TANTA, Egypt - Deep in Egypt's Nile Delta region, the children of Nagrig village have a clear goal in life: they want to become soccer stars like Mohamed Salah.
LONDON - England's top cricket administrator may feel young people no longer care about cricket, but the man running the sport's global governing body is adamant youth interest is rising worldwide.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Far from his native Uzbekistan, labor migrant Rustam Mustafakulov has found a second home in the World Cup host city of Saint Petersburg, playing soccer with other immigrants from Mali to Turkmenistan.
China's young basketball talent reached for the stars on Saturday - and had a very special guest to cheer them on as they did.
WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin went airborne, Evgeny Kuznetsov flapped his arms like a bird of prey and the Washington Capitals are flying high, just two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup. Ovechkin dived to score his 14th goal of the playoffs and raised his arms in joy when Kuznetsov beat Marc-Andre Fleury and broke out his signature bird celebration in a second period the two Russians will long remember. Led by their two best players, the Capitals beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final.
PARIS - It has been almost two-and-a-half years since Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova last faced off across the net but when it comes to these two great on-court foes, absence does not make the heart grow fonder.
More than 100 wooden boxes about 60 centimeters high and 40 centimeters wide hang from a cliff in Xikouwai village, Fengjiabu town, Miyun district, Beijing. 150 meters from the ground, it is the largest cliff bee feeding yard in the country and is also the core area of the Apis Cerana Reserve. Inside the beehive are native Asian honey bees. Hanging the boxes from the cliff is to restore the bee lifestyle, and to protect them from snakes and rats. The "nannies" who take care of these bees are by no means ordinary. They are a professional team from the reserve's beekeeping cooperatives, and they call themselves "the spidermen".
China's Wang Qiang reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career with a 6-1, 6-1, thumping of Croatia's Petra Martic at the French Open on Wednesday.
The triumph of China's Royal Never Give Up team at last month's global showcase in Paris has spotlighted e-sports' huge business potential and economic impact.
LAS VEGAS - Vegas Golden Knights winger Alex Tuch got his stick on the skittering puck with nothing between him and the tying goal with two minutes left in Wednesday's Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final.
NEW YORK - That's it for Yankees-Astros this season. At least until October.
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