Welsh star Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid in 2013 for a world record fee in excess of 100 million euros ($109 million), a leaked report reveals.
Lleyton Hewitt was once scorned as just another tennis superbrat but he exited the sport on Thursday admired as an elder statesman with Australian newspaper headlines declaring, "We Love Lleyton".
Retiring Lleyton Hewitt slammed as "an absolute farce" his name being linked with match-fixing claims after bowing out of his final Australian Open on Thursday.
Madison Keys proved last year she will be ready when American trailblazer Serena Williams decides to hand over the baton.
Swiss teen Belinda Bencic has been thrust into the global spotlight at a young age, but she is adamant she can handle the pressure with her main focus on winning matches and staying humble.
"I gave everything I had, like always, and left nothing in the locker room and that's something I can always be proud of ... This whole last year has been tough, and I felt like this was the perfect place to finish. Playing here tonight, in front of this crowd, I was getting goosebumps."
As the economy slows in China, doomsayers fret about luxury spending in goods, travel and accommodations. But George Wee, general manager of Shanghai's grande dame of luxury hotels, shrugs off such talk like water off a duck's back.
The chic Renaissance Nanjing Olympic Centre Hotel, the first Marriott hotel in the Jiangsu provincial capital, opened its doors on Saturday.
The Shanghai Marriott Hotel Pudong East is planning five sets of Chinese New Year Eve dinners in its Chinese restaurant, Man Ho.
Hotel blends tradition and modernity, Yang Cheng reports from Yangon, Myanmar.
Black bread. Pasta as dark as night. Black crackers made with sago pearls that melt on the tongue in a whisper of air. You can tell the chef likes his flavors big, bold and beautifully dark.
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