Despite a winter climate with averages slightly warmer than Phoenix, Pakistan announced Tuesday that is qualified for only its second ever Winter Olympics by earning enough FIS points at various Alpine Skiing events worldwide.
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings introduced her new baby, Scout, on TODAY Tuesday morning, and indicated that being a mother of three won’t stop her from going for gold in Rio come 2016.
All-time Olympic basketball scoring champ Oscar Schmidt of Brazil was officially announced for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Monday alongside Rick Pitino, Bernard King, Gary Payton, and UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian.
Sports legends Michael Phelps and Michael Jordan went head-to-head on the Shadow Creek golf course in Vegas this weekend for the latter Michael’s twelfth annual Celebrity Invitational.
The Americans are gearing up for another game against Finland at the IIHF worlds Monday after beating them last week, 4-2, on the strength of two goals from forward Monique Lamoureux.
Three-time Olympic beach volleyball champ Kerri Walsh-Jennings, who was apparently pregnant during competition at the London Games last summer, gave birth to said child, now named Scout Margery, Saturday morning at 7:46 a.m.
The U.S. women’s hockey team topped the Swiss 5–0 in Ottawa Friday to advance out to the IIHF world championships group stage and head toward the playoff round in pretty good standing.
Track legend and nine-time world champ Michael Johnson doesn’t seem to be too terribly upset about Usain Bolt breaking his 200m record, and thinks the Jamaican sprinter’s best races are still yet to come.
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp back in February, has been cleared by the world governing body for Paralympic sport to compete in the IPC World Championships in France this July, according to an internal report at the IPC acquired by the UK’s Telegraph Sport.
After scraping by the US, 3-2, in a shootout Tuesday, the Canadian women’s hockey team completely dismantled Switzerland 13-0 Wednesday, as Canada took advantage of the Ottawa home ice, outshooting its opponent 79-16.
The US women’s hockey team lost 3-2 to Canada in a shootout Tuesday night to open the IIHF world championships, but bounced back with a four goal first period against Finland Wednesday, eventually winning 4-2.
Baseball and softball have joined forces in hopes of being reinstated for the 2020 Olympics, but are banking on a deal with the MLB that would commit its players to part of the Olympic tournament.
Athens Olympic hammer throw champ Olga Kuzenkova of Russia has had two years of her career annulled and is set to lose her 2005 world title after samples from the event, held in Helsinki, tested positive for a yet-to-be-named substance when they were recently reexamined.
Because no one understands the difference between a prank and just lying on April Fools Day, a University of Hawaii news site reported Monday that Honolulu is planning to submit a bid for the 2024 Olympics.
Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell withdrew from Monday’s historic Stawell Gift in Australia, citing the same hamstring injury that forced him out of the Olympic final last summer.
Spanish Olympic Committee head Alejandro Blanco said Monday that Madrid’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, which will be voted on by the IOC in September, is a “now or never” proposition and that the city will not have another opportunity.
