KINGSTON (Reuters) -Olympic champions Gabby Thomas and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone stormed to victory on the first day of the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday. Three-time Olympic gold medallist Thomas beamed a big smile as ...

(Reuters) -Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 894th career National Hockey League goal on Friday, tying the all-time record set by Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky that was once considered unapproachable. Ovechkin's second goal of the game...

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - First baseman Pete Alonso reminded the Mets - again - of his worth on Friday with his third home run in four games as New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 in their home opener. The four-time All-Star knocked a...

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona will miss Friday's road game against the Milwaukee Brewers due to an illness going around the team. Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall declined to identify which players the team sent back to the ho...

Wide receiver Julio Jones officially announced his retirement from the NFL via the social media app Squad on Friday. Jones is one of the most prolific pass-catchers of the modern era. He is a five-time All-Pro (twice selected to the first team) and a ...

By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -A half-century ago, in June 1975, "Jaws" swam into theaters, gave audiences a good scare and rewrote movie history. The shark thriller became the first summer blockbuster with a playbook that Hollywo...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean 'Diddy' Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed. Combs, 55, had previously faced three criminal...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Audio streaming giant Spotify's royalty payments to artists from Nigeria and South Africa - its two biggest African markets - spiked to around $59 million last year as performers rode a wave of growing interest in music fro...

LONDON (Reuters) -British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and a multiple counts of assault over a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a police statement on Friday said. Brand, 50, the former husband of U.S. pop singer Kat...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will allow actor Mel Gibson to own guns again, despite his 2011 conviction on a domestic violence charge, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Justice Depart...