An Australian is thought to have broken the world record for the most bungee jumps in 24 hours, local media report.

Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel is quick. Too quick. The three-time Formula 1 champion dominated the Singapore Grand Prix, leaving his closest competitor 32.6 seconds behind as he took his eighth win of the season. In F1, where teams battle it out for tenths of a second, that’s a massive margin. And the secret to his speed is turning into one of the greatest conspiracy theories in modern racing.

American fans' interest in heavyweight boxing may have disappeared along with American boxers' dominance of it—and that's a shame for spectacular talents from other countries.

The welfare kings of the NFL are laughing all the way to the bank, and you’re not in on the joke.

One of the most punishing races for solar-powered cars has started today in northern Australia.

Dozens of Nepalese migrant labourers have died in Qatar in recent weeks and thousands more are enduring appalling labour abuses, a Guardian investigation has found, raising serious questions about Qatar's preparations to host the 2022 World Cup.

Either forgiveness is in the air, or this is basketball's version of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. Both sides of one of the NBA's best rivalries of the early 2000s—former Los Angeles Lakers great Shaquille O'Neal and the —have come together in a partnership that can only be described as unlikely.

“It was great to see a champion dominate like that. Honestly, I feel so good about my boxing I’ve been thinking about one day challenging a Klitschko.” Seriously?

9/19/13: Todd Helton fakes a return throw to pitcher Roy Oswalt, then tags out Matt Carpenter after he wanders off the bag.

Think the heavy, clunky blue bikes parked in stations around New York City couldn't cut it at the X-Games? Think again.

Japan managed to beat historic Turkey for the 2020 Olympics.

The first all-electric auto racing series kicks off next year, and if you've never been interested in open-wheel racing, Formula E stands to be more entertaining than F1 and more spectator-friendly than WRC, and the pit stops don't just involve swapping tires or batteries, but switching cars.

Stat geeks and hoop junkies, let the mouth watering begin. The NBA and Stats LLC announced a plan to install motion-tracking technology in every NBA arena beginning with the upcoming 2013-2014 season.

Tokyo will be the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, announced Jacques Rogges, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), this afternoon in Buenos Aires.