Some of China's best young basketball players will strut their stuff for guest coach and two-time NBA All-Star Kawhi Leonard at the NBA Academy Zhejiang in Zhuji next week.
LOS ANGELES - National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell has encouraged players to engage in community outreach in the wake of fresh protests against playing the US national anthem at preseason games.
CINCINNATI - He's the hottest man in tennis after winning trophies at Montreal and Washington this month, but Alexander Zverev would like to escape his opening round without a scare for once.
LOS ANGELES - Serena Williams, feeling "new power" from her pregnancy, is already preparing for an Australian Open title defense in January.
A China-backed sailing franchise is making major waves in international competition while providing a timely shot in the arm for the nation's burgeoning maritime sports ambitions.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Rickie Fowler, golf's version of an action hero, keeps showing up too late to save himself at the majors.
SHANGHAI - Brazilian star Alexandre Pato is not giving up hope of a recall to the national side, saying he's at the peak of his career following his move to China.
BERLIN - Germany's Bibiana Steinhaus insists she is no feminist trailblazer as she prepares to become the first female referee in Europe's top leagues, having already tamed Bayern Munich's stars.
BERLIN - Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool is far from certain of a Champions League group stage berth despite its 2-1 first-leg playoff win at Hoffenheim on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK - DeMarcus Cousins will make an early-season trip back to Sacramento, while Gordon Hayward will wait almost the full campaign to see Utah again.
LOS ANGELES - Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant has apologized for comments about his trip to India, which he described as "20 years behind" the times and resembling an American slum.
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