Veronica Campbell-Brown has been cleared to return to competition by officials in her native Jamaica despite the three-time Olympic sprint gold medalist having tested positive for a banned substance earlier this year.
Brazil's preparations for the 2014 World Cup suffered a setback Wednesday after a judge asked for the immediate suspension of construction at a host venue for the prestigious soccer tournament due to safety concerns.
She was dubbed "The Assassin" after winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics, but Kaori Matsumoto prefers to be known as "Beast."
Tricking is a new sport combining martial arts, gymnastics and dance -- and it has to be seen to be believed.
Australian tycoon announces plans to build a team to challenge defending America's Cup champions Oracle Team USA.
Minnesota Vikings help gain further ground in the NFL's sporting invasion of the British Isles.
Moments after crossing the line, the new marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang had just one thought on his mind -- "I can run faster".
An arrest has been made in the stabbing death of a man, apparently killed in an argument stemming from a Dodgers-Giants baseball rivalry.
Oracle Team USA safely negotiated the choppy waters of sporting comebacks to pull off a memorable victory against New Zealand to defend the America's Cup.
Several Jamaican sprinters were banned for doping earlier this year and now a footballer from the Caribbean nation has been suspended.
Oracle Team USA successfully defended the America's Cup yachting race Wednesday, completing a seemingly improbable comeback.
Rain, floods, evacuations and power cuts may have hit Sochi -- but an Olympic size effort is underway to ensure the city is ready to host the 2014 Winter Games.
Some people take many years to find their calling in life -- but for Adam van Koeverden, it was right in front of him in black and white.
For sailing fans, boxing references don't immediately spring to mind when describing the thrills and spills of their sport -- even if it is the biggest race of all: The America's Cup.
You've heard of the Miracle on Ice?
Oracle Team USA's improbable America's Cup comeback gathered further momentum on Monday after a fifth straight win over challengers Emirates Team New Zealand.
Soccer may be the number one sport in Africa but basketball is growing fast and the NBA is targeting the continent to provide future stars, and tomorrow's fans.
More than two dozen college players on three major Division I football teams staged an unauthorized protest of the NCAA during their games Saturday.
One of the scariest scenarios of any sport must be the realization by a jockey that the half-tonne animal underneath him is not going to land successfully as it flies over a fence six feet high at nearly 50 kilometers per hour.
Cannes swaps extravagant superyachts for iconic vintage yachts this week, as part of Regates Royales de Cannes.
The New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte, the winningest pitcher in post-season history, will retire after this season, the Yankees said Friday.
It is akin to Sebastian Vettel designing his own Formula One car, getting in the cockpit and driving it to the world title.
With 150 million tweets across 16 days, and 80,000 a minute when Usain Bolt won his 200 meters title, plus 1 billion official page impressions on Facebook, the London 2012 Olympics was crowned as the "first social media Games."
While Real Madrid signed Gareth Bale in the summer's highest-profile football transfer and added several other big names, Manchester United fans were left largely underwhelmed by the Premier League champion's moves in the off-season.
With a first name that means "wave" in Catalan, perhaps Ona Carbonell was destined to pursue a career in water sports.
Marin Cilic has fought many battles on the court but the Croatian star may face his biggest fight in the court when he appeals against his nine month doping ban.
Belying his 41 years and 327 days, Chris Horner has defied sporting convention by wrapping up victory in the Tour of Spain Sunday.
In one of the most hyped boxing matchups in recent history, Floyd Mayweather outclassed Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in a majority decision Saturday night.
A federal appeals court has upheld an obstruction of justice conviction against Barry Bonds, according to court documents released Friday. The court ruled that the evasiveness of the testimony the former baseball star gave to a grand jury investigating sales of performance-enhancing drugs was sufficient to convict him.
"Unbelievable" and an "explosion" is how Floyd Mayweather is selling his tangle with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in Las Vegas.
They played in the U.S. Open final Monday but both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were back in action for their countries Friday.
It's Manning vs. Manning, Eli vs. Peyton, New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos. Less brother in arms more grappling brothers.
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong tweeted Thursday that he's handed over the 2000 Olympic bronze medal he won.
Heavyweight champions share a variety of qualities -- but one that often exposes their true nature is the desire for more success as soon as it is achieved.
Several members of a family competing in the same professional sport are rare. The Sutters were an exception, with six of the older guard playing in the NHL.
A group of young Maasai men have taken up cricket, playing in traditional Maasai dress. "Bowling is just like throwing a spear," says the team captain.
German Thomas Bach was elected as the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president in succession to Jacques Rogge following a ballot of IOC members.
Full disclosure: I have loved watching the Olympics on television since Munich 1972 and thoroughly enjoyed being in the cities for the run-up to Torino 2006 and London 2012.
The world's largest solar-powered boat arrives in London -- its last stop on an Atlantic scientific expedition.
Wrestling has been reinstated to the program for the 2020 Games in Tokyo after a vote Sunday by members of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires.
A love of horses and thoroughbred racing is ingrained in the House of the Windsor, with Queen Elizabeth II a leading owner.
The president of wrestling's international federation has resigned after the Olympics recommended dropping the sport from the 2020 Games.
Tokyo has been chosen over Istanbul and Madrid by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2020 Summer Games.
The America's Cup yacht race will seemingly join the aviation age this weekend when a new design of sailboat will compete for the title while reaching speeds of up to 52 mph, as if ready to take on a freeway.
