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You hear about U.S. track athletes digging through family trees, unearthing a grandparent or great grandparent from a remote Caribbean island that qualifies them for citizenship and, ultimately, an Olympics or World Championships in an event loaded with talent in the States.

A Brazilian blogger named Rafael Salvador posted video on YouTube on Wednesday that showed protesters fleeing tear gas on Avenida Alberto Craveiro in the city of Fortaleza.

Italy rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Japan and countryman Alberto Zaccheroni 4-3 Wednesday, earning a spot in the Confederations Cup semifinals.

But that was the question Menemsha native Jasper Wilson asked himself last fall as he pursued try-outs for the American rugby team traveling to the World Maccabi Games in Israel this July.

Developer Sherman Whitmore is working with organization to pitch a swim museum and hotel and water park complex on a 55-acre section of the El Corazon property in central Oceanside.

Jul 1, 2012; Eugene, OR, USA; Leonel Manzano defeats Matthew Centrowitz and Andrew Wheating to win the 1,500m in 3:35.75 during the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field.

The Kentucky-bred 5-year-old daughter of Rockport Harbor, with Alex Cintron aboard, won by a neck over And Why Not, with Joshua Navarro.

The 2013 season is a career crossroads for Edmonton triathlete Paula Findlay, who is focused on rebuilding her running fitness and speed, even if it means competing little or not at all on the World Triathlon Series circuit.

The 2014 World Cup will take place next summer in Brazil, but for now, Brazil is hosting the 2013 Confederations Cup.

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14. THE United States Olympic Committee is in the very early stages of considering which city would be the best candidate to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, and is currently considering about 10 cities that have host potential.

Among those watching the 2013 USA Cycling Elite BMX National Championships May 18 at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center was 11-year-old Josiah Schenk.

The 58th annual event, billed as the second-oldest tournament in the U.S., features 24 two-man teams that will contend for $2,000 in cash and prizes including the tournament title.

Michigan men's head track and field coach Fred LaPlante announced his retirement on Monday, marking the end of a short head-coaching career as the 11th coach in program history After 16 years of service to the University, LaPlante has decided to move on with the next phase of his life.

Justin Gatlin beat world-record holder Usain Bolt by a hundredth of a second Thursday night to win the 100 meters before a crowd of 52,305 at the Golden Gala meet in Rome.

The beauty of athletics is its purity and enthusiasm, and both of those things were in great abundance last night at the first of four Summer Nights Track Series at University City High School in San Diego.

Wollongong-based rising triathlon star Aaron Royle came of age in the hills around Madrid's Casa de Campo at the weekend, after mixing it with the best in the world.

At the 16th edition of the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon & Half Marathon it was Bernard Koech who delivered the day's biggest smash hit.

Clint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a second-string Germany team 4-3 in an exhibition game Sunday.

Riverside City College capped the 2012-13 sports season with a program-best second-place finish in the NATYCAA Cup.

The BCFC club has received a verbal commitment from Winnipeg native Zach Regert to play in Kelowna for the 2013 season.