Boxing: Pacquiao Mayweather talks fail
Bob Arum, promoter for Filipino world champion Manny Pacquaio (above) confirms the “super fight” with American Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not happen after mediation talks between the two parties fail.
Ukraine claimed a 1-0 victory over 10-man England which boosted their hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa via the playoffs.
Frank Lampard misses a late penalty as Chelsea’s English Premier League lead is cut to two points following a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City.
U.S. officials working with authorities in Mexico and Colombia have seized about $41 million in cash hidden in shipping containers, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Monday.
World champion Jenson Button fired a warning to his 2010 title rivals that he will be just as quick with new team McLaren after setting the fastest time of the pre-season testing sessions in Jerez.
Golfer Tiger Woods will break his silence Friday, nearly three months after the infamous car crash that spiraled into a sex scandal.
Lee Westwood will take a commanding five-shot lead over European Tour money list rival Rory McIlroy into the final round of the season-ending Dubai World Championship on Sunday.
A classroom collapsed on students in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday morning, killing four children and injuring one other, police said.
Authorities in Peru have rescued the last of hundreds of travelers who had been stranded by flooding in a town near one of South America’s most popular tourist destinations, a government official said Friday.
On the edge of Ecuador’s Amazon Basin, the Upano River gives life to a vibrant agricultural sector that keeps the economy of the southeastern city of Macas beating. Bananas, papayas and coffee are some of the foods farmed by the largely indigenous population.
An Australian rugby league player has been charged with dealing drugs just three months after his teammate was served a court notice for the same offence.
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.
Holders Barcelona recorded their first Champions League win of the season as goals from Lionel Messi and substitute Pedro secured a comfortable 2-0 Group F victory over Dinamo Kiev.
German Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg have sacked coach Armin Veh with immediate effect after a disappointing season in defence of their title.
Thierry Henry’s confession that he handled the ball in the build-up to the controversial goal by William Gallas, pictured, which sent France to next summer’s World Cup, has done little to console a devastated Ireland team as the controversy rumbled into Thursday.
A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting new misery on the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.