Never count out Yelena Isinbayeva, especially when she is performing before a rapturous home crowd at the world championships.

Five years after her last major outdoor pole vault victory, the Russian turned back the clock with a vintage performance to beat Olympic champion Jenn Suhr with a leap of 4.89 meters, her best outdoor effort in four years.

Olympic gold medal? Check. Win a major? Check. Finally win Wimbledon? Check.

Andy Murray has a new "To Do" list. Instead of trying to win majors, he's now defending them.

So far, the U.S.-Jamaican sprint rivalry is turning into a rout at the world championships.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce rubbed it in Monday with a winning margin of Bolt-esque proportions in the women's 100 meters.

Over 10 hurdles, David Oliver had no trouble.

Stepping past a tiny steel beam jutting out of the floor inside Luzhniki Stadium soon after winning a gold medal? Now that proved more difficult.

Crystal Palace has signed Morocco striker Marouane Chamakh from Arsenal on a one-year deal.

The Premier League newcomer announced the arrival of the 29-year-old Chamakh on Monday.

Rory McIlroy is happy with his game after the PGA Championship, and one unfortunate shot won't change that.

The defending champion tied for eighth, seven strokes behind winner Jason Dufner, by far his best showing at a major this year.

New York Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera has condemned the defacing of a statue of Jackie Robinson outside a minor league baseball stadium in Brooklyn.

Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947.

Roger Federer usually feels good when he arrives in Cincinnati for a tournament he has won more times than anyone else. This week, not so much.

Federer is trying to reconstruct his game and keep his back healthy at the Western & Southern Open, a Masters series tournament he won for an unprecedented fifth time last year. He likes the fast blue surface and the quiet time away from the courts.

Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday in the Rogers Cup final, spoiling Raonic's bid to become the first Canadian winner in the event in 55 years.

Robert Bedard, the last Canadian to win what was then called the Canadian Open in 1955, was in attendance to see Nadal claim his third Rogers Cup title. The Spanish star also won in 2005 and 2008.

Top-ranked Serena Williams breezed to her third Rogers Cup title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea.

It was her eighth WTA title of the year and the 54th of her career.