The Australian Open is increasing its prize money by $2.8 million to bring overall player compensation to $31 million next year. Australian Open organizers did not break down the prize money awarded per round at their launch Wednesday for the tournament Jan. 13-26, but ...

Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel is cautious about the prospects of Red Bull continuing its dominance at this weekend’s Korean Grand Prix, saying the layout of the circuit does not suit the car’s strengths. Vettel leads Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the drivers’ championship ...

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington acknowledged Tuesday that right-hander Yu Darvish had physical issues late in the season, but would not reveal what they were. Speaking to the press a day after the Rangers’ 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL ...

Women’s ski jumping world champion Sarah Hendrickson, the main rival for Japan’s Olympic gold medal hope Sara Takanashi, said Tuesday she is confident she will be fit enough to jump by mid-January and hopes to make the U.S. Olympic team for Sochi. Hendrickson won ...

David Nalbandian, the 2002 Wimbledon finalist who caused an uproar a decade later by injuring a line judge at another tournament, retired from professional tennis Tuesday because of a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Argentine player described it as a “difficult day,” but told a ...

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday the club has interest in keeping veteran right-hander Hiroki Kuroda. Cashman, however, acknowledged the possibility that Kuroda could retire, play in Japan or even seek a contract from another club in free agency. “Of course ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn

China plans to join Japan, the United States and Europe in negotiations to liberalize the services trade, according to sources. China, the world’s third-biggest services market, would be the first major emerging economy to join the negotiations. If new trade rules are established among ...