PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — Jermain Defoe’s goal put much-improved England into the World Cup’s round of 16. Recalled to the starting lineup, Defoe knocked in a cross from James Milner in the 23rd minute to give England five points from its three Group C games. Slovenia finished with four points. England will play Germany, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Pro football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was indicted Wednesday by a suburban New York grand jury on charges of third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. The indictment follows his May 6 arrest at a Holiday Inn in Ramapo, N.Y., where prosecutors say he paid a 16-year-old girl $300 to have […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks and the Thrashers were awaiting NHL approval Wednesday on a multiplayer blockbuster trade that would send Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel and Ben Eager from Chicago to Atlanta, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because […]

WIMBLEDON, England — On and on and on, and on some more, they played — longer than anyone ever had before. And still there was no winner. John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon after exactly 10 hours of action when play […]

DENVER (AP) — Jhoulys Chacin pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning to beat Jon Lester and lead the Colorado Rockies to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Chacin walked five and allowed four singles in 6 2-3 innings. Lester, in his first trip to Coors Field since winning Game […]

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — One more game, one last chance to make their reputation. When the Americans play Algeria at the World Cup on Wednesday they’ll either live up to all the hype and earn a spot among the final 16 teams — or fall painfully short of their long-stated goal and lose a […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Hockey Hall of Fame is no longer just for male inductees. Cammi Granato and Angela James changed that on Tuesday when they became the first women elected to be enshrined in Toronto. Along with former NHL All-Star Dino Ciccarelli, Granato and James will go in as part of the players category […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins haven’t won the Stanley Cup in almost four decades, and their latest run at a championship was derailed by the most spectacular collapse in NHL history. To a former Florida Panther, that’s a dream scenario. Fed up after not even making the playoffs in the first six seasons of […]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A man who helped develop competitive cheerleading testified Tuesday that turning it into a full-fledged college sport would threaten “classical sideline cheerleading.” Jeff Webb, CEO of the cheerleading organization Varsity Spirit, testified in federal court in a lawsuit against Quinnipiac University. Five volleyball players sued after the school decided in a […]

DENVER (AP) — The last time the Boston Red Sox came to Coors Field, they wore goggles to keep the champagne out of their eyes while the Colorado Rockies retreated to their clubhouse to cry. For two hours, the Red Sox celebrated their sweep of the 2007 World Series, dancing all over the infield under […]