It's no longer just trendy urbanites in China's major cities that are catching the fitness bug.
China's much-documented investment in youth soccer remains a work in progress - but one that's not without some notable success stories.
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts - The Patriots have made a habit of dominating the final month of the NFL season ever since Bill Belichick and Tom Brady arrived in New England.
MIAMI - Dwyane Wade had a two-hour phone conversation with Donovan Mitchell over the summer, fielding question after question and dispensing advice about what the path to NBA stardom is like.
MONACO - World athletics boss Sebastian Coe will be in the spotlight on Tuesday as track and field's governing body considers reintegrating doping-tainted Russia into the IAAF fold.
Basketball is moving from the court to the classroom at New York University, but students won't be tested on dribbling or shooting.
SALY, Senegal - Timothy Ighoefe is an intimidating defender at 6-foot-11 and 245 pounds.
TOKYO - After finding it difficult to sell the 2026 Winter Olympics, the IOC finally has two countries that are all in: Sweden and Italy.
Liu Guoliang has been lovingly dubbed "the fatty who doesn't know how to play table tennis", but he's still the man most trusted to return China to ping-pong prominence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Even without the chills, there are more than enough thrills and spills in winter sports to captivate China's warm south as the nation's annual mass ice and snow carnival expands its reach.
LOS ANGELES - Challenger Tyson Fury dominated long stretches of Saturday's WBC heavyweight title bout against Deontay Wilder, thanks to a sneaky jab and shifty defense. But in the 12th and final round, Fury ended up flat on the canvas, his eyes rolling backward while Wilder celebrated above him.
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