McLaren’s 2008 world champion is not alone in holding a key to the carousel but, out of contract at the end of the season, he stands out as a driver with control over his destiny and a man whose talents are both sought and fought over. If he decides to leave ‘home’ and move to Mercedes, the 27-year-old Briton will trigger a chain reaction...

Israel, which has only one playable baseball field and whose sports landscape is dominated by soccer and basketball, is one of 12 new teams competing in the 2013 World Baseball Classic as Major League Baseball continues to expand its global footprint. In the double-elimination qualifying round that kicks off on Wednesday in Jupiter, Florida, Israel will...

After a slow Premier League start, the Gunners won their last two games including a 2-0 victory at Liverpool and a 6-1 demolition of Southampton on Saturday. “We look like a team who plays together, we are willing to do well. There is a great desire in the team,” Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger told a news conference. France could be an...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain rallied to beat Russian wild card Evgeny Donskoy 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open. The seventh-seeded Spaniard struggled with his serve early, dropping the first set and trailing 3-1 in the second, but his form picked up and he broke the 121st-ranked Donskoy...

The Argentina international was carried off on a stretcher early in the first half of City’s 3-2 win against promoted Southampton on the opening day of the Premier League season and has not played since. After the City squad flew into the Spanish capital on Monday evening, Mancini said Aguero was now “okay”. “Probably he is...

The Qatari-owned Spanish club, who knocked out Panathinaikos in the play-offs, host Zenit St Petersburg in Group C on Tuesday in a clash between two of European football’s nouveaux riches. “The excitement and euphoria surrounding this game is felt by the fans and the entire city, and it’s understandable” former Real Madrid boss...

That may have affected Stephen Gostkowski when his 42-yard shot at a winning field goal sailed wide to the left, clinching the Cardinals’ 20-18 upset of the heavily favored New England Patriots on Sunday. “We put a lot of pressure on a lot of field goal teams,” cornerback and special-team star Patrick Peterson said. “I think he was a...

Three plays and a leisurely stroll to the sideline. He did it early and often, but it never became mundane. “They have really, really nice benches,” Watt said. “They have shade and they have cooling, so it was awesome that our offense held the ball for so long ’cause we were relaxing over there.” Watt and his...