Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on Friday, said a special congress would be called as soon as possible to...

Barcelona won the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time by beating Atletico Madrid, 1-0, with a match to spare Sunday. Catalan giants' Argentine star forward Lionel Messi scored in the 65th minute enabling Barca to snatch the title at the Vicente Calderon Stadium. Meanwhile,...

Floyd Mayweather Jr cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats by improving to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in a fight that lived up to its immense hype and price tag. Mayweather weathered an early assault from the Filipino southpaw...