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Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a South African court Tuesday for a hearing ahead of the double-amputee Olympian's murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend.

Two other leagues, the WUSA and Women's Professional Soccer, both came and went. But the NWSL has a smarter business plan, with the backing of the national federations from the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Two major Olympic sports -- track and field and speedskating -- have lost key sponsors in the midst of a global economic slump.

The United States came from behind to tie Sweden 1-1 Monday to advance to the Algarve Cup final for the 10th time in 11 years.

After Mexico's tie against Jamaica in World Cup qualifying, Eric Gomez and Tom Marshall project how the El Tri roster will look at the World Cup in 2014.

Blog | Conversation | February 12, 2013

American Varvara Lepchenko won in her Fed Cup singles debut to lift the United States to a 1-1 tie against Italy on Saturday.

Doug McIntyre examines the game plan for the U.S. national team against Honduras.

Blog | Conversation | February 06, 2013

It was a banner today for Rory McIlroy and Nike as the two announced a partnership that ties the world's No. 1 golfer to the world's top shoe and apparel brand, but the most intriguing questions went unanswered at the news conference in Abu Dhabi Mon...

Brent Latham writes that it's been a long road back to the USMNT for midfielder Mix Diskerud. Given his recent club success in Europe -- and last week's goal that propelled the U.S. to tie Russia -- where does he now fit in with the national team?

Blog | Conversation | November 19, 2012

Election Day 2012 will see many people with ties to sports running for political office. Former NFL tackle Jon Runyan is one of those notable names as he seeks re-election in New Jersey. Then there's Linda McMahon's Senate bid in Connecticut; she ...

Abby Wambach scored for the 23rd time this year, but the U.S. had to settle for a 2-2 tie with Germany on Tuesday, the teams' second draw in four days.

Playing their first match since Pia Sundhage left to coach in her native Sweden, the U.S. women's national team is optimistic they'll continue to grow their sport and their future.

Abby Wambach and Germany's Anja Mittag scored in the first half Saturday night, and the U.S. women had to settle for a 1-1 tie in their first game without former coach Pia Sundhage.

Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity while Nike and Anheuser-Busch each said they were cutting ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal that has swirled around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday.

The man set to become Georgia's next prime minister says his country will take part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi despite differences with Russia over disputed territories.

Frank Lampard's late equalizer spared Roy Hodgson from losing his first competitive home match as England coach on Tuesday, salvaging a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in 2014 World Cup qualifying.