An Historic Run — The U.S. is on its way to a fifth straight Gold Cup final and will play for its fifth regional title on Sunday. But this run is now bigger than just one more game and one more trophy. The U.S. has won a record 10 straight games and …

Russia and Kazakhstan expanded their gold reserves for a ninth straight month in June as purchases slowed amid a price slump. Russian holdings, the seventh-largest by country, climbed 0.3 metric tons to 996.4 tons, the smallest gain since reserves …

And he has answered them by pointing out the main goal for Mexico this year isn't the Gold Cup but the World Cup. Mexico must finish in the top three in regional qualifying to assure itself an invitation to Brazil next summer, and with four fall …

Spot gold gained as much as 0.3 percent to $1,338.50 an ounce, and traded at $1,334.55 at 8:30 a.m. in Singapore. Prices are 3 percent higher this week after advancing to a one-month high of $1,348.65 on July 24. Volumes for Shanghai's benchmark spot …

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of the fort built by gold-hunting Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century and say it's the oldest European garrison ever found in the interior of the United States. The settlement around Fort San Juan was …

The Gold Cup often is. Launched in 1991 after nearly 30 years of irregular regional championships, the tournament has provided the maturing U.S. national team program with many of its finest moments. Some deride the Gold Cup as too frequent or too …

BARCELONA (AFP) – Fourteen-year-old Si Yajie of China won the women's world 10m platform gold on Thursday with compatriot Chen Ruolin, the previous world and Olympic champion, in silver and Ukraine's Iulia Prokopchuk third. "I am very excited with …

As long as humans have lusted after shiny objects made of solid gold and silver, there have been scammers passing off plate as the real thing. They just used to be better at it. Metal workers 2,000 years ago perfected precious metal plating techniques …

The U.S. struggled to beat Panama in the 2005 Gold Cup final, winning on penalty kicks, with a young team but without its head coach, Bruce Arena, who had been red-carded out of the semifinals. The Americans will take a relatively young team into …