Other Sports
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Azarenka gets wild card into Indian Wells in return to tour
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Victoria Azarenka has been awarded a wild card into the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open after being off the tour for months because of a cu...
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CAS to announce Russian Olympic doping verdicts on Thursday
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russian athletes disqualified from the Olympics for life in the Sochi doping scandal will have their appeal verdicts announced on Thursday. ...
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2020 Tokyo Olympic costs keep rising despite efforts to cut
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The price tag for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics keeps going up despite attempts to rein in the spending. Over the last year, organizers have shifted several venue...
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Barty, Gavrilova to lead Australia vs Ukraine in Fed Cup
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia in its Fed Cup match against Ukraine, while Ukraine's top-ranked player Elina Svitolina...
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Canada's Guay, 2-time Alpine world champ, to miss Olympics
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - Two-time world champion ski racer Erik Guay of Canada says he will not be able to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics because of a back injury. Guay announced Wednesday ...
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Mladenovic and Parmentier named in France's Fed Cup team
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Kristina Mladenovic, Pauline Parmentier and Amandine Hesse were named in France's Fed Cup team on Wednesday for the first-round match against Belgium. Seven...
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Davis Cup: Kyrgios plays Struff 1st day, Australia-Germany
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australia No. 1 Nick Kyrgios will play Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on the opening day of singles in the Davis Cup World Group's first round b...
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Atkins leads No. 8 Texas over Kansas 55-41
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Texas played a great beginning and end against Kansas on Wednesday night. It was the middle that was missing, including an eight-minute scoreless s...
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US confident in Olympics security despite NKorea tensions
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States said Wednesday it is not aware of any specific threat to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea and is confident that American a...
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WADA recommends IOC use old doping sample bottles in SKorea
Jan 31, 2018 6:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has recommended to the International Olympic Committee that it use 2016 doping sample bottles for the upcoming Winter...