Wayne Rooney's overhead kick for Manchester United against Manchester City in February last season has been voted by fans as the best goal of the 20 years of the Premier League, it was announced on Thursday.
Arjen Robben has extended his contract with Bayern Munich for another two years until 2015, ending months of media speculation about the Dutch winger's future.
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt could have an unexpected challenger when the Jamaican world record holder runs his first 100 metres on Saturday.
Junior Seau, a homegrown superstar who was the fist-pumping, emotional leader of the San Diego Chargers for 13 years, was found shot to death at his home on Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43.
The Olympics will not turn London into 'Siege City' despite plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on residential buildings and fighter jets in the skies, London 2012 chairman Seb Coe said on Wednesday.
London 2012 organisers braced themselves for their biggest test of the Olympic Park on Wednesday while assuring spectators that airport-style security would not mean hours of queuing to get in.
New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, the first player from the franchise to win the award.
Winning the title in four major European nations might never be repeated and the fact Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has overcome the great Barca to achieve the feat makes his success even more remarkable.
Big spending Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande announced on Wednesday the signing of Dortmund's Paraguayan forward Lucas Barrios on a four-year contract worth the leauge record 8.5 million Euros.
Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen has died of a suspected heart attack in Arizona at the age of 26, the Norwegian Olympic Committee said.
San Antonio's Gregg Popovich was named the NBA's coach of the year after guiding an aging Spurs team to the best record in a tough Western Conference, the league said on Tuesday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency warned the British Olympic Association to get back in step with the rest of the world on Tuesday after its appeal over a lifetime Olympic ban for drug cheats was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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