The Cardinals on Friday promoted Minor League pitching prospect Carlos Martinez from Double-A Springfield and optioned reliever Mitchell Boggs to Triple-A Memphis.
Full Story Cardinals promote pitching prospect Martinez
The PGA Tour has announced that it will not be taking any action against Vijay Singh for using a banned substance.
Full Story PGA Tour drops Singh case
Andy Murray has waded into the row over Operacion Puerto by blasting a Spanish court’s order that the evidence be destroyed as “a joke”.
Full Story Murray blasts Puerto order
Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti has undergone successful surgery on his Achilles tendon and is expected to be out for around six months.
Full Story Zanetti facing six months out
Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic is recovering in hospital in Miami after being admitted with viral meningitis.
Full Story Karlovic admitted to hospital
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators have signed forward Patric Hornqvist to a five-year, $21.25 million contract.
Injuries limited Hornqvist to four goals and 10 assists in 24 games this season, but the 26-year-old has been one of the …
Full Story Predators forward Patric Hornqvist signs five-year, $21.5 million contract
Chelsea right-back Cesar Azpilicueta is hoping to finish his first season at Stamford Bridge on a high with a top-three finish in the Premier League and victory in the Europa League final.
Full Story Azpilicueta has twin targets
Gloucestershire reached 31-2 in reply to Leicestershire’s 250 on day one at Grace Road.
Full Story Howell runs through Leics
The Yankees have placed infielder Kevin Youkilis on the 15-day disabled list with a lumbar spine sprain, replacing him on the active roster with infielder Corban Joseph.
Full Story Sprained back forces Youkilis to disabled list
Chennai Super Kings moved four points ahead at the top of the IPL table with a 37-run victory over Pune Warriors.
Full Story Super Kings soar again
As expected, the Red Sox activated closer Joel Hanrahan from the 15-day disabled list prior to Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Boston had previously optioned reliever Daniel Bard to Double-A Portland following Sunday’s victory to make room for Hanrahan on the 25-man roster.
Full Story Red Sox activate Hanrahan from disabled list
Patric Hornqvist beat the odds to play in the National Hockey League.
Now he has a lucrative, long-term contract to show for it.
The Nashville Predators on Tuesday announced the signing of Hornqvist to a five-year, $21.25 million extension. …
Full Story Predators sign Hornqvist to five-year extension
Tito Vilanova has promised his Barcelona players will give every ounce of effort in their bid to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit in their UEFA Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich.
Full Story Tito refusing to give up hope
David Bernstein and Howard Webb will be part of FIFA’s new anti-racism Task Force.
Full Story Bernstein part of FIFA panel
Brian Rolston, who won the Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils as a rookie and went on to play in more than 1,200 games during a 17-season NHL career, retired Tuesday, the NHL Players’ Association announced.
Rolston did not play this season,…
Full Story Brian Rolston retires after 17 NHL seasons
A Salt Lake City man who was serving as a referee in a recreational
soccer game in Taylorsville is in a critical condition after being
punched by a teenager.
Full Story Salt Lake City ref in critical condition
Unemployment in the eurozone rises for the 23rd month in a row, as crucial parliamentary votes take place in Cyprus and Italy.
Full Story Eurozone Unemployment Hits New Record High
In the All-Star balloting, naturally enough, offensive production takes center stage. But catcher is a defense-first position. The best part of a great defensive catcher’s game may defy precise statistical measurement, but that doesn’t reduce his impact on the game.
Full Story Defensive game makes a catcher an All-Star
April numbers are either instructive or destructive — the harbinger of bigger things to come or the creator of false hope and unnecessary stress.
Full Story First month’s stats revealing, deceiving
Airlines are to be charged less by three major airports – including Heathrow – in a move that could lead to lower ticket prices.
Full Story Airport Charges To Be Reduced In Shake-Up
