World Sports

For once, the Mariners were the ones going long, as two home runs pushed them to an 8-4 victory over the Yankees today in New York.

By TRUNG LATIEULE Associated Press SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France - " Martin Kaymer tied a course record with a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the French Open.

David Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan.

THE coach who has worked longer with Andy Murray than any other is confident the 22-year-old Scot has what it takes to win his semi-final against Andy Roddick today.

After Jenson Button at Silverstone last month, next weekend it will be Sebastian Vettel's turn to face his home Grand Prix.

Pakistan is unhappy with the lack of matches allocated to it under the International Cricket Council's Future Tours Program beginning in 2012, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board official said Thursday.

Since Tuesday at 12:01 am EST the faces of many NBA teams have been changed, and in at least one case the very foundation of the team has undergone a free agent upgrade. To be sure the 2009 NBA free agent season got off to a very fast start.

Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. Thursday's game between the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres was delayed for 52 minutes in the top of the ninth inning Thursday when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.

Tiger Woods is having a party this week and 30,000 troops are invited. As he has done every year since he began hosting the AT&T National golf tournament in 2007, Woods distributed thousands of free tickets for the event to service members in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and further afield.

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has warned Marton Fulop he is ready to fight for his place after putting an injury nightmare behind him.