Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged with felony gun possession on Thursday in connection with a December 21 locker room confrontation with a teammate.
In a star-studded International Challenge of the Stars kart race in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Michael Schumacher won his second title of the event on Sunday.
Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt and main sprint rival Tyson Gay have praised the new Diamond League series while declining to say where they would clash next year in on the 14-meeting series.
South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.
Formula One champions Brawn will compete as Mercedes Grand Prix next season after the German carmaker announced a takeover on Monday along with the sale of their stake in McLaren.
Jenson Button was absent from his Formula One team's home town victory parade on Monday but Ross Brawn calmed fears the champion might have gone for good.
Toyota Motor withdrew from Formula One on Wednesday, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport's premier series.
South Africa's Sheraton team dominated the just-completed China Cup International Regatta with a perfect score.
World's fastest man met the fastest animal on earth in a rare encounter in the African wild that culminated with the adoption of the African "Lightning Bolt" -- Kenyan cheetah.
Two-time world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso said farewell to Renault with a solid if disappointing drive to 14th in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - and then expressed confidence in the future he faces at Ferrari.
Australia's world road race cycling champion, Cadel Evans, said yesterday his switch to the American BMC team gives him the freedom to plan his own program.
Red Bull will come back stronger next year after ending the Formula One season on a charge, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel said on Sunday.