Jamaica’s Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller (Reuters) – Jamaica’s main opposition party rode a wave of discontent with a bad economy to a big win at the...
Tennis superstar Venus Williams PHOTO/Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters After she sensationally dropped out of the U.S. Open in August, tennis star Venus Williams revealed she was suffering from...
Serena Williams (l) and Venus Williams. PHOTO/Paul Gilham/Getty Images A tennis exhibition having just concluded, Venus Williams was thanking the fans, her BallenIsles neighbors, when the...
Miami Heat’s LeBron James While Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks were on the court celebrating the championship they won over LeBron James and Dwyane Wade...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File People have looked up to Magic Johnson for most of his life, and not just because he’s 6’9.” Though an National Basketball...
Maimi Heat’s LeBron James. PHOTO/File More than six months later, it all seems pretty innocuous. Game 2 of the NBA Finals, June 2, Miami: In transition,...
Serena Williams (l) and Venus Williams. PHOTO/Paul Gilham/Getty Images The Williams sisters are coming to Melbourne. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has been in touch...
Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré Yaya Touré has been named the new king of Africa beating Mali’s Seydou Keita and Ghana’s André Ayew...
Mo Farah crosses the line after winning gold at the European Championships. PHOTO/Gustau Nacarino/Reuters Mo Farah knew something had to change if he was to become...
Andre Ayew Confederation of African Football (CAF) Footballer of the Year history will be created in Accra Thursday if Marseille and Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew tops...
Derrick Rose The Chicago Bulls have made it official: Reigning MVP Derrick Rose has agreed to a five-year contract extension. The deal extension, which kicks in...
Soccer superstar., Didier Drogba Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits Didier Drogba’s Chelsea future remains unresolved, but insists Fernando Torres is going nowhere. The prospect of both...
Tiger Woods at the 108th U.S. Open at the Torrey Pines Golf Course, June 15, 2008 in San Diego, California. PHOTO/Doug Pensinger/Getty Images The European Tour...
The Cameroon football federation disciplinary committee has meted unprecedented sanctions against Indomitable Lions skipper Samuel Eto’o (pictured), his deputy Eyong Enoh and Benoit Assou Ekotto. Eto’o...
Jamaican sprinter., Asafa Powell. PHOTO/File Asafa Powell, the former 100 metres world record-holder, will race indoors in Britain for the first time in his career when...
Manchester City’s Yaya Touré Yaya Touré, the Manchester City midfielder, is likely to escape censure after the Ivorian was seen hitting out at Chelsea’s Juan Mata...
Serena Williams (l) and Venus Williams (r) The Williams sisters will aim to defend their Olympic doubles title in London next summer. Serena Williams said Friday...
Usain Bolt (l) and Yohan Blake (r) (Reuters) – The trainer of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake has raised the possibility that the two Jamaican sprinters...
Didier Drogba Didier Drogba scored twice to lead Chelsea over Valencia 3-0 Tuesday night and into the second round of the Champions League. Drogba put the...
Tiger Woods reacts to his birdie putt on the 18th green – June 15, 2008. PHOTO/Doug Pensinger/Getty Images The birdie putt on the final hole to...
Haile Gebrselassie crossing the finish line at the Berlin Marathon in Sept. 2008.PHOTO/Wolfgang Kumm/European Pressphoto Agency Haile Gebrselassie sets the pace on the track and in...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson Magic Johnson announced Friday that he had joined forces with Guggenheim Baseball Management, an arm of a financial services firm that controls more...
Boxing Great: Muhammad Ali Former heavyweight world champion Muhammad Ali, has recovered in hospital after falling unconscious at home, just days after attending the funeral of...
Jamaican National Womens Under-17 Squad. Host nation Jamaica last night cleared another hurdle to qualify for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan by booking a...
Manny Pacquiao (L) and Floyd Mayweather. PHOTO/Getty Images. Floyd Mayweather has hinted that his long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao could take place in May next year....
Tiger Woods to his birdie putt.PHOTO/Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Tiger Woods barely qualified for his own tournament at the Chevron World Challenge, an indication that the last...
Didier Drogba Didier Drogba has refused Chelsea’s offer of a one-year contract extension and will go wherever he is offered the most money next year after...
The NFL has been suspended Detroit defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (pictured), for two games for stomping an opponent in a Thanksgiving Day game. Suh stomped on...
After nearly two years of bickering, National Basketball Association (NBA) players and owners are back on the same side. “We want to play basketball,” Commissioner David...
Talks aimed at ending the National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout have resumed, two people with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday, with a quick settlement necessary...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga feels he is capable of matching it with any opponent after beating Mardy Fish at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday....
NBA star.,Kobe Bryant A little insult has been added to injury for Kobe Bryant. Not only is he not receiving paychecks because of the NBA lockout,...
An 18 hole golf course designed in 1956 by the pioneering African-American New Orleans-born golfer Joseph M. Bartholomew (pictured) is, six years after it was flooded...
Steve Mullings: PHOTO/Getty Images Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings has been banned for life by his country’s anti-doping body after being found guilty of a second drugs...
Chris Bosh, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony are going home, and bringing friends with...
The winning point for Tiger Woods (pictured). A perfect record for Jim Furyk. And validation for U.S. captain Fred Couples. The Americans won the Presidents Cup...
Serena Williams and Venus Williams at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. PHOTO/ZIMBIO Venus Williams will make her comeback Wednesday in an exhibition match against her sister Serena...
Nahki Wells and Khano Smith scored to help Bermuda beat Barbados 2-1 on Monday in a World Cup qualifying game. Sheridan Grosvenor scored for Barbados in...
Kenyan Athlete: Vivian Cheruiyot Athletics Kenya (AK) officials are disappointed and showed their empathy to double world 5,000 and 10,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot after she failed...
West Indies Cricket Team Vangipurappu Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed centuries as India’s batsmen racked up a huge first innings total against West Indies on...
Former Olympic 400-meter champion Michael Johnson doubts Usain Bolt (pictured), will be able to win four gold medals at the London Games. Bolt, who won the...
From left, James Black Jr.,Justus Williams and Joshua Colas. PHOTO: Richard Perry/The New York Times Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United...
Tiger Woods 3rd At Australian Open As Greg Chalmers Wins. Tiger Woods (pictured), gone for the most of the year and rarely on the leaderboard even...
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (pictured), has been named the International Association of Athletics Federations‘ (IAAF) male athlete of the year despite his disqualification from the 100 metres...
Tiger Woods has another corporate endorsement, this one to fill the void on his golf bag. In a deal announced Thursday, Woods signed an exclusive endorsement...
Magic Johnson (pictured), said it’s “ridiculous” to suggest David Stern is racist, saying it’s OK to disagree with the National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner but that...
Tiger Woods (pictured), says he received an apology from former caddie Steve Williams over a racial slur when the two met and shook hands Tuesday. “We...
Frazier fights Ali in 1971; Frazier recently (inset). Popperfoto/Getty; Inset: Sipa Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion whose furious and intensely personal fights with a taunting...
Geoffrey Mutai – File Photo Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon in a course record time. Mutai finished in an unofficial...
It has been confirmed that former heavyweight boxing champion and icon Joe Frazier, (pictured), is in serious condition after being diagnosed with liver cancer. Frazier, who...
Usain Bolt of Jamaica (R) takes the baton from teammate Yohan Blake. PHOTO: REUTERS/Mark Blinch Usain Bolt, the double World Record holder and International Association of...
Mary Keitany (pictured), of Kenya came to Manhattan last year as a marathon debutante but returns as the favorite for Sunday’s New York City Marathon through...
Sam Querrey beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the Valencia Open quarterfinals on Thursday, dealing a blow to the second-seeded Frenchman’s hopes of...
Stephen Keshi – Nigeria’s new coach The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have appointed Stephen Keshi (a former Nigeria team captain) coach of the Nigeria National Soccer...
When it comes to the 100-meter dash, Jamaica is still the team to beat, with or without Usain Bolt. Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke (pictured), added the...
Venus Williams will play in January’s Auckland ASB classic. Williams, who has won seven grand slam career titles and has amassed more than $US27 million in...
Caster Semenya (pictured), has a new coach in Olympic and world 800-meter champion Maria Mutola, pairing one of the great middle-distance runners with one of track...
Lennox Lewis (pictured), will recieve an honorary doctor of laws degree from the Wilfrid Laurier University at the university’s fall convocation Oct. 28. The 46-year-old British-born,...
Members of a Haitian amputee soccer team were in Washington this week to conduct clinics for wounded American troops from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center....
Seydou Doumbia (pictured), has emerged as the top goal-scorer at the halfway stage of the group phase of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) championships....
Venus Williams, the former world No.1, is expected to be back on court in Barbados. The Barbados exhibition is scheduled to be held on Dec. 10-11,...
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that defender Patrice Evra (pictured), is determined to pursue allegations of racist abuse from Liverpool striker Luis Suarez,...
The South African Football Association (SaFa) has been branded a “disgrace” by sports minister Fikile Mbalula for its reaction to the country not reaching the 2012...
Thousands of Americans led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and other civic leaders rallied for easier access to jobs on Saturday as they gathered against the...
LeBron James (pictured), has taken his talents to Liverpool, and finally gotten his hands on a championship trophy. The two-time MVP toured the Premier League club’s...
Bologna president Claudio Sabatini has stepped up his attempts to land National Basketball Association (NBA) star Kobe Bryant on a loan deal by taking his case...
The National Basketball Associateion (NBA) and its locked-out players will use the same federal mediator who tried to resolve the National Football League‘s (NFL)’s labor dispute...
Nigeria Soccer Team (Reuters) – Nigeria and South Africa were among the heavyweight casualties on the penultimate day of African Nations Cup qualifying as Angola, Ghana,...
Jamaican athlete, Asafa Powell (pictured above), will be the 2011 recipient of the University of Technology (UTech) Chancellor’s Medal. Powell, has registered 74 times under 10...
Barbados National Soccer Team Barbados’ World Cup dreams were shattered when they suffered another humiliating 2-0 defeat by Guyana in their Group B Confederation of North,...
For the first time since the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals, the league’s best will play in South Florida. Thanks to the ongoing lockout, it may...
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson on Thursday backed his young players to perform during their tour of Bangladesh as he looks to build a team for...
John Mikel Obi has been fined for arriving late for camp. Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi says he knows nothing about his fine for arriving late...
When last seen at a golf tournament, Tiger Woods (pictured), was leaving early from the PGA Championship after missing the cut. He didn’t qualify for the...
Patrick Makau Berlin marathon champion Patrick Makau (Kenya) and David Rudisha (Kenya), the world 800m champion, have been named alongside icons Usain Bolt (Jamaica), Yohan Blake...
Tiger Woods is out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years. Woods, who hasn’t won in nearly...
The president of Virtus Bologna is optimistic Kobe Bryant (pictured), will sign with the Italian club during the National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout despite scheduling problems...
Kevin McClean cruelly exposed the batting limitations of the current West Indies team, jolting them with an inspiring spell of fast-medium bowling to lead the West...
Wayne Simmonds Ontario police have charged a man for throwing a banana on the ice toward Philadelphia Flyers player Wayne Simmonds (pictured above), during an National...
Kobe Bryant (pictured), said it’s “very possible” he will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, adding the country is like home because he spent part...
South Africa has been confirmed as host of the 2013 African Nations Cup after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed a swap with war-torn Libya...
Tiger Woods (pictured), has hired Joe LaCava to be his third full-time caddie. LaCava decided to leave Dustin Johnson, one of the most talented young Americans,...
The Italian team Virtus Bologna says its top offer to Kobe Bryant (pictured), is a one-year contract worth US$5 million. With NBA players locked out, Virtus...
Haile Gebrselassie lost the race against time on Sunday when Patrick Makau (pictured), shattered his marathon world record and ended an era of two decades dominated...
Double Olympic Champion, Marathon World Record holder, Haile Gebrselassie (pictured), will take on the Berlin Marathon this weekend. He will target a fast time rather than...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has postponed training camps indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games Friday because it has not reached a new labor deal with...
Michael Jordan (pictured), no longer plays competitive basketball. His annual earnings are greater than any other sports figure apart from Tiger Woods – who in spite...
Cullen Jones (pictured), is an Olympic gold medallist – having won the medal in the 2008 Beijing Games. He was not always so fortunate in the...
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson feels his inexperienced team can match and overcome England in two Twenty20 Internationals this weekend at The Oval in London. He...
Sixteen teams from across the world have confirmed participation in the 16th edition of the Safaricom 7s Rugby Series scheduled for November 4-6 in Nairobi. The...
LeBron James of the Miami Heat has received the “Champion of Youth” award from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The award was presented to...
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has been appointed UNICEF‘S newest international Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake announced Williams’ appointment on Tuesday, saying she is also...
Didier Drogba (pictured), is set to return after injury for Chelsea’s League Cup third-round tie against west London rivals Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He...
Hank Aaron (pictured), has established a US$100,000 scholarship fund through his foundation to gift to Clark Atlanta University in support of students pursuing a wide range...
Kobe Bryant (pictured), has been offered $600,000 per game to play for Virtus Bologna, the Italian club’s owner, Claudio Sabatini said. Bryant has previously turned down...
Ghana’s men beat South Africa 4-2 on penalties to win football gold for the first time at the All-Africa Games, after the game ended 1-1 after...
The WBC welterweight champion, Floyd Mayweather, left, in action against Victor Ortiz. Photograph: John Locher/AP Floyd Mayweather Jr. got a head butt, a kiss and a...
Michael Vick is many things to many people. But on that field, in that arena, with the football in his hands, he is a pioneer. He...
When Floyd Mayweather (pictured), grabbed WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz by the throat at the end of their weigh-in at the MGM Grand’s Grand Garden Arena...
It’s a question that has cropped up frequently in the last year: Will Tiger Woods ever be Tiger Woods again? Jack Nicklaus says Woods can still...
Black Stars of Ghana The former captain of Ghana, Stephen Appiah, has expressed confidence that the Black Stars will win the 2012 African Cup of Nations....
Usain Bolt (left) congratulates his compatriot Yohan Blake Yohan Blake ran the second-fastest 200m of all time at the Brussels Diamond League meeting on Friday, upstaging...
Nnamdi Asomugha (pictured), has done very well for himself in the National Football League (NFL). He is also committed to giving back. He is the founder...
As of today Ron Artest (pictured), will now be known as Metta World Peace, a name he officially requested in June. After dealing with a couple...
Laurel Richie (pictured), made history this past May when she became the president of the WNBA—the first African American woman to hold the position in any...
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt will try to get his sputtering start back to normal Friday at the Van Damme Memorial. The Olympic champion, who was disqualified from...
Jamaica will shoot for another sports title when three of the country’s top shooters participate in the 16th World Shoot competition in Rhodes, Greece, in early...
Namibia claimed her second medal at the 10th edition of the All Africa Games, underway in Maputo, Mozambique. Tjipekapora Herunga (pictured), won a bronze medal when...
Police and immigration officials in Mozambique are investigating a group of 15 athletes from Ethiopia missing since Monday in Maputo, the Mozambique News Agency reports on...
Jamaican athletics superstar Usain Bolt ran a track record 9.85sec in the 100m at the athletics meeting here Tuesday, smashing longstanding American rival Tyson Gay’s mark...
OPINION - Like the first lady, while the arena may be different, Serena has to look the other way and keep it moving...
Asamoah Gyan has chosen to leave Sunderland and is set to sign for United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain on a season-long loan. The Ghana forward, joined...
Usain Bolt (pictured), is seeking redemption for his world championship 100 metres final disqualification in Tuesday’s grand prix meeting in Zagreb. The Zagreb grand prix will...
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA spokesman Tim Frank confirmed the penalty for the Charlotte Bobcats owner on Monday, but said the league doesn't comment on the...
NEW YORK (AP) - Already being outplayed by Sam Stosur in the U.S. Open final, the last thing Serena Williams needed was to lose a game...
Serena Williams screamed, but it was nothing like the cry that pierced Arthur Ashe Stadium the last time she had appeared in a United States Open...
NEW YORK (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama says she hopes to still be playing tennis when she's 90...
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama (pictured), has apologized to his nation the team after last week’s spat with coach Samson Siasia. Enyeama, who moved to Lille during...
Jo Wilfrid Tsonga (pictured), lost to Roger Federer in straight sets 4-6 3-6 3-6. This was Tsonga’s first defeat in three encounters to Federer that that...
They are arriving on party buses and in car caravans, on planes and on trains. Alumni will join students to backslap and trash-talk, holler and rally...
Yohan Blake is enjoying the extra attention that comes with being the 100 meters world champion and main attraction at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich, Switzerland....
Serena Williams continued her resurgence. She overcame a difficult first set to advance to the U.S. Open semifinals Thursday with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Anastasia...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured), meets Roger Federer tonight in the quarter-finals of the US Open, with Tsonga looking to beat Federer again. Tsonga then proved it was...
Tiger Woods is 35 years old. He has not won any more Majors since the 2008 US Open. Injuries and a messy personal life have interrupted...
Trinidad and Tobago defender Julius James, right, clears the ball in front of Barbados player Rievere Williams during the 2014 World Cup qualifier at the National...
The Ivory Coast‘s (Cote D’Ivoire) new authorities on Monday named Chelsea striker Didier Drogba (pictured), as a member of a special 11 member commission tasked with...
Yohan Blake (pictured), has apologized for his actions, which have been criticized locally, during the medal ceremony and playing of Jamaica’s national anthem for the 4x100m...
JOHANNESBURG — A South African legislator says he won’t wear the national Springboks jersey during the Rugby World Cup because the garments were made in China...
Already having let a big early lead slip away in the U.S. Open’s fourth round, Serena Williams (pictured), was facing a break point and in danger...
Venus Williams, who UNESCO recently named global “Promoter of Gender Equality,” did not push her brand to the forefront by being one of those celebrities who...
Abel Kirui (pictured), successfully defended his marathon title in the world championships Sunday, completing a Kenyan double in the event. Kirui, who set a championship record...
Usain did not bolt out of the blocks prematurely this time around, but his finish was lightning fast as he clocked the fourth-fastest time ever and...
TheGrio Q&A - Racing legend Willy T. Ribbs was fast and furious long before those blockbuster movies about drivers and their amped up cars...
El Hadji Diouf (pictured), has left Blackburn Rovers by mutual consent, the Premier League club said on Thursday. Diouf has been involved in several on and...
NEW YORK (AP) - Williams revealed Wednesday after pulling out of her second-round match that she had Sjogren's syndrome, which can cause fatigue and joint pain...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Williams pulled out of the U.S. Open shortly before her second-round match Wednesday, saying she was diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune...
World record holder David Rudisha (pictured), proved himself the worthy successor to 800 metres greats Seb Coe and Wilson Kipketer on Tuesday with a supreme, front-running...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles agreed on a six-year contract on Monday that again makes the Pro Bowl quarterback one of the highest-paid...
At the end of Saturday, Kenya was on top of the world with a perfect six medals after pint-sized policewoman Vivian Cheruiyot led US-based dark horse...
Amantle Montsho (pictured), held off Allyson Felix on the line to win a dramatic women’s 400 metres final on Monday, earning Botswana its first gold medal...
Usain Bolt missed out on defending his 100-meter title when he jumped from the blocks early at the world track and field championships Sunday in Daegu,...
Throughout more than a decade of mastery, Tiger Woods (pictured), operated behind a veneer of confidence that left some golfers quaking in their spiked shoes, and...
Ellis Park Stadium – Johannesburg South Africa is to take over from Libya as hosts of the 2013 African Nations Cup finals in a swap agreement...
DAEGU, South Korea (AP) - "A lot of people have their own goals. My goal is to become a legend," the 25-year-old Bolt said. "I'm working...
ATLANTA (AP) - While Terrell Owens waits for an NFL team to contact him, the 15-year veteran wide receiver has focused his attention toward an acting...
Chelsea soccer star., John Obi Mikel The kidnapped father of Chelsea and Nigeria footballer John Mikel Obi has been freed by police. Officers raided a neighbourhood...
Usain Bolt (pictured), defending 100m and 200m world champion is confident that he will successfully defend his titles at this week’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics...
The start of the prestigious IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, is a week away, but Jamaica's flag is already flying high on...
The 2011 U.S. Open is nearly upon us, as Venus Williams, Serena Williams and some of the top women’s players in the world compete for this...
Arsenal midfielder Alex Song (pictured), will miss his club’s next three Premier League matches after accepting an FA charge of violent conduct following Saturday’s opening league...
Abductors have made a US$ 130,000 ransom demand for the release of Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi’s father (pictured), Nigerian police said. Michael Obi, who runs...
From TheGRIO - For so long Woods has exemplified focus, determination and intimidation. Never before had we seen an athlete maintain such an impossibly high standard,...
Chelsea Star., Jon Obi Mikel Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has made an emotional appeal after his father was abducted in his native Nigeria. The 24-year-old...
Usain Bolt is skipping the Weltklasse Diamond League meet in Zurich on Sept. 8, four days after the world championships finish in Daegu, South Korea. Weltklasse...
Serena Williams celebrates her victory against Samantha Stosur to win the Rogers Cup at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ont., Aug. 14, 2011. (STAN BEHAL/QMI Agency)...
Serena Williams faces her toughest test to date at this year’s Rogers Cup when she takes on Victoria Azarenka tonight in Toronto. Williams hasn’t been at...
Tsonga has won three of his seven meetings with Federer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Roger Federer in the Rogers Cup in a repeat of his victory at...
Tiger Woods is 7-over par midway through the second round at the U.S. PGA Championship and may not advance to weekend play at a major tournament...
But Energy Minister says the twin-island republic is not running out of gas.
Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite (pictured), stroked a solid half-century to pilot Barbados to a nine-wicket win over Jamaica in the opening round of the West Indies...
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) -- Tiger Woods is taking the high road in his nasty split with caddie Steve Williams...
Miami Heat star working on his game at home with Houston Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon. While many of his NBA contemporaries are eyeing playing opportunities abroad...
Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams (pictured), has pulled out of the forthcoming Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto with a viral illness. The American was due...
The stigma, the suffering and the solutions
Pelé Pelé denies he’s feuding with Brazilian soccer chief Ricardo Teixeira despite failing to receive an official invitation for the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw last...
Former 100m world record holder, Asafa Powell (pictured), will not run in today’s London AVIVA Grand Prix Diamond League meet as a precautionary measure, following complaints...
Joel “Big Bird” Garner (pictured), has been re-elected as president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). He was re-elected tonight securing 148 votes, way clear of...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Former NBA player Darius Miles has been arrested after security officers found him carrying a loaded gun at Lambert Airport in St....
The Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, says he wants the Black Stars to break into the top ten of the Fifa rankings....
NEWS ONE - Jalen Rose, former NBA star, was recently convicted of drunk driving and started his 20 day sentence Tuesday morning...
Tiger Woods gave no timetable on when he will name a full-time replacement for former caddie Steve Williams but said on Tuesday there have been no...
STANFORD, California (AP) - Serena Williams captured her first tournament title since returning to tennis, beating Marion Bartoli 7-5, 6-1 to win the Bank of the...
(AP) - If NBA stars are serious about playing overseas, basketball's governing body says they will be welcomed...
Tiger Woods officially entered the year’s final major, the PGA Championship, on Friday. It marks the first time since April Woods will tee it up in...
Senegal have suspended controversial Blackburn Rovers striker El Hadji Diouf for five years from all soccer-related activity in his home country. “I can confirm Diouf has...
Johny Akinyemi: “If I can inspire young Nigerians to rise through the ranks and beat me then that would be a really great thing” Born and...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Michael Vick's endorsement deal with a sports nutrition company lasted less than one month because of a similar contract with a competitor...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Owners overwhelmingly approved a proposal last week, but some unresolved issues still needed to be reviewed to satisfy players; the owners do not...
BLACK RADIO EXCLUSIVE - In addition to his boxing promotions, he has been a behind the scenes influence in many minority owned businesses and careers...
To a cheering crowd of Quicken Loans employees and other supporters, Earvin (Magic) Johnson announced Thursday that he’s joining Quicken Chairman Dan Gilbert’s venture capital fund...
MONACO (AP) - Usain Bolt claims he'll be happy to successfully defend both sprint titles and stay injury-free at the world championships, ruling out the prospect...
Serena Williams, who has dropped to 172nd in the world after being sidelined for almost a year with injury and illness, has opted to use an...
MIAMI (AP) - O'Neal referred to the Heat as having a "Big 2." Since Bosh, Wade and James teamed up in Miami, they've been called the...
Kenya have named New Zealander Mike Hesson as their new national cricket coach, officials said on Tuesday. The 36-year-old has been involved in coaching New Zealand...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vick said he wants to teach kids not to get mixed up in animal fights and to take away profits from sponsors of...
Australia showed Samoa very little respect, and paid the price. The South African Springboks won’t make the same mistake at this year’s World Cup when they...
MONROVIA, Liberia — Football star George Weah returned to Liberia to a hero’s welcome after receiving a degree in business administration from DeVry University in Miami....
(AP) - TNT's "Inside the NBA" studio show had been O'Neal's favorite as a player, so the choice was easy...
Talented as she is beautiful, she's carving a name for herself as one of the rarest entities in drag racing: an African-American woman...
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans sports fans will gravitate to a sport that has people in front office positions such as general manager or team president...
LILLE, France: Jamaica ended yesterday's final day of the IAAF World Youth Championships (WYC) in Lille, France, in truly amazing fashion, mining four medals to push...
World record holder Usain Bolt cruised to an easy victory over European champion Christophe Lemaitre in the 200 meters at the Diamond League meet on Friday...
Yohann Gène, 30, is a Guadeloupian member of the Europcar team and the first black cyclist to take part in the Tour de France...
OPINION - Love him or hate him, most NBA fans remember where they were one year ago today when LeBron James said the following during 'The...
Wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh and Darren Bravo hit half-centuries but India, through a five-wicket haul by fast bowler Ishant Sharma dismissed the West Indies for 204 at...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson isn’t the reflective type. He tends not to dwell on the past or even second-guess the decision he made 10 minutes ago. So...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Armen Gilliam, who was part of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team that made a run to the Final Four in 1987 has...
Tiger Woods will miss a second straight major after pulling out of the British Open because of ongoing problems with his left leg. The American hurt...
Perpetua Nkwocha gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Canada in a Group A match between two teams already eliminated at the Women’s World Cup. The game...
Technically, Dwyane Wade can be counted among the millions of Floridians unemployed. With the NBA lock out in its first day, the Miami Heat superstar wasted...