The Miami Heat's "Big Three" rode to the rescue as the 2012 NBA champions leveled the 2013 series at 2-2 with a 109-93 away win against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Four.
A cricketer who punched a rival international player in a bar has been fined and banned ahead of one of the sport's oldest and most renowned competitions.
He's broken every record in the book and won a glut of Olympic and world titles, but even at the age of 40, Haile Gebrselassie has no intention of resting on his laurels.
Two lesser lights stole the headlines as the San Antonio Spurs routed the Miami Heat 113-77 in Game Three of the 2013 NBA Finals.
Brazilian big wave hunter Maya Gabeira has surfed a 14-meter swell -- the biggest wave ever ridden by a woman.
It is a bittersweet irony that, after a four-decade career which saw Henry Cecil train thousands of racehorses, he will forever be remembered for just one -- Frankel.
The earlier reports are true: Polarizing backup quarterback Tim Tebow indeed has a new home in the NFL.
The colorful silks jackets worn by jockeys have a rich history. Could they also determine whether they win or lose on the race track?
Mario Chalmers starred in a 103-84 win for the Miami Heat in Game Two of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, leveling the series.
Another top team official has been implicated in Indian cricket's corruption scandal, which centers around illegal gambling on the country's popular Twenty20 tournament.
From the crisp air of Newport, California to Mexico's wine country, CNN takes a closer look at one of the world's largest yacht races.
San Antonio Spurs snatched Game One of the NBA Finals after a "crazy play" from Tony Parker gave Gregg Popovich's team a 92-88 win away to defending champion Miami Heat.
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt was beaten into second place by Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters at the Diamond League's Rome meeting.
Abedi "Pele" Ayew is a Ghanaian football legend, who blazed a trail for African stars in Europe.
Kelly Slater is the most successful surfer of all time. The surf legend he talks about life and death in the waves.
Ruta Meilutyte's initial brush with swimming as a seven-year-old in Lithuania could never have foretold her success in the pool.
British cycling chief Brian Cookson announced Tuesday he would challenge Irishman Pat McQuaid for the top job at the UCI -- promising to clean up the sport in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
He declared last summer to be a "dream come true," but now Oscar Pistorius has entered what could be one of the darkest periods of a life punctuated by extreme challenges.
In energy-sapping conditions, the British and Irish Lions hardly had to bare their teeth to comprehensively beat the Barbarians 59-8 in the first match of their rugby tour to Australia.
Under the watchful gaze of one monarch, a new king was crowned at Epsom Downs Saturday as the Aidan O'Brien-trained Ruler of the World dominated rivals to claim England's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby.
Sport's battle with racism and discrimination has suffered a further setback after a senior Australian administrator compared an athlete to "King Kong."
Talent, a 20-1 outsider, dominated rivals to capture the Oaks, the premier fillies' Classic of the season.
FIFA approved tougher penalties for racist behavior, in a move that one anti-racism organization said will bring soccer "in line" with other sports.
Defending Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins has been forced out of this year's race due to an ongoing knee condition, the Briton's Sky Pro Cycling team announced on Friday.
It's 100 years since Suffragette Emily Davison was trampled to death by the King's horse. What is her legacy?
Iconic jockey Frankie Dettori was cleared to return to racing by the governing body of the sport in France Thursday after serving a 6-month ban for cocaine use.
Two former coaches have sued Major League Soccer team Chivas USA, claiming they were fired this year because they are not Latino.
A knee injury rules captain Sam Warburton out of the British and Irish Lions opening game against the Barbarians.
Squash, the bridesmaid of racquet sports, will hope to finally recognize its Olympic dream after winning a place on the shortlist of candidates to be included at the 2020 Games.
Amid all the noise and chaos of a short-track speed skating final, there is one voice in the crowd Charles Hamelin can hear as clear as a bell.
Former players have accused the new director of Rutgers' troubled athletic program of emotional abuse.
Former players have accused the new director of Rutgers' troubled athletic program of emotional abuse.
The redshirt freshman quarterback who led the University of Notre Dame to an undefeated regular season in 2012 has been suspended for "poor academic judgment."
With Rory McIlroy and defending champion Luke Donald not surviving the cut at the PGA Championship, the door was opened for others at Wentworth.
The American-bred horse who won last year's St Leger -- Encke -- is among seven more horses trained by disgraced Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni to test positive for steroids, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced.
Zoe Smith's petite frame should fool nobody -- she's a weightlifting warrior.
Oxbow, ridden by Gary Stevens won the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
For Briton Bradley Wiggins 2013 is fast becoming a year to forget.
The overlooked middle sister. Preakness Stakes, the second horse race in the prestigious U.S. Triple Crown horse race, is more than she appears.
Preakness Stakes: The best jockey in America talks about a sport close to his heart -- baseball. Introducing Joel Rosario, the man hoping to make racing history.
The sailing world is reeling after Briton Andrew "Bart" Simpson's tragic death on the waters of San Francisco Bay while training with Sweden's Artemis America's Cup team on board a boat that is about as extreme as it gets.
"A must-have quality for figure skaters is, I think, gorgeousness."
Sailing around the world is one of the most grueling challenges on the planet. Are women up to the task in the Volvo Ocean Race?
Five days after a British sailor died while training in San Francisco Bay, America's Cup organizers announced Tuesday that the historic race will go on.
Bradley Wiggins' bid to add the Giro d'Italia title to his Tour de France crown suffered another blow Saturday as the British cycling star lost more time in the eighth stage time trial.
Friends and fellow sailors mourned the loss of UK Olympic medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson Thursday, after the shock news that he had died in San Francisco Bay.
At an age when most pensioners are winding down their lives, Fauja Singh began a new one.
A horse racing trainer who became engulfed in a doping scandal and was banned from the sport for eight years has appealed his sentence, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed.
The curtain was raised on the English flat racing season in emphatic style as the Godolphin-owned Dawn Approach stormed to victory in the 2,000 Guineas, the first "classic" of the season, at Newmarket's Rowley Mile Saturday.
History is against Kevin Krigger. A black jockey hasn't won America's most prestigious race -- the Kentucky Derby -- for over a century.
Mark Cavendish won the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia in Naples.
Could Rosie Napravnik be the first female to win the Kentucky Derby in the 139-year history of the race?
U.S. Open tennis champion Andy Murray has condemned the handling of the Operation Puerto doping trial by the Spanish authorities, accusing them of the "biggest cover up in sports history."
Eufemiano Fuentes, the man alleged to have masterminded one of the world's largest sports doping operations, was found guilty of endangering public health by a court in Madrid Tuesday.
As a shivering and nervous new recruit to the British Army in 2007 -- wearing three layers just to keep warm -- Semesa Rokoduguni began to seriously question why he had left the tropical Pacific Island of Fiji.
The British and Irish players selected for rugby union's prestigious Lions Tour of Australia are unveiled.
Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he is gay.
Hot on the heels of the eight-year ban handed out to Mahmood Al Zarooni for drugging his race horses another bombshell could be set to hit the beleaguered sport.
From a young basketball hopeful in Accra, Ghana to fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft for the Detroit Lions.
The trainer at the center of a doping scandal that stunned the world of horse racing was banned for eight years Thursday by the governing body of the sport of Britain.
On February 3, the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII in what was a thrilling finale to the NFL season.
The trainer at the center of a major horse doping scandal has been charged with multiple breaches of the rules by the British Horseracing Authority.
Ben Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history but is now targeting glory in the America's Cup.
The ruler of Dubai's prestigious Godolphin operation in Britain is at the center of a major doping scandal after 11 of the stable's horses failed drugs tests.
More than 35,000 London Marathon competitors observe 30-second silence in memory of Boston victims.
Six days after Boston Marathon, world turns its gaze to London's premier race.
Sprinter Shawn Crawford might have been coming to the latter part of his athletics career, but his failure to inform doping regulators as to his "whereabouts" has landed the Olympic gold medalist with a two-year ban.
Forget Point Break's party animals, modern surfing is more about professionalism.
Australian politicians mourn the departure of a beloved leading lady. Not Thatcher, but race horse Black Caviar.
As driving snow enveloped him and the temperature sank towards zero, Songezo Jim must have wondered if all that hard graft to realize his dream was worth it.
The fatal bombing of the Boston Marathon is not the first time a sporting event has been targeted. Gunmen, suicide bombers and kidnappers have attacked athletes and venues across the world - from Munich, to Angola, Pakistan and the United States. They have been separatists, militants and activists.
A man shot himself to death during the NRA 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend, authorities said.
Lakers star Kobe Bryant will be out for six to nine months after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
Australian wonder mare Black Caviar extended her unbeaten streak to 25 races in some style on Saturday, blowing away her rivals in the TJ Smith Stakes at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse.
Can champion thoroughbred Black Caviar extend her undefeated winning streak -- by running backwards?
Wrestling with savage seas? Stranded without fuel or food? Overcome all adversity with these top 10 tips for survival.
He plays the only sport approved by the Taliban, and Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil hopes the game he learned as a war refugee will play a big part in uniting his country.
Mixed martial arts organization UFC has suspended fighter Matt Mitrione indefinitely for comments made in an interview about transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox.
Rutgers University will pay former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti more than $1.1 million after his resignation, according to documents obtained by CNN.
Animal Kingdom roared into the record books at Meydan Racecourse Saturday, blowing away the rest of the field to become only the second Kentucky Derby winner to triumph in the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest race.
As far as marquee days go, Monday will be hard to beat for University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino.
Champion jockey Ryan Mania was taken to hospital after taking a hard tumble during a race Sunday, just a day after his spectacular victory at the Grand National — Britain's top horse race.
Patience and persistence paid off for jockey Ryan Mania on Saturday as he helped Sue Smith to become only the third woman trainer to win Britain's most famous -- and most controversial -- steeplechase, the Grand National.
Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti has resigned in the wake of a player abuse scandal that prompted the school to fire its men's basketball coach.
Rutgers University will pay fired basketball coach Mike Rice a $100,000 bonus as called for in his contract, athletic department spokesman Jason Baum said Thursday.
Even at the age of 41 Lance Armstrong's thirst for competition remains undimmed.
Is Britain's Grand National a cruel death trap or the ultimate sporting test?
University of Louisville guard Kevin Ware recounted Wednesday his shock over the severely broken leg he suffered.
Rutgers University fired head basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after ESPN broadcast a video showing him physically and verbally abusing players.
University of Louisville guard Kevin Ware recounted Wednesday his shock over the severely broken leg he suffered.
Kevin Ware, the Louisville guard whose devastating leg break was seen by millions of TV viewers on Sunday, was released from an Indianapolis hospital on Tuesday. .
The University of Southern California hired Andy Enfield to become the Trojans head basketball coach, completing a Cinderella season for the rising star.
Welcome to the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race; 6.8 km of sweat, tears, and the odd sinking in London's River Thames.
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