A newspaper embarrassed the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday by disclosing it had smuggled a fake bomb past two security checkpoints into the London complex housing the sporting festival's main stadiums.
Ronnie O'Sullivan established a 10-7 lead over fellow Briton Ali Carter on the first day of the world snooker championship final on Sunday.
Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year's fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday.
The top two seeds advanced to the Madrid Open second round on Sunday when Victoria Azarenka dispatched Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 6-4 and Maria Sharapova crushed Irina-Camelia Begu 6-0 6-2.
Manchester City took a huge step towards the title on Sunday when they won 2-0 at Newcastle United to stay top of the Premier League on goal difference from Manchester United who beat Swansea City by the same score at Old Trafford.
Juventus won Serie A for the first time since the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal on Sunday, clinching the title with a 2-0 win at Calgiari as AC Milan lost 4-2 to arch-rivals Inter in a stormy derby.
China's star hurdler Liu Xiang opened his outdoor season with an easy victory over relatively weak opponents at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix athletic competition in Kawasaki, Japan, on Sunday.
Down by 13 points with less than 10 minutes remaining, youthful Oklahoma City could have easily have been content knowing it could go home for a Game 5 still needing to win only one more game.
Chelsea captain John Terry has called on Roman Abramovich to ensure interim boss Roberto Di Matteo and FA Cup final hero Didier Drogba remain at Stamford Bridge.
Roberto Di Matteo deflected questions about his future after Chelsea sealed its fourth FA Cup in six seasons with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley.
LeBron James awoke from a third-quarter slumber with a vengeance to lead the visiting Miami Heat to an 87-70 victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday and a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series.
While Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made uneven starts, Stewart Cink birdied his last three holes to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in Thursday's opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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