Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya of South Africa went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge proposed rules that could force her to lower her testosterone levels.
Australia's major sporting organizations Monday threw their weight behind a drive to close the pay gap between top male and female athletes, drawing on a landmark cricket deal in the push for more equality.
Denny Hamlin withstood three major late-race wrecks Sunday to win the 61st Daytona 500, an emotional triumph the American dedicated to former team co-owner J.D. Gibbs, who died last month. Hamlin captured his 33rd career top-level US stock car series victory and his second at Daytona after 2016.
The Williams Formula One team have blamed delays on preparing their 2019 car for sitting out the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on Monday.
Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian won the men's 60 meters title with a season best of 6.47 seconds at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz defended his World Boxing Association featherweight title on Saturday, dominating compatriot Rafael Rivera to win by unanimous 12-round decision.
Lindsey Vonn will bow out not only as one of the most successful skiers of all time, but also one of the most recognizable sportswomen in the world, bringing stardust to the pistes.
Japan swim queen Rikako Ikee, the poster girl for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the 18-year-old tweeted Tuesday.
Skiers descend in long, rhythmic swoops down pristine white slopes in northern Pakistan, braking in a spray of snow as soldiers carrying semi-automatic weapons watch impassively.
Fly-half Stephen Donald will return to Super Rugby at the grand old age of 35, more than seven years after he gained cult status by kicking New Zealand to victory in the 2011 World Cup final, the Waikato Chiefs announced Monday.
Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno seized the men's title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Saturday with the highest-scoring free skate of the season.
Thousands of miles away from China, where families and friends are gathering to celebrate the Lunar New Year, many Chinese athletes are sweating on snow-covered slopes, hills and ice tracks across Europe.
The director of Kyrgyzstan's main opera hall was fired for allowing an eSports tournament to be held there, officials said Thursday.
Winter is the time to enjoy skiing, but skiing downhill repeatedly seems monotonous for some skilled skiers, and they are searching for a new format of skiing.
The China youth sailing league's first competition of 2019 ended on Wednesday in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province.
The 2019 World Leisure Games will be held in Laixi district of Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province from April to October, organizers announced Wednesday.
Three years after the Los Angeles Rams bet their future on Jared Goff, the young quarterback is set to deliver the jackpot.
Look close and you might notice tiny silver digits. "00:59.99" is embossed on her grey Nike Air Max sneakers.