Tantrums, trickery and tragedies at the FIFA World Cup games over the years.
"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, is due in court for a second time on Tuesday to apply for bail after being charged with murdering his girlfriend.
Oscar Pistorius' agent has canceled all future races the athlete was contracted to take part in and says his "key focus" is now defending himself against the murder charge.
Zhuang Zedong, a former Chinese table tennis player known for his participation in the historic Sino-US ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s, died at the age of 73 on Sunday.
WCBA debutants Shanxi moved one step closer to a fairy ending to the season when they beat Zhejiang 96-92 on Tuesday in Game 1 of the Chinese women's basketball league finals.
Ten-time champion Stephane Peterhansel extended his Dakar Rally lead on Friday, but the world's most grueling endurance event was once again hit by tragedy when a French motorcyclist was killed.
Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a head-on collision between a Dakar Rally support vehicle and a taxi near Peru's border with Chile, race organizers said on Thursday.
A deadly accident killed Thursday two people and injured seven during a Dakar Rally race as a race support vehicle collided with a taxi near the border between Chile and Peru.
The most severe punishment on a Chinese CBA referee came on Thursday when Wu Minhua was banned for 10 games after his wrong decision caused a sideline fracas which saw a CBA game interrupted for nine minutes on Wednesday.
Stars from several different sports took to Twitter on Friday to try to cope with the school shooting in Connecticut, and the NFL asked each of its teams to observe a moment of silence before this weekend's games to pay respect to the victims.
Schools and universities should rather urge students to do more physical exercises than ban certain sport events, an expert has said in the wake of a series of deaths in sports.
The violent death of a Dutch linesman earlier this week has not only showed a problem of senseless violence in Dutch soccer, but also indicated a problem in the wider Dutch society, politicians have said.
China's education authority will rank the country's regions and provinces on their students' physical health conditions and announce the results later, said a senior official in Beijing on Sunday.
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