A congenital heart ailment that had gone undetected in numerous physical examinations killed star 27-year-old Ecuador striker Christian Benitez, the national team's physician said Friday.

Dr. Patricio Maldonado said a second autopsy performed after Benitez' body was flown home from Qatar found that the athlete died due to problems "that cannot be detected even with very sophisticated exams."

On a night when Missy Franklin finally lost, Ryan Lochte turned in an epic performance at the pool.

Lochte swam three races in less than two hours at the world championships Friday, coming away with two gold medals and the top time in an event he's competing in for the first time at a major international meet.

Spain beat Australia 8-6 Friday to become the first host country to be crowned world champion in women's water polo.

Spain, which won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, never trailed at Barcelona's Bernat Picornell pool in front of their raucous home fans.

IndyCar has updated its rulebook following a series of late-race issues last month in Toronto.

The new rules will go into effect this weekend at the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.

Brazil is sending a message to everyone who plays rugby out there: You want to participate in the Rio Olympics? Come talk to us!

Hoping to put on a good show when rugby sevens debuts in the 2016 Games, the Brazilian federation has announced that it will go hunting for players abroad, looking for anyone with at least some experience in the game and a Brazilian link that would allow them to represent the country.

Lazio captain Stefano Mauri has been banned for six months by the Italian football federation for his part in a match-fixing scandal.

Mauri was one of eight players accused of rigging the Serie A games between Lazio-Genoa and Lecce-Lazio in May 2011 and for failing to report match-fixing.

James Magnussen and Ryan Lochte are back on top at the world swimming championships.

Missy Franklin and Katie Ledekcy just keep on winning.

Usain Bolt's hamstring has healed. So, too, have any other nagging injuries that have been holding him back in recent months.

The fastest man on the planet feels completely healthy heading into the world championships in Moscow next week.

The official World Cup countdown clock in Rio de Janeiro has stopped in time.

Although there's less than 11 months before the 2014 World Cup begins, the clock set up by local organizers at Copacabana Beach still shows there are 365 days to go before football's showcase event.

Oscar and Eden Hazard scored first-half goals, leading Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over ten-man Inter Milan on Thursday in a quarterfinal of the Guinness International Champions Cup, a preseason friendly competition.

Despite not starting four of its stars that played in the Confederation Cup, including Brazil's David Luiz and Spain's Juan Mata, Chelsea nonetheless at times looked to be in midseason form before a crowd of 41,983 at Lucas Oil Stadium.