Scholarship event focuses on the future

China's golfing future was the focus of last week's third edition of the Mission Hills-St. Andrews Home to Home scholarship fundraising championship.

Van Gaal rules out transfer remedy

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said he will not jump into the transfer market to solve his side's goal-scoring problems following its 2-1 defeat at Swansea City.

City breaks transfer record to sign de Bruyne

Manchester City demonstrated its financial might by breaking the club's transfer record for the second time this summer to sign Kevin de Bruyne on Sunday, making the Belgium midfielder the second most-expensive player in English soccer history.

Arrieta caps no-hitter with strikeout flourish

With the Dodger Stadium crowd roaring with anticipation, Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs struck out the side in the ninth inning to complete MLB's sixth no-hitter of the season and the second in 10 days against the LA Dodgers in a 2-0 victory on Sunday night.

Sharapova pulls out of US Open

Russian third seed Maria Sharapova withdrew from the US Open on Sunday with a right leg injury, easing the path to a calendar-year grand slam for top-ranked Serena Williams.

Score board

Jamaicans relish giant-killer role

"But if you are the big tree, I am the small ax.

Coe puts Bolt in Ali's class

Usain Bolt has done for athletics what Muhammad Ali did for boxing, but the sport will survive when the sprint king eventually retires, according to new IAAF president Sebastian Coe.

Never write me off, warns sizzling Bolt

Usain Bolt has warned that people write him off at their peril after the imperious Jamaican sealed another world treble gold despite an injury-hit season.

'Super Mo' makes history with 'triple double' in distance runs

Mo Farah became the first man to win back-to-back world distance doubles when he stormed to 5,000 meters victory at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Saturday.

Coe: The best championships ever

New International Association of Athletics Federation president Sebastian Coe gave a big thumbs up to the world championships which concluded on Sunday.

Results

Top finishers on Sunday, final day of the world championships in Beijing: