World-record holder and two-time Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol handed Michael Phelps his first defeat in almost a year by winning the 100-meter backstroke at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Saturday.
Phelps' three-month suspension from competition is over and he marked the occasion like any other day: He woke up late and headed to the pool.
The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has escaped serious injury in a car crash in his native Jamaica which wrecked his high-speed sports car.
Wedding photos of tennis player Roger Federer and his pregnant wife are published in a sports magazine.
Deng Yaping, former world and Olympic table tennis champion, was appointed deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Youth League Beijing Municipal Committee Thursday.
With his invention of his 2002 World Cup winning haircut, Ronaldo topped the worst-ever haircut voting in the world of soccer.
World No 2 tennis player Roger Federer married longtime girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec on Saturday in a small ceremony in his hometown.
Grandson in sight, Aguero in form, Maradona in delirium
On loan from Madame Tussauds Shanghai for six months, Yao's wax figure made its debut in Madame Tussauds, New York, March 18, 2009.
Brazil and Britain agreed on Thursday to exchange information on football, including links between both national associations in the training of soccer players and referees.
Chinese 110m hurdle star Liu Xiang left for China on Saturday after a successful foot surgery and three months' rehabilitation in the United States.
BERNE: Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht has been woken from a three-week coma induced by doctors after he crashed in training for last month's Kitzbuehel World Cup races.