It worked in 2005 with David Beckham, the impassioned pleas of London school children and the promise that an Olympic Games in the British capital would "Inspire a Generation."
Usain Bolt ended his season on a high note with a comfortable 100 meters victory at the final Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday.
It has been a stormy start to the America's Cup for the defending U.S. champions -- and the boats have yet to leave the safety of San Francisco Bay.
During the world championships in Moscow last month, sprint king Usain Bolt was asked how long he intended to keep running. He kept reporters guessing.
On the heels of Diana Nyad's landmark swim, CNN looks at five sportswomen who have smashed world records in a variety of extreme endeavors.
Winters can be depressingly long in Sweden but when it comes to winter sports, curling usually isn't the first choice for youngsters in the Scandinavian nation.
Interactive: As the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race begins, 500 amateur sailors will be pushed to the limit.
World's most prestigious sailing club, Britain's Royal Yacht Squadron, admits women members for first time in 200 years.
Can sailing legend John Bertrand rebuild the scandal-hit Australian swimming team?
North Korea is one of the world's most mysterious and secretive states, regarded as a political pariah and at bitter loggerheads with its neighbor South Korea.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel will serve a one-half game suspension for an "inadvertent violation," the NCAA and the university said Wednesday.
From fire leaping in Spain to Samurai battles in Japan, CNN takes a look at the world's wildest horse festivals.
The hi-tech sailing revolution is here. Meet the AC72, America's Cup new flying yacht that is making big waves at this year's race.
Wild horses, raging winds and energy-sapping heat in the land of Genghis Khan; welcome to the Mongolian steppe.
Scoobers, hammers and laying out - it's the "ultimate" flying saucer attack. And if Mark Poole is right, his sport could soon be coming to an Olympics near you.
Two Russian athletes issued angry denials that their kiss on the victory podium at the world championships was a protest against new anti gay propaganda laws.
Usain Bolt rounded off the world championships Sunday by claiming his third gold in Moscow as he anchored Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100m relay.
Usain Bolt has won a third consecutive world 200m title at the world championships in Moscow.
Major League Baseball has suspended veteran infielder Miguel Tejada for 105 games for amphetamine use.
Don't know the difference between a strike, flick and back pick? Underwater hockey player Andrei Savu helps explain the lingo of the sport.
Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law has sparked the "defining civil rights movement of our time" according to U.S. athlete Nick Symmonds.
Yelena Isinbayeva, the golden girl of Russian sport, has sought to clarify her controversial comments about gay rights and her apparent criticism of fellow athletes for highlighting the issue at the world championships in Moscow.
Jockeys may rely on real live horsepower to help them reach the winning post but they still train like athletes.
For more than 160 years, the America's Cup has been at the forefront of yacht design. CNN looks at how the seafaring vessels evolved over the race's history.
The darling of the Russian crowd duly delivered Tuesday to regain her status as the leading women's pole vaulter in the world.
The net in Bangladesh cricket's corruption scandal widened Tuesday as the ICC announced that seven people had been charged with match-fixing.
The man who says he threw a banana that landed near Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones said the incident was not racially motivated, but an act of frustration.
The Ashes may have been retained in the anti-climactic finish to the drawn third Test but Stuart Broad ensured the series against Australia would be clinched in a wave of wicket taking glory.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce kept her tag of the fastest woman in the world with a performance as dominating as her Jamaican male counterpart Usain Bolt 24 hours earlier to claim the 100m title at the world championships Monday.
Major League Baseball is to investigate a possible racially motivated incident involving Baltimore Orioles centerfield Adam Jones during their game at San Francisco Giants Sunday.
Trinidad and Tobago's Kelly-Ann Baptiste has been withdrawn from the World Championships for a "doping matter."
Once Usain Bolt got out of the starting blocks, no one was going to beat him at the world championships.
This time there was no denying Mo Farah in the 10,000 meters at the world championships.
It's a warm day in West Des Moines, Iowa, a small town in America's heartland.
This is the image that struck me more than any other watching the completed "World Sport Presents: An Uneven Playing Field" documentary for the first time.
Russia's anti-gay laws are "no problem whatsoever," according to a leading Olympic official.
Behind every great woman -- is another great woman.
The Olympics must use its global reach and immense popularity to help save a generation.
It's not a hallucination -- this remarkable photograph of two men sharing a drink 30 meters below the water is part of a project exploring freediving.
On the surface, water polo appears an elegant pursuit played by extremely polished performers.
Move over Formula One, this is Formula E, an international competition where high-tech cars speed around the world's major cities -- all without a drop of gas.
Last college football season, everybody was talking about Johnny Manziel. But Manziel wasn't talking about anybody. The Texas A&M quarterback and 2012 Heisman trophy winner -- better known by his aww-shucks, all-American nickname, Johnny Football -- was not allowed to give any interviews, in accordance with head coach Kevin Sumlin's rules for all freshmen players.
England retained cricket's fabled Ashes Monday but their captain Alastair Cook admitted what should have been a day of triumph turned out to be an "anti-climax" after the infamous Manchester weather intervened.
Missy Franklin rewrote swimming's record books with a sixth gold medal at the world championships in Barcelona Sunday.
Nike has terminated its contract with Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, suspended without pay recently for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.
American teenager Missy Franklin claimed a record-equaling fifth gold medal in the 200m backstroke final at the swimming world championships in Barcelona on Saturday.
Miss Rodeo America 2013 queen, Chenae Shiner, talks about horse riding in the country's roughest, toughest beauty pageant.
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