NFL: New Orleans wins Super Bowl
The New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl for the first time in the team’s 43-year history with a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
Manchester City upset nine-man Chelsea 4-2 on Saturday in an emotion-charged match that began with the visitors’ defender Wayne Bridge refusing to shake the hand of the Premier League leaders’ captain John Terry.
Croatian Marin Cilic maintained his impressive run of form this season by reaching the second round of the Dubai Championship on Tuesday.
Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas, with a local television station hoping to raise $27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake.
More aftershocks rocked parts of Chile early Thursday, five days after a massive earthquake that killed more than 800 people.
An investigation continued Monday into a helicopter crash that killed five people, including prominent Mexican businessman Moises Saba Masri, the state-run Notimex news agency said.
Saudi Arabian businessman, Ali Al Faraj has sealed his takeover of English Premier League side Portsmouth, becoming the second new owner of the side in six weeks.
France’s football league president says the decision to postpone Sunday’s match between PSG and Marseille because of swine flu was not the catalyst for violent clashes between rival fans.
Defending champion Dustin Johnson posted a 64 to lead the field after the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Thursday.
TP Mazembe claimed the African Champions League after beating Nigerian side FC Heartland 1-0 in the second leg of their final in Lubumbashi on Saturday, winning on away goals.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic made no mistake in his opening round match at the China Open in Beijing as he saw off Romania’s Victor Hanescu in straight sets 6-3 7-5 on Monday.
Bob Bryan and John Isner kept the United States in their Davis Cup tie with Serbia after they claimed victory over Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic in Belgrade on Saturday.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee plans to take a break from cricket in an attempt to cure the injury problems that have cast doubts over his future.
English Premier League manager Arsene Wenger exclusively tells CNN that Arsenal will always live within their means and resist the urge to go on a spending spree while he remains at the helm.
Pakistan cricket is embroiled in a new controversy after the national team were accused of deliberately losing two games at the Champions Trophy by a government official, and the future of captain Younis Khan, above, is now in doubt.
Barcelona’s recent defensive problems have increased further with the news that French international Eric Abidal faces up to two months out of action because of an injury to his left leg.