NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer mastered the wild weather and his opponent to storm into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday and remain on course for another showdown with his great rival Rafa Nadal. Federer was at his brilliant best as he outclassed Sweden's dual French Open finalist Robin ...

"I would consider it a longshot that he's back in the regular season," agent Joe Bick told The Denver Post (www.denverpost.com) on Thursday. Cook fractured his right fibula when he was struck by a ball hit by Cincinnati batter Joey Votto during Wednesday's game with the Reds, the Rockies ...

Brady took the field with the rest of the team for midweek practice, local media reported. The team said Brady "reports that he's OK," in its official Twitter feed. "He was not hospitalized."

"I've never done that before," the multi-talented Crosby told the Penguins' website (http://penguins.nhl.com/) after sending a batting practice pitch flying out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' Major League Baseball stadium on Wednesday, "It was halfway up the deck -- pretty ...

The Briton's five-under-par 65 left him in fourth place, three strokes behind leader Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium. European captain Colin Montgomerie will also be heartened by solid performances from two other Cup rookies at the Hilversumsche course.

LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - Tiger Woods returned to one of his happy hunting grounds on Wednesday riding the momentum from one of the best weeks of a turbulent year into his title defense at the BMW Open. With his divorce finalized, a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup squad confirmed and his game ...

The two sides have been at odds for years over what the IOC has said were far too large amounts of money from broadcasting and sponsoring deals flowing to the USOC based on old contracts. "The IOC and the USOC have reached agreement on a significant financial contribution from the USOC to ...

Hamels extended his streak of scoreless innings to a career-best 25 and the Phillies (81-60) kept their half-game edge in the division over the Atlanta Braves. Philadelphia's left-hander allowed just four hits and struck out five to capture his third consecutive start. He has not allowed a run ...

Vladimir and his brother Vitali have had a stranglehold on the division and while the two technically outstanding Ukrainians are undisputed world champions, their reign has done little to boost the sport's popularity. The fight in Eintracht Frankfurt's soccer arena will be unleashing two big ...

BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA may abolish extra time at the World Cup with drawn knockout matches going straight to penalties, the federation's president Sepp Blatter said Thursday. Blatter said in an interview with FIFA's web site (www.fifa.com) that too many teams had played defensively at the World ...