BERLIN - At 75, former soccer player Baerbel Wohlleben still clearly remembers the moment in 1974 when a journalist asked, "But when you head the ball, doesn't it mess up your hair?"
LONDON - England captain Harry Kane insists the Three Lions' squad is too united to be divided by the tension of club rivalries surrounding the Premier League title race and upcoming Champions League ties.
NEW YORK - Not to be outdone by the other heavyweight titleholder, Deontay Wilder showed he can be a champion at trash talk, too.
ATLANTA, Georgia - Chris Paul wasn't concerned that Houston would keep struggling to hit shots on Tuesday night.
MELBOURNE - Valtteri Bottas said something changed "inside his head" after being overshadowed by teammate Lewis Hamilton last year, with the fired-up Finn unloading on his critics after winning the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
BARCELONA - Among the 60,000-plus spectators packed into Santiago Bernabeu Stadium for the return of Zinedine Zidane, nobody seemed happier than Isco.
TOKYO - A Japanese mega-fan of the Olympics who attended every summer Games since Tokyo in 1964 has died, just over a year before his home city was to again host the global showcase.
Fabio Cannavaro's ability to juggle his dual role as coach of China and Guangzhou Evergrande will face immediate scrutiny at the China Cup this week in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Superstar Wang Shuang is expected to take part in a four-nation tournament in April in central China's Wuhan, Hubei province.
Li Tao has grown accustomed to every year being separated into two seasons - one for marathon and the other for skiing.
With the goal to win more than two gold medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) has urged national team members to focus on training and avoid distractions off the field.
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