There's a battle brewing in Rome and it has nothing to do with the Christians and the lions. The Italian capital's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, previously considered very strong, faces an uncertain future with the city's new Mayor Virginia Raggi adamantly refusing to back it.

The recent death of a teenager after contracting a rare illness at a waterpark has put the sports community on notice. Such infections, it is noted, are rare, but in this season of open-water events, is there any way to guard against them, or to lower potential liability?

The dust is settling after last month's Copa America Centenario, during which new records were set for total and average attendance, television viewership, and digital and social media engagement. Economic impact indicators were good too. Want some numbers? Here are the earliest (and most impressive) you'll find.

Major League Baseball has its Cactus League and Grapefruit League spring training locations. So what does that make the U.S. when it serves as the preseason destination for Mexican soccer clubs - the Stars and Stripes League? 13 Liga MX clubs spent time playing friendlies in 11 states this summer.

Not having run a marathon never stopped anyone from wearing running shoes, and a lack of knowledge of timber sports hasn't prevented guys from wearing plaid shirts, work boots and bushy beards. But Dinty Moore has a challenge for those guys: the Stihl Timbersports U.S. Pro & Collegiate Championships.

According to a 2015 Gallup poll, one of the crimes U.S. residents fear most is having their computer or smartphone hacked and their identity stolen. But Manchester City FC will host a hackathon this month in order to create the strongest, safest data in sports.