Soaring among the stars

Watching snowboarders launch themselves off a 16-story ramp to perform gravity-defying stunts, spectators at Saturday's World Snowboard Tour Big Air competition at the Bird's Nest might have naturally assumed the athletes are totally fearless.

Stylish Jin jumping into global spotlight

Jin Boyang is leaping toward his Olympic dream.

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Basketball

Costa earns kudos from Conte

Antonio Conte hailed a newly-focused Diego Costa as "one of the best strikers in the world" after the Spaniard's goal at Middlesbrough fired Chelsea to the top of the Premier League table.

Late goal lifts Inter to draw

Ivan Perisic struck a dramatic late equalizer to grab a share of the spoils for Inter Milan in a dramatic 2-2 derby draw with AC Milan that saw Suso tally twice for the host.

Foxes hoping Vardy can rediscover scoring touch

Twelve months removed from his record-breaking Premier League scoring streak, Leicester City's Jamie Vardy appears to have lost a little of his stardust.

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Murray reigns supreme

His season had already provided several unforgettable chapters, but Andy Murray saved the best for last as he eclipsed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title and rubberstamp the year-end top ranking on Sunday.

Novak planning to relax and reload

Handing out chocolates to the media has become a year-end tradition for Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals, but there was no doubting the latter half of the 2016 season has been anything but sweet for the once all-conquering Serb.

Ward pulls off title win over Kovalev

Sergey Kovalev kept coming, and Andre Ward never stopped battling. With the crowd roaring in approval, they put on a fight that lived up to its advance billing.

Ex-boxing champ Baldomir held for alleged sexual abusee

Former welterweight world champion Carlos Baldomir of Argentina has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses involving a minor, prosecutors said.

Harden, Rockets beat Jazz, improve to 4-1 at home

With the Utah Jazz attempting a late comeback, James Harden casually tossed an alley-oop to Clint Capela from just inside the halfcourt line for a thunderous dunk.