Staff Writer
The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in northern Italy will soon be run on by the world’s fastest athletes at the Paris Olympics
Eight-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher is planning to return to ski racing next season after five years in retirement
Bayer Leverkusen silenced the Stadio Olimpico with a 2-0 win at Roma in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals to extend its record unbeaten streak to 47 matches across all competitions
Rafael Nadal’s clay-court form is slowly rounding into shape
Rafael Nadal rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs in the first round of the Italian Open
Novak Djokovic took a little while to get going in his first match in nearly a month
Novak Djokovic needed medical attention after accidentally getting knocked on the head by a water bottle after a win at the Italian Open
Fifteen days before he is scheduled to play in what will likely be his final French Open, Rafael Nadal is so unsatisfied with his level of tennis that he’s still debating whether or not to go to Roland Garros
The long-sought upgrade for the tennis tournaments in Madrid and Rome has been a bonanza for the organizers by expanding them from one to nearly two weeks
Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hasn’t won a tournament all year
She’s the U.S. Open champion
Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo
The most feared striker in Europe won’t be playing at the European Championship
Biniam Girmay grew up in Eritrea watching the Tour de France on TV each July with his father
Lindsey Vonn is just getting started on her comeback to ski racing at age 40 with her new titanium knee
Most parts of France are enduring a heat wave mere days after the 2024 Olympics launched with a rain-soaked opening ceremony
Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her boxing match against Algerian opponent Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds
Pushing and shoving and crashes on the track
Tickets are about to go on sale for the next Olympics and nobody is quite sure if one of the major Winter Games venues will be ready in time
The word “DOPING” is printed in all caps inside a red circle with a slash through it on the box containing the over-the-counter spray sold in Italy that caused No. 1-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner to fail two drug tests in March
Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping
The revamped Champions League made its debut with some familiar clubs claiming victories on opening night
Roma has fired coach Daniele De Rossi in a move that was surprising despite the Giallorossi going winless in their opening four Italian league matches
Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted, has died
Rep. Nancy Mace says she is considering a run for South Carolina governor
Stellantis will move forward on plan to build new midsize truck in Illinois
US crude inventories likely fell last week, products seen up
SLB's Russian assets valued at $600 million in 2024, unchanged from 2023
Google wins UK injunction over YouTube block on Russian broadcasters
Mexico has not agreed to accept non-Mexican US asylum seekers, says president
Mike Tirico will be lead play-by-play announcer when NBC begins its NBA coverage next season
Carlos Beltrán is on the verge of Hall of Fame induction, and next year's ballot is wide open
Puma launches cost-cutting drive after 2024 net profit disappoints