Hundreds of pigeons emerge from a slim opening in a backyard shed outfitted into a coop, their heads bobbing as their owner, Wilberto Aponte out, shoos them out, gruffly urging them to fly. In a ...

A Belgian racing pigeon hailed by its auctioneer as "the best in the world" sold to a Chinese bidder for a record $1.4M The pigeon, named "Armando," sold Sunday after a close bidding duel between two ...

RANST, Belgium (AP) -- Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

Andy Ganley was an ardent follower of all sports, but pigeon racing soared above the others. Ganley, of Branchdale, wrote a tribute to pigeon racers that was published Sept. 8, 1932, in the Pottsville ...

AT the Lyndhurst Homing Pigeon Club, it is said that all members are friends until race day. That’s when bragging rights and ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off ...