The Green Bay Packers will release veteran defensive back Charles Woodson, a source familiar with the situation has told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Carl Poston, the agent for Woodson, first told NFL.com that the club would be releasing his...

Oscar saved Chelsea, interim boss Rafael Benitez and striker Fernando Torres from embarrassment with an 82nd-minute strike in a Europa League last-32 first-leg 1-0 win at Sparta Prague. Torres, a mega-deal striker now with one goal in 13 games, missed...

Liverpool yielded two goals in less than three minutes to fall 2-0 at Zenit St Petersburg, leaving the visitors' Europa League hopes hanging in the balance. Despite having failed to properly test goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev with a number of chances...

The United States dropped four spots to No. 32 in the latest FIFA rankings after losing a World Cup qualifier to 51st-ranked Honduras. World Cup champion Spain leads the rankings and African champion Nigeria moved up 22 places to No....

Despite a lockout that wiped out the entire preseason and 34 regular-season games, NHL teams instituted the largest ticket percentage increase among the pro hockey league, the NBA and the NFL for the second consecutive season, according to an...

A decision on whether NHL players will head to the 2014 Sochi Olympics isn't likely to be reached this week. Discussions were scheduled for Thursday and Friday between the NHL, the NHL players' association, and officials from the International Ice...

Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson is expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery Thursday morning to repair his left Achilles tendon that was cut by a skate blade. The Norris Trophy winner last season as the...

He has not uttered one word yet, but Kobe Bryant's mere presence on a Twitter-like Chinese-language microblogging site has stirred plenty of excitement. Sina Weibo has verified that the NBA superstar has set up an individual account on its hugely...

Carmelo Anthony said a "deep" right arm contusion he suffered on Wednesday night may sideline him for Sunday's NBA All-Star Game. The New York Knicks forward suffered the injury early in the first quarter of the Knicks' 92-88 loss...

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose reiterated Wednesday night there is a chance he will sit out the entire season as he recovers from surgery to fix a torn ACL in his left knee. Rose said he isn't sure when...