The Philadelphia Flyers opened a five-game road trip with their seventh victory in eight games, beating the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in the NHL on Wednesday.

Mike Scioscia, who guided the Los Angeles Angels through a difficult season after the death in a road accident of pitcher Nick Adenhart, was named American League Manager of the Year Wednesday.

The La New Bears baseball team expelled two of its players yesterday for their alleged involvement in a game-fixing scam. The management said it will also seek compensation from the duo in a civil lawsuit.

Rusty Goepel, a long time member of the Vancouver Organizing Committee's board of directors, was named on Wednesday to fill the vacant chairman's post for the 2010 Olympics.

Honduras' celebration of their World Cup qualification ended in disappointment with an own goal and a 2-1 defeat to Peru in a friendly on Wednesday.

The Phoenix Suns recovered from a slow start to get a 111-105 win over the Houston Rockets in the NBA on Tuesday, rallying from a double-digit deficit to victory for the fifth time this season.

Kobe Bryant showed no signs of injury as the 11-time All-Star guard lit up the scoreboard for 40 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 106-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was suspended for four games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.

Former Manchester United star and Danish international Jesper Olsen has signed on as an assistant coach with Australia's newest A-League team, officials said Wednesday.

China has already begun to throw the considerable weight of its state-run sports system behind the game of golf after it won a place at the 2016 Olympics last month.