MONACO (AP) — Jamaican discus thrower Traves Smikle has received a two-year suspension for doping. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) says Smikle's ban will last until June 21, 2015. The sanction began from the date of his positive test for a banned substance at the...
LOS ANGELES -- After Lakers rookie Julius Randle left his NBA debut strapped to a wheeled stretcher with a broken right leg, every player at Staples Center gained a sober perspective on the season opener. Even ex-teammates Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard realized their shouting match...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC) — Four of the players who controversially quit the recent tour of India have signed contracts to play in South Africa's Ram Slam Twenty20 League. ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, Windies T20 skipper Darren Sammy, along with Kieron Pollard, and Andre Russell have...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Serena Williams destroyed Romania’s Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 yesterday to win the WTA Finals championship in Singapore, proving once again why she remains the most formidable force in women’s tennis. Williams avenged her “embarrassing” loss to Halep in the group stage of the...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The captain of South Africa’s national football team was fatally shot when armed men broke into the house where he was staying, police said. Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was killed around 8 p.m. yesterday after two gunmen entered a house in Vosloorus township near...