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Christina Loukas won the women’s 1-meter title at the U.S. diving championships Wednesday at Stanford’s Avery Aquatics Center.

Loukas received at least two marks of 8.0 or better on all five of her dives in the finals and was the only competitor to score no lower 7.0 from any judge. [...]

The fields for the synchronized competition were decided on the first day of the U.S. diving championships, Tuesday at Stanford’s Avery Aquatics Center.

The eight divers who competed at last week’s Pan American Games in Brazil - 3-meter gold medalists Troy Dumais and Mitch Richeson; 10-meter champions David Boudia and Thomas Finchum; [...]

Robert Doornbos’ race day appeared done after just one turn of the San Jose Grand Prix. That’s how long it took for him to get caught in traffic and climb up the back of another car coming out of the treacherous Almaden hairpin.

He busted his front wing and needed a quick [...]

Anna Chakvetadze was wide awake as Saturday bled into Sunday. Even when her head finally hit the pillow at 1 a.m., sleep was hard to come by.

Considering she had played a full day of tennis, including a late-night, three-set singles match and an even later doubles match, [...]

PARIS - Racked by drug scandals, rider departures, team withdrawals and fighting among the leaders of the sport, the 94th Tour de France ended Sunday as one of the most tumultuous races in the event’s history.

If there was a silver lining to the Tour’s problems this year, however, it came in [...]

Sania Mirza was feeling weary late in the second set, her energy seemingly depleting under the hot Bay Area sun. But just when it appeared her improbable run at the Bank of the West Classic might be nearing its end, Mirza heard a shout from the stands.

“I heard someone [...]

The U.S. women’s soccer team faced Japan at Spartan Stadium in a friendly won by - actually, the information above is all you need to know.

The United States has never lost to Japan and never lost in Spartan Stadium. Both streaks remained intact Saturday as the Americans scored early and dominated [...]

ANGOULEME, France - Alberto Contador appeared to seal the victory in the Tour de France on Saturday by finishing fifth in the final time trial to retain a 23-second lead over his closest rival, Cadel Evans, with a day to go.

Levi Leipheimer, Contador’s teammate with Discovery Channel, won the [...]

For a few moments Thursday night, it looked as if the Bank of the West Classic might be in for more bad news. Top seed Anna Chakvetadze was off to a slow start in the featured match against Eleni Daniilidou, who brought emotion and energy to Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

But [...]

UPCOMING BAY AREA EVENTS

Today-Sunday: Champ Car World Series San Jose Grand Prix, streets of San Jose.

Today-Sunday: Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma.

Aug. 17-19: Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races (celebrating Indy Roadsters), Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Aug. 24-26: IndyCar Series Motorola Indy 300 and Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma.

Sept. 15-16: AMA Superbike Championship, [...]