Carlos Sastre won the 17th stage of the Tour de France by more than 2 minutes Wednesday, earning his first stage win in five years and the overall tour lead....
Dinko Sakic, the last living commander of a World War II concentration camp, has died while serving a 20-year sentence in Croatia, prison officials report....
Gold Medal-winning kayaker Adam van Koeverden has been selected to be the bearer of the Canadian flag at the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremonies....
Third-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze dominated Marta Domachowska of Poland 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday in second-round action at the East West Bank Classic in California....
Thousands will watch Olympians soar to records in Beijing this summer while U.S. scientists will record air particulates and their possible changes....
New Zealand rowing officials said a news boat recording footage of the country's Olympic team sank, dropping its load of expensive equipment into the water....
Miles Avery, the personal coach of U.S. team members Paul and Morgan Hamm., has been selected an assistant coach of the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team....
Hank Aaron, the slugger who set broke Babe Ruth's home run record, has donated the house where he grew up in Mobile, Ala., for a museum at Hank Aaron Stadium....
