Leo Messi Wins FIFA Ballon D'Or

FC Barcelona’s star forward wins his fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or. He’s the only player in the history of the sport to win the trophy four times
Messi beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and teammate Andrés Iniesta, second and third respectively.

Leo Messi has the Midas touch…

Teammates Concerned for RGIII's Knee

ASHBURN, Va. — Robert Griffin III’s teammates expressed no day-after regrets and said there’s no second-guessing whether the hobbled quarterback should have remained in the game until his aggravated right knee buckled and forced him from Sunday’s 24-14 wild-card loss to the Seattle Seahawks…

AFL Player Chandler Williams,27, Dies During Game

Arena Football League player Chandler Williams has died. He was 27.

The AFL said Sunday that Williams died while playing in a local flag football tournament in South Florida. The league did not release a cause of death.

The wide receiver was a seventh-round draft pick of the Minnesota…

Spain's 'El Nino' Lottery Pays out $1.1 Billion

A lottery showered €840 million ($1.1 billion) on ticket holders in five regions of Spain on Sunday, in the midst of a deep recession and high unemployment.

The “El Nino” (The Child) lottery is held each Feast of the Epiphany — Jan. 6 — and the top prize tickets were sold…

NHL and Union Reach Tentative Agreement

NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.

With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what…