Jessica targets strong effort in Beijing

Jessica Ennis-Hill has revealed she hopes to compete at next year's World Championships in Beijing as she steps up her preparations to defend her Olympic title in 2016.

Murray counting on converting fickle London fans

Andy Murray hopes to "win back" a few fans when he opens the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday against Kei Nishikori.

Germany's World Cup heroes take to silver screen

Memories of Germany's World Cup triumph will be rekindled on Monday when Die Mannschaft (The Team) hits cinemas and Joachim Loew's squad receives the country's highest sports award.

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Basketball

Tension mounts as Lakers seek first win

Even resurgent superstar Kobe Bryant seems unable to stop the slide of the once mighty Los Angeles Lakers, who are hurtling through a historically horrible start to the season.

Knicks have priciest tickets

The average cost of an NBA ticket has risen 3.4 percent for the 2014-15 season, with a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden still carrying the heft-iest price tag in the league.

It's going to take time for Cavaliers to mesh

LeBron James is right.

King james does the job in denver

LeBron James had 22 points and 11 assists on a poor shooting night by Cleveland's Big Three, helping the Cavaliers hold on for a 110-101 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday.

Jordan rookie card fails to sell at auction

A Michael Jordan rookie card expected to earn more than $80,000 in an online auction failed to sell.

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Xi backs Tajikistan's link plan

China would like to work more closely with Tajikistan to assist its ambition to become a transport corridor for trade leading to countries in Central Asia and the Gulf region, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Beijing backs global multilateral trading system

China supports the establishment of a worldwide multilateral trading system and is looking forward to cooperation with all Asia-Pacific economies on multilateral free trade projects, Vice-Premier Wang Yang said on Friday.