Rory Carroll

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans attending baseball, football and other large outdoor sporting events in Los Angeles County will be required to wear a mask starting on Friday regardless of their vaccination status, according to a new order from the hea...

Tennis-Tearful Osaka briefly leaves press conference  Nasdaq

Osaka withdrew from the French Open earlier this year after being punished for refusing to do media conferences, saying her mental health was adversely impacted by certain lines of questioning. Osaka twice asked the reporter to clarify his question and turned down an offer from the moderator to ”mo…

(Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has pledged to donate her earnings from next week’s Western & Southern Open to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, the Caribbean nation her father hails from. The four-time Grand Slam champion announced her pledge in...

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After the U.S. women’s gymnastics team won silver at the Tokyo Olympics without leader Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles had a message for her good friend as they stood shoulder to shoulder on the podium. The team ...

(Reuters) - Venus and Serena Williams as well fellow American Sofia Kenin on Tuesday withdrew from the upcoming Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati,...

(Reuters) - World number four Rafa Nadal on Tuesday said he had withdrawn from the Masters 1000 hardcourt event underway in Toronto due to persistent ...

The biggest move of a busy NBA offseason was Russell Westbrook’s return to his native Los Angeles to join the Lakers franchise he grew up worshipping. But as soon as the trade was announced, questions sprung up about how the ball dominant guard would fit in alongside demanding floor general LeBron …

Tennis-Djokovic withdraws from Western & Southern Open  Nasdaq

The flurry of deals the Los Angeles Lakers have made during free agency have led critics to point out that the “purple and gold” could look more like the “purple and old” after the team sacrificed young talent to bring in veteran players. After adding Carmelo Anthony, 37, Trevor Ariza, 36, and Dwig…

Los Angeles Angels dual-threat Shohei Ohtani hit his major-league leading 32nd home run of the season on Wednesday, breaking Hideki Matsui’s record for long balls in a single season by a Japanese-born player. Ohtani, who has been electrifying in the batter’s box, on the mound and on the basepaths, …

The Bucks’ hopes of bringing the Larry O’Brien trophy back to Milwaukee for the first time in half a century could hinge on whether Giannis Antetokounmpo can return to full strength after suffering a hyperextended left knee in the conference finals. The two-time league MVP missed the final two game…

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has tested positive for cannabis, sources have told Reuters, and she is unlikely to get the chance to challenge for the Olympic 100 metres title in Tokyo later this month.

The hardest walk Yankees great CC Sabathia ever had to take wasn’t to or from the pitcher’s mound but came when he went from the players’ cafeteria to manager Joe Girardi’s office in 2015 to tell him he had a drinking problem.

Thrashed 5-1 in the opener, the Canadiens came out on a mission to avenge that defeat and outplayed the home team through the first 20 minutes but could find no way past the defending champions netminder Vasilevskiy. The Lightning got on the board first through Anthony Cirelli’s goal from distance …

Opportunity knocks for Serena Williams on the grass courts of Wimbledon next week when she faces a diminished field on her best surface at the famous All England Club. Williams, 39, continues her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title but her inconsistency has left many to wonder if the…

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury vowed to run Deontay Wilder down while the challenger said blood will be shed as the fighters came face-to-face in an odd press conference ahead of their July 24 trilogy fight in Las Vegas.

Sports fans still fail to recognize the huge effort and dedication it takes to get on to a Paralympic team, American triathlete Melissa Stockwell said.

Major League Soccer and Liga MX will continue to integrate and are on a path that could see them ultimately merge into one North American league, officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

U.S. Women’s Open winner Yuka Saso this week said that while she has never met Rory McIlroy, she has spent countless hours studying his swing on YouTube to try to emulate it.