Tweaking the nose of retirement, former Major League Baseball player Warren Cromartie instead picked a fight with a blood-thirsty Tiger.
The European Commission is on a collision course with UEFA, other sports lawmakers and European Union governments as it finalises reforms on how sport should be run in its 27 member states.
Four days later, people are still debating where LeBron James' 25 straight points to end Game 5 ranks on the NBA's list of all-time best finishes. The only point worth adding is this: Whoever has James' ear between now and Thursday can serve the King best by reminding him that better be just the beginning.
The gods to whom Japan's ancient sport of sumo was offered as entertainment thousands of years ago may be in for a shock this weekend.
As Tiger Woods continues to polish his glittering curriculum vitae, golf fans are licking their lips at the prospect of another so-called 'Tiger Slam'.
In two-and-a-half years as Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath won two consecutive league and cup doubles, re-establishing the club as Germany's most efficient title-winning machine.
A busload of UEFA and FIFA delegates being driven from a five-star hotel to one of their regular official dinners held during events like a UEFA Congress has a lot in common with a holiday coach trip for the elderly.
One issue at the heart of the game is almost guaranteed to unite everyone in soccer no matter which club or national team they support.
When Swede Lennart Johansson was voted UEFA president in April 1990, the biggest upheaval in European soccer's history was underway.
Torrents of media reports concerning conflict at Chelsea have all but drowned out the Premier League champions' worldwide commercial message in recent days.
Hungary's president and prime minister were among thousands paying their last respects Thursday to soccer legend Ferenc Puskas, who was lying in honor in St. Stephen's Basilica.
Like every coach, Jusuf "Jufi" Malagic of FC Guber Srebrenica gathers his players on the pitch before each game for a short pep talk, asking them to do their best for victory.