First it stormed living rooms via television, then it took the streets, where joyous shouts of "Gooooaaal" have gradually replaced the bellowed "Strike!".
DOHA - Stonemasons Ojor and Raju take their lunch break sitting on a pavement near the smart central Doha complex they have helped build as Qatar prepares to host the 2022 World Cup in exactly four years' time.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned Qatar that the first World Cup in the Middle East - which begins in four years on Nov 21 - has to be better than Russia.
Meng Fanlong lived up to his "Cold Blood" nickname at the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco on Saturday night.
A stirring fightback. A first win in nearly three months. An attacking partnership already clicking.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Ernie Els expects Tiger Woods will be a playing captain for the United States at the Presidents Cup next December at Royal Melbourne.
Legendary American rider Shaun White heaped praise on the Beijing round of the Air+Style FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup, which wrapped up at the Bird's Nest Stadium on Saturday.
When Cui Jian stepped onto the stage to perform at a concert at the Beijing Workers' Stadium in 1986, few Chinese knew what rock 'n' roll was.
MIAMI - Spencer Dinwiddie is wearing art on his feet this season.
TOKYO - It didn't take Shohei Ohtani long to realize he was competing at a much higher level during his first season in Major League Baseball.
HOUSTON - The Rockets are on a roll, putting their terrible start behind them.
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