grudge rematch of their Olympic final duel as they eased into the women’s 100 metres breaststroke semi-finals at the world championships on Monday.
UFC superstar Conor McGregor recently sparred former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi to prepare for his highly anticipated boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena.
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A lucky break at the 13th hole paved the way for PGA Tour rookie Grayson Murray to win the Barbasol Championship by one stroke in Alabama on Sunday.
China’s Sun Yang destroyed the field to win a hat-trick of men’s 400 meters freestyle titles while American Katie Ledecky reached more milestones in her glittering career as the swimming got underway at the world aquatics championships on Sunday.
Big-serving John Isner became the first man in a decade to go through an entire ATP tournament without facing a break point as he used his dominant serve to win the Hall of Fame Open in Rhode Island on Sunday.
The horse racing world was turned upside-down when Arrogate, rated the top horse in the world and the all-time leading money winner among North American thoroughbreds, suffered one of the biggest upsets in thoroughbred history on Saturday at Del Mar, California.
British Open champion Jordan Spieth was haunted by bad memories on Sunday as he faced up to the possibility of throwing away another big lead in the final round of a major.
Chris Froome put on a near-perfect performance to claim his fourth Tour de France and move within one title of cycling’s greatest on Sunday as Team Sky tightened their grip on the classic race.
Australia’s Olympic champion Mack Horton was forced into an early tussle to qualify for the men’s 400 meters freestyle final alongside Chinese rival Sun Yang on the opening morning of swimming’s world championships on Sunday.
The Memphis Redbirds entered this weekend’s series as the Pacific Coast League’s top team — and the league’s top pitching team.
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The United States breezed into the final of the 2017 Gold Cup after second half goals from Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey secured the hosts’ 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Saturday.
Two El Salvador players have been handed suspensions for biting American opponents during the Gold Cup quarter-finals, soccer’s regional governing body CONCACAF announced on Saturday.
Houston Astros rookie Colin Moran was taken to hospital after fouling a ball off the left side of his face during the sixth inning against Baltimore on Saturday.
Chris Froome kept his composure in a hostile environment as he virtually secured a fourth Tour de France title after extending his overall lead with a good showing in Saturday’s 22.5-km time trial through the streets of Marseille.
The Swedish Open tennis semi-final between Fernando Verdasco and David Ferrer was briefly disrupted on Saturday when a spectator walked on to the court and shouted a Nazi slogan.
Simply being the best is not good enough, says Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty; the Briton wants to increase the gap on his rivals as he defends his titles at the world swimming championships in Budapest.
Tom Daley, Britain’s 2009 world champion, thwarted China’s bid to become the first country to win four successive diving world titles in the men’s 10-metre platform when the 23-year-old prevailed in a thrilling final.