Golf writers the world over have enjoyed watching Justin Rose ever since he was a 17-year-old amateur and sensationally holed out from the rough on the final hole to finish a fairytale fourth at the 1998 British Open.
NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic put everything aside on Wednesday night - from his opponent's unprecedented middle-of-a-set change of clothing to consecutive time violations because he let the serve clock expire.
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone announced her retirement on Wednesday, saying there was nothing left to achieve.
NEW YORK - Kei Nishikori looked around Arthur Ashe Stadium and noticed the crowd.
WHIPPANY, New Jersey - Tim Weah knows he can't escape the name on the back of his jersey.
Two months after defending champion Germany's stunning group-stage exit at the World Cup, the reign of coach Joachim Loew faces fresh scrutiny - against arguably the toughest opponent possible.
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal began his US Open quarterfinal as poorly as possible, shut out in a set by a 6-0 score for only the fourth time in 282 career Grand Slam matches.
China's effort to combine reform, science and foreign expertise to raise its overall international winter sports prowess to the highest echelon by 2022 is already paying dividends.
Chinese star "Carl" Yuan Yechun is hoping for another good result at this week's 1.5 million yuan ($220,000) Qinhuangdao Championship - only his second event as a pro - as he continues his bid to finish in the top 10 of the PGA Tour-Series China's order of merit with just four tournaments left.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, golf's most prominent players for more than two decades, never realized the Ryder Cup would mean so much.
In 2015, one of artist Tong Kunniao's installation works was bought by a museum director. Ahead of him lay dozens of exhibition invitations and contracts with galleries from both China and abroad. At the age of just 25, Tong was a fresh graduate from the sculpture department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The same year, one of Tong's counterparts Hao Liang had taken part in several influential shows held at leading Chinese museums and galleries. The 32-year-old ink wash painter had made a big splash a year previously with one of his works fetching 5.6 million yuan ($820,128) at Christie's auction house in Shanghai, a record sum for a living Chinese painter aged under 35.
Jia Yufeng was more than thrilled when a scroll of leather carvings she had spent a year working on became the center of attention for visitors to Ordos in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in late August.
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