Isabelle Huppert, the French actress whose double triumph at the Golden Globes puts her in pole position for the Oscars, is a woman who has never been afraid to surprise or shock.
For a man whose movies burst with bravado and swagger, Damien Chazelle is disarmingly shy, but the filmmaker is finding himself increasingly in the spotlight as the awards pile up.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he might have bamboozled his players by jotting down a change of tactics on a scrap of paper during Wednesday's 1-0 loss to Southampton in their League Cup semifinal first leg.
Several bookmakers suspended betting on Antonio Conte being fired as Chelsea manager the last time the Italian's side played compatriot Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City in the Premier League.
Two of Serie A's brightest young talents were on full display when Juventus and Fiorentina each advanced to the Italian Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi's third goal from a freekick in as many games this year secured Barcelona's place in the quarterfinals of the Spanish King's Cup as the holder beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 to edge through 4-3 on aggregate on Wednesday.
Alex Ovechkin wasted no time hitting another mile-stone-and he did it in style.
Kunlun Red Star center Chad Rau will be the Beijing expansion team's lone representative in the Jan 22 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game in Ufa, capital of the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.
Jim Furyk on Wednesday was appointed captain of the United States team for the 2018 Ryder Cup in France, where the US will try to win on European soil for the first time in 25 years.
Andrew Wiggins let his shooting do the talking for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Russell Westbrook made fewer than a third of his shots but still dominated the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.
Chinese basketball fans around the globe will have plenty to crow about heading into the Year of the Rooster.
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