(Reporting by Elaph Qaddah; Translation by Rana Abdul) (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian sport has brought back to the headlines again after the World Karate Federation has agreed on the participation of the Free Syrian team, group of athletes who defected Syrian regime, in the Open European...

Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff has died on Thursday at age 68. The Cruyff Foundation said on its website that he passed away in his house in Barcelona. He had been receiving cancer treatment. In February, he had said he felt as if he was "leading 2-0 at halftime" against the disease....

Russia's sports minister Tuesday said he hoped to see tennis star Maria Sharapova back on court after she failed a dope test at the Australian Open. "I feel sorry for Masha. I hope that we will see her back on court and we are prepared to support her," minister Vitaly Mutko told state-run TASS...

Swiss soccer executive Gianni Infantino vowed on Friday to lead FIFA, the sport's world governing body, out of years of corruption and scandal after being elected president to succeed Sepp Blatter. "We will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA, and everyone in the...