Arsenal romp boosts title chances
Cesc Fabregas scores the third as Arsenal underline their English title credentials with a 4-1 thrashing of Wolves at Molineux to go second in the Premier League.
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal has crashed out of contention at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals after a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) defeat by Nikolay Davydenko, above, ended his hopes of reaching the semifinals in London.
Felipe Massa will not be returning to Formula One this season, his Ferrari team have officially announced. The 28-year-old Brazilian is still recovering from the horrific injuries he received in a crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.
Rubens Barrichello boosts his chances of overhauling Brawn teammate Jenson Button and winning his first world title by claiming pole position for his home Brazilian Grand Prix in treacherous conditions on Saturday.
World No. 4 Lee Westwood goes into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic in a four-way share of the lead following his four-under-par 68 on Saturday.
World Twenty20 champions Pakistan were left stunned after none of their players were signed up for the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament in Tuesday’s auction.
The International Olympic Committee was preparing Friday to elect a host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, a prize so sought-after that presidents, sports legends and royalty have turned out to lobby for their country’s candidate city.
An Organization of American States commission condemned Monday the slayings last month of three Honduran political activists opposed to a military-led coup that removed the elected president in June.
Thierry Henry and other leading world football stars helped raise over $750,000 for the Haiti earthquake appeal from special match arranged by the United Nations in Lisbon.
The Colombian Constitutional Court ruled Friday against holding a referendum that could have cleared the way for President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third consecutive term.
U.S. diplomats on Friday called for the immediate release of an American who has been jailed in Cuba for months.
Frank Lampard (above, left) scores twice as Chelsea climb back to the top of English Premier League table after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Birmingham at Stamford Bridge.
The fact that survivors have been unearthed more than a week after being entombed without food or water in quake-stricken Haiti is no surprise and simply underscores the body’s resilience in the face of adversity, emergency medicine experts told CNN Wednesday.
Last year’s world champion Lewis Hamilton claims pole position for Sunday’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while his successor as Formula One’s top driver, fellow Briton Jenson Button, qualifies fifth.
Tiger Woods canceled a meeting with Florida State police for the third time on Sunday after issuing a statement in which he said the car crash outside his luxury home was his own fault.
Both team captains made surprise picks ahead of Friday’s opening rubbers in the Davis Cup final between defending champions Spain and the Czech Republic on clay in Barcelona.