LaShawn Merritt upset Jeremy Wariner in the 400-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Thursday, setting up a showdown for Beijing next month....
Dara Torres, who at age 41 is trying to make her fifth Olympic team, qualified Thursday for the 100-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Swimming Trials....
Steve Marino, seeking his first PGA Tour victory in his third year on the circuit, grabbed a one-shot lead Thursday in the first round of the AT&T National....
Two climbers broke a record this week by climbing the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in California in 2 hours, 43 minutes and 33 seconds....
The provincial government of Ontario is pushing the Canadian federal government to allow Las Vegas-style sports betting in casinos, the Toronto Star reported....
German Rainer Schuettler downed Frenchman Arnaud Clement despite rain Thursday to earn a semifinal match against Spaniard Rafael Nadal Friday at Wimbledon....
Ross Fisher shot a course record 9-under-par 63 Thursday and has a two-stroke lead after one round at the European Open golf tournament in Kent, England....
Reigning champion Venus Williams beat Russia's Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) in one women's semifinal Thursday at the Wimbledon tennis championships....
Hong Kong-born film star Jackie Chan, a spokesman for the August Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, said he doesn't think sports and politics should be mixed....
The top Communist Party official in Tibet cast the Dalai Lama as a troublemaker even as envoys of the exiled spiritual leader and the Chinese government met....
The University of Tennessee extended long-term contracts to both football coach Phillip Fullmer and men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl on Wednesday....
