Former New York Jets and Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson has been released from a hospital in Orlando, Florida, after he was shot in his right shoulder early Sunday during a drive-by shooting that killed the driver of the vehicle Johnson was riding in, the police said.
French race car driver Jules Bianchi has not improved and still in a coma five months after he crashed his car in Japan.
The surgeon who treated ace Formula One driver Michael Schumacher has denied a report that claimed that the German racer was beginning to recognize his family and close friends. Dr. Gerard Saillant was the doctor who treated Schumacher after he was gravely injured during a freak skiing accident in ...
U.F.C. champion Ronda Rousey broke her own record as she beat challenger Cat Zingano in just 14 seconds on Saturday night. Rousey defeated Zingano by submission in a manner of seconds in the first round, retaining her U.F.C. bantamweight title.
The Air Jordans were originally released as Nike basketball shoes, riding on the star power of Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. But the shoe has gained so much popularity that it became more than a basketball shoe named after a basketball megastar.
Boxing experts, analysts, and almost everyone have started weighing in on who will most likely win what promises to be "The Fight of the Century" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Initial analyses point to a win by Pacquiao ...
After five years of wrangling, boxing welterweight greats Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have finally agreed to fight in a mega match in May, which is now being touted as one of the most lucrative deals in boxing history.
As if the thought of their match inside the ring isn't exciting enough, Manny Pacquiao has upped the ante by offering to pay Floyd Mayweather Jr. $5 million if he fails a drug test in the buildup to their proposed mega-fight.
In a stunning development that could have widespread ramifications for the mixed martial arts community, both Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz recently failed drug tests administered to them.
Former American football star and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp has been arrested for soliciting prostitution and for assault in Phoenix, Arizona. His arrest was confirmed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, which noted that he was arrested at around 7 a.m. local time on Monday.
Days after Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao met for the first time during an NBA game in Miami, Florida, last. Jan. 27, the much awaited fight between the two boxing superstars remains up in the air but has moved closer to realization.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
President John Dramani Mahama has ruled out the use of taxpayers' money to finance Ghana's National Cathedral, saying the country's Christian community should raise the funds needed to complete the stalled project.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.