Thousands of race fans swarmed Friday to the U.S. city Houston's downtown to enjoy a three-day Grand Prix which features IndyCar Series races and several other series of auto races.
With just one day to go before the opening ceremony of the East Asian Games (EAG), organizers announced Saturday they were ready to stage a joy-sharing and splendid sports gala in the harbor city of Tianjin.
Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is appealing to Florida officials to drop charges against an over-enthusiastic fan who was arrested during a match after rushing the field to embrace him.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) confirmed on Friday that there will be a minute's silence before all sporting events this weekend for the hundreds of refugees who died off the Italian coast.
Group seedings for next year's World Cup will be decided by October's world rankings, football's governing body FIFA said on Friday.
The WTA on Friday announced the other three qualified pairs for the WTA Championship, including China's Peng Shuai/Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-Wei.
Li Na of China leaves the court after the women's singles quarterfinal match against Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, Oct. 4, 2013. Li lost the match 1-2.
Adam Scott and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama may have a language barrier between them but the Australian is confident that the duo can win points together for the Internationals at this week's Presidents Cup.
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has lifted the one-match ban against Ukrainian fans for racist crowd behavior, Ukraine's Football Federation (FFU) official said Thursday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia fought off tough resistance from Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the second round to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open on Thursday.
Bayern Munich thumped hosts Manchester City 3-1 in their Champions League Group D encounter on Wednesday as the holders taught the English side they still have a lot to learn if they are to achieve continental success.
Arsene Wenger believes his club record swoop for Mesut Ozil has revitalized Arsenal after the Germany midfielder inspired a 2-0 win over Napoli with his first goal for the Gunners.