NHL roundup: Caps’ Samsonov beats Isles in debut
Goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves to win his NHL debut as the Washington Capitals spoiled the New York Islanders’ season opener with a 2-1...
NFL notebook: Bears’ Trubisky among several QBs ruled out
Friday saw no shortage of injury news in the NFL — particularly pertaining to quarterbacks. And nowhere was the news bigger than in Chicago....
Koepka says missed cut in Vegas nothing to worry about
World number one Brooks Koepka made his first appearance of the new PGA Tour season a brief one when he missed the cut at the...
Qatar celebrates as Barshim soars to high jump gold
Lifted by a packed stadium, Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim soared to victory in the men’s high jump at the world championships on Friday to give the...
Gymnastics: Governing body defends Biles dismount grading, U.S. unhappy
The grading given to American Simone Biles’ new balance beam dismount has drawn criticism from USA Gymnastics but the sport’s governing body said protecting athletes...
Gardiner powers away to win dramatic 400 meters
Bahamian Steven Gardiner, silver medalist in London two years ago, went one better on Friday when he stormed home to win the 400 meters at...
Barshim soars to high jump gold to delight home crowd
Lifted by a packed stadium, Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim soared to victory in the men’s high jump at the world championships on Friday to give the...
Kipruto wins photo finish to claim steeplechase gold
Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto beat Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia in a photo finish to successfully defend his 3,000 meters steeplechase world title on Friday....
American Muhammad breaks own world record to win 400m hurdles
American Dalilah Muhammad broke her own world record to win the women’s 400 metres hurdles at the world athletics championships with a time of 52.16...
Iranian women snap up tickets for World Cup qualifier
Iranian women have snapped up tickets for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Cambodia in Tehran after they were released for sale via a website....