MLB shut down: League in first lockout since ’90

IRVING, Texas — Major League Baseball locked out its players early Thursday morning, certifying the game’s…

Atletico Madrid No. 1 Jan Oblak on the art of the goalkeeper and why ‘we’re different’

MADRID — On a wet November afternoon at Atletico Madrid‘s training ground, Jan Oblak wants to set the record…

Every NBA player who becomes eligible to be traded on Dec. 15 ahead of NBA trade deadline

We are two weeks from Dec. 15, which marks the unofficial countdown to the Feb. 10…

Five big trades that could shake up the NBA playoff picture

The NBA season is already one quarter of the way done, which means the trade deadline…

De Silva and Embuldeniya give command back to Sri Lanka

GALLE Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka started the day three runs behind the West Indies…

Antetokounmpo powers NBA champion Bucks, Doncic fuels Dallas

Giannis Antetokounmpo drove for the game-winning layup with two seconds left on Wednesday, lifting the NBA…

A twist of fate shot Sparta Rotterdam’s Maduka Okoye to Nigeria’s number 1

Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has come a long way in two years, going from Germany’s Regionalliga to Rotterdam to Watford, and…

Malawi’s Chawinga sisters top November’s African women’s power ranking

November belonged to the Chawinga sisters, Tabitha and Temwa, as they won the Chinese Women’s Super…

College Football Playoff expansion: Where things stand as talks resume

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Are we there yet? Is this it? Is the College Football Playoff really,…

How good is your NFL coach on fourth-down calls? We rank all 32

The NFL is about to set a record for most fourth-down attempts in a season. Again.…