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Wimbledon's all-white dress code won't be in place for the Olympics. And the traditional dark green backdrop around the courts will be gone, too.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made a solid return to red-clay courts, dominating Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday night to open his Italian Open title defense.
The biggest obstacles in Ivan Basso's bid to win his third Giro d'Italia could come from the Lampre squad and a host of international riders, with the year's first major tour kicking off Saturday with three stages in Denmark.
Fiorentina coach Delio Rossi has apologized for slapping a player but says he demands respect for himself and his team.
Genoa's soccer team was banned from its stadium for its final two home games this season following a protest-filled 4-1 loss to Siena.
Major League Baseball officials have been watching the NBA, NFL and NHL play games in Europe. Now, stadiums in London and the Netherlands could provide the chance for baseball to follow suit.
Lindsey Vonn is in an Olympic frame of mind.
Another day, another title for Lindsey Vonn.
A women's World Cup downhill was canceled because of strong wind and won't be rescheduled.
Skiers and coaches complained there weren't enough workers to clean new snow off the 2014 Sochi Olympics downhill course on Thursday, forcing training for a women's World Cup race to be canceled.
Lindsey Vonn had a positive first impression of the women's downhill course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, while other skiers were concerned about the big jumps.
The International Olympic Committee inspection found "no real burning issues" in Sochi preparations for the 2014 Games, with organizers promising to complete construction of all sports venues by the end of 2012.
The first major test event for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hailed as a success. Construction for the games may be behind schedule elsewhere, but the Alpine skiing venue is ready.
Marchel Hirscher took advantage of a mistake by rival Ted Ligety to win a World Cup giant slalom Saturday and overtake the American for first place in the discipline standings.
Two weeks ago, Ben Thomsen was in danger of being sent down to skiing's minor leagues. Now he's got his first World Cup podium result and full of confidence heading into the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Russian skiers appear more frequently on the World Cup ski circuit in Europe these days, their presence hard to miss at the upcoming Alpine test events for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Didier Cuche called it "magnificent." Bode Miller was highly critical. Aksel Lund Svindal said the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was "what downhill is all about."
By any measure, Lindsey Vonn's impending divorce is not affecting her on the slopes. If anything, it's motivated her.
A healthy Lindsey Vonn was feeling like her old self, skiing well and getting ready for football.
Italian veteran Daniela Merighetti earned the first World Cup victory of her career Saturday despite a broken left thumb, with Lindsey Vonn the runner-up in one of the season's biggest downhills.
Lindsey Vonn doesn't usually need a boost when she's in Cortina. It's one of her favorite Italian resorts, where she's skied to five victories.
He's become known in Italy as "General Bradley," "the midfield sergeant" and "the American Marine."
Austria's domination in the downhill stretches back nearly uninterrupted to the founding of the World Cup circuit in the late 1960s.
Austria's Klaus Kroell goes into Thursday's knee-jarring downhill on the Stelvio course with memories of the fall that robbed him of a podium finish last year.
Hans Olsson of Sweden appears set for a career breakthrough when the World Cup ski circuit returns to Europe this weekend.
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