Caroline Wozniacki moved closer to a place in the semifinals at the WTA Finals by beating Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday.
Rookie Julius Randle scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and Jeremy Lin added 13 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 94-86 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in a preseason game Wednesday night.
Ana Ivanovic was delighted to revel in the underdog role as she opened her WTA Finals account on Wednesday with a thumping 6-1 6-3 win over Eugenie Bouchard who she had lost to in their previous two encounters.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 70th Champions League goal and Mario Balotelli again failed to deliver as Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 win at Liverpool on Wednesday to take complete control of Group B with a third straight win.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic is the proud papa of a baby boy.
The Asian Tour will add a third new tournament to next year's calendar and hopes to offer more than $50 million in prize money by 2017, chief executive Mike Kerr said on Monday.
Oscar Pistorius will be ineligible to compete in Paralympic events during the entirety of his five-year prison sentence.
Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei faces a two-year ban and could miss the 2016 Rio Olympics after failing a dope test.
China's State Council announced that a long-term plan will be made to bolster the development of soccer, Gov.cn reported on Monday.
Johan Edfors produced a stunning finish to win his first tour event in five years at the inaugural Shankai Classic presented by IDG Capital Partners on Sunday.
Russia is avoiding Brazil's mistakes. That was the message as FIFA inspectors completed their tour of the arenas Russia is building for the 2018 World Cup - no delays here.
Li Na, the world famous Chinese tennis player who retired from the sport last month, said she misses her tennis friends 'off the court', and will not go back to play tennis.