World Sports News

Rowing is at the heart of China’s plan to capture, for the first time, more gold medals than any other nation at the Olympics.

In an interview Jenn Stuczynski gave the impression that for her, pole-vaulting was hypnotic and that she was a prisoner of its vagaries.

Sharpie-wielding stalkers looking for autographs often hang out at hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and office buildings where professional athletes come and go.

Robby Ginepri’s surprising run continued Saturday as he played a clever, consistent and sometimes spectacular match to defeat the unseeded Florent Serra of France.

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Jorge Posada passed a key test in his rehabilitation program for a sore right shoulder and could rejoin the Yankees as early as Wednesday.

South Korea was held to a 2-2 draw by Jordan in a 2010 World Cup qualifier in Seoul on Saturday after Jordan came from behind with two second-half goals from the substitute Hasan Abdel Mahmoud.

The Kansas City Royals travel to Yankee Stadium on Friday, a complicated proposition for the Yankees’ first-base coach, Tony Peña. His son, Tony Peña Jr., is the Royals’ shortstop.

Tony Raines will drive in his first Nascar Sprint Cup race of the season Sunday, 400 miles around the grinding, high-banked concrete track in Dover, Del.

The United States has no official long-term plan like the 119 Project, a government-financed effort China began in 2000 to win the most gold medals at home.