In his first