The Denver Broncos won their third National Football League championship with a 24-10 upset victory over the top-seeded Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies ave filed defamation lawsuits against Al Jazeera America over statements made in a documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

Russia's athletics federation was banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations for alleged involvement in widespread doping.

American football legend Peyton Manning has denied a claim he was treated with human growth hormone during his recovery from neck surgery in 2011.

A leaked email showed how officials planned a damage-limitation strategy before the 2013 Moscow world championships.

Tennis star Andy Murray has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time in three years.

The son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack is one of four officials facing a disciplinary hearing this week over an alleged doping cover-up.

A sports marketing company that was described in a sweeping indictment this month as retaining contracts because of the "support" of corrupt soccer officials has longstanding ties to the U.S. entertainment company 21st Century Fox.

The FBI is investigating the role played by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a $100m bribes scandal.

Swiss police arrested two FIFA officials suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes linked to soccer TV rights.