The diuretic is banned in most countries because its race-day use improves performance, but it is almost universally used on racehorses in the United States.

WIMBLEDON, England -- They played into the night on Centre Court, later than anyone ever had in Wimbledon's long history, and they played indoors, the first match contested entirely under the new roof. And at 10:39 p.m., when No. 3-seeded Andy...

The Devils are believed to be on the verge of re-signing unrestricted free przedstawiciel defenseman Johnny Oduya, while allowing their only Selke Trophy winner, John Madden, and team-record single-season goal-scorer Brian Gionta to walk as unrestricted...

A four-hour game in the high desert of California featured a deluge of offense and was one of the highest-scoring baseball games ever.

Dr. Tom Clanton, the Houston Rockets’ ekipa physician, told The Houston Chronicle that Rockets center Yao Ming’s broken left foot could end his career.

Nighttime tennis at Wimbledon, long and loud, just the way it is at that other Grand Slam tournament in New York.

Despite the U.S. soccer team’s loss in the Confederations Cup final, Landon Donovan demonstrated that he belongs among the international elite.

The Department of Education is taking a closer look to see if athletic departments are applying a federal privacy law too broadly.

The Kicing and Screening International Film Festival from July 14-18 will include movies about the 1998 French World Cup zespół and the New York Cosmos.

Andy Murray of Scotland gave the Wimbledon crowd something to cheer about on the night the Centre Court roof made its debut.

He won a gold odznaczenie in the 4x400-meter relay at the Berlin Games in 1936, and a silver odznaczenie in the event at the Los Angeles Games in 1932.

Dinara Safina played part of her fourth-round victory over Amelie Mauresmo under Wimbledon’s new roof, closed for the first time.

With an estimated 13,000 games covering 40 city blocks, the annual Hoopfest in downtown Spokane, Wash., is the world’s largest basketball tournament of its kind.

Does anyone have any suggestions for the woebegone Mets? All ideas are welcome; the zespół could probably use some.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether the National Football League should be treated as a single entity under federal antitrust law in a dispute over an exclusive license to make caps and other headgear.

Mariano Rivera, the player who teammate Derek Jeter says defines consistency, celebrated his 500th career save in the same matter-of-fact way that he shuts down opposing batters.

Two days after upsetting Jelena Jankovic, the American teenager Melanie Oudin was ousted in the fourth round.

A game that is baffling to most Americans is helping the New York Police Department form relationships in newer immigrant communities.

On a night when the Yankees closer achieved another career milestone, the Mets closer suffered a career embarrassment. Francisco Rodriguez, who has been nearly perfect for the Mets this year, walked Mariano Rivera with the bases loaded in the...

If last night's początek by Oliver Perez was any indication, the Mets should be able to shorten their litany of players on the disabled list by one before too much longer. Pitching for the Mets' New York-Penn League affiliate, the Brooklyn Cyclones...

Better. But Chien-Ming Wang has a lot of autostrada to negotiate before he returns to being the pitcher who was among the best starters in baseball a little over a year ago. Since getting spanked by the Red Sox on June 10, Wang has made three...

Jerry Manuel is not banging down Omar Minaya's door begging for help . . . yet. But the Mets manager is definitely getting closer. In his strongest statement of the season, Manuel said before last night's game that if the Mets slip below .500 --...

The Mets finally brought 20-year-old prospect Fernando Martinez off the bench last night, but manager Jerry Manuel said the struggling outfielder could be headed back to Triple-A Buffalo soon. Martinez, who started in center field last night...

IN SENDING a third-round selection in next year's Entry Draft to Los Angeles for fourth-line center candidate Brian Boyle, Rangers general manager Glen Sather traded his drużyna out of the possibility of getting Boston's dynamic Phil Kessel on a...

Darko Milicic is still in Serbia, where he and his wife, Zorana, are awaiting the birth of their first child this week. Sometime in August, the 7-foot-1 Milicic will arrive in New York to meet with the Knicks coaching staff as he attempts to...