Second-half goals by Lindsey Horan and Tobin Heath gave the United States a 2-0 victory over Canada on Sunday in the final of the North American Olympic qualifying tournament.... more »
Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, one of the most powerful figures in football and the Olympics, vowed Friday to fight a six-month jail term imposed in Kuwait for insulting the judiciary.... more »
Jill Ellis, who coached the US team to the Women's World Cup title last month, has agreed to a new multi-year contract to guide the Americans, the US Soccer Federation said Wednesday.... more »
Highly successful Africa Cup of Nations coach Claude le Roy adjusts his sights Saturday toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football qualifiers.... more »
Punts on the World Cup rather than on financial instruments will kick into high gear over the next month as bleary-eyed traders in football-mad Asia tune into the tournament in Brazil, a dozen time zones away.... more »
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and US broadcaster NBC-Universal announced Wednesday they have reached an American television rights deal worth $7.65 billion that runs from 2021 through the 2032 Olympics.... more »
Rio Olympic Games organizers Tuesday countered criticism of slow preparations with an assurance they would deliver the 2016 event on time and on budget.... more »
Sudan has been picked to host East and Central Africa's first ever pre-Olympic football qualifying competition this year in a bid to enhance its chances of reaching the 2016 games.... more »
Dave Brailsford, the man behind British Cycling's Olympic success, is leaving the national set-up to concentrate solely on his role as principal of the Sky team, it was announced Friday.... more »
More than 1,000 Brazilian police backed by helicopters and naval armored vehicles took over a favela near Rio de Janeiro's international airport Sunday, less than three months before the World Cup.... more »
More than 1,000 Brazilian police backed by helicopters and naval armored vehicles took over a favela near Rio de Janeiro's international airport Sunday, just 74 days before the World Cup.... more »
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday confirmed Sao Paulo, Salvador, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Rio as host cities for the 2016 Olympic Games football tournament.... more »
Japanese teen star Sara Takanashi showed she had conquered the normal hill in Rosa Khutor on Monday, displaying her best training performance so far, a day before women's ski jumping makes its historic Olympic debut.... more »
Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka on Sunday said the protests rocking Ukraine would not harm its ambitious bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in the western city of Lviv.... more »
President Barack Obama said that the United States would not need to match the huge $50 billion shelled out by Russia if it wanted to host another Olympic Games.... more »
Racks of skis and bundles of blue and red slalom poles litter the entrance to the Austrian ski team's basic accommodation in Rosa Khutor -- the location for Alpine events at the Sochi Winter OIympics.... more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin has staked his personal reputation on the success of the Sochi Olympic Games, which the Kremlin wants to stand as a symbol of Russia's status as a world power.... more »
Rio 2016 Olympic Games organizers on Thursday unveiled an operational budget of $2.9 billion, comprising private money and around 27 percent higher than initial forecasts allowing for inflation.... more »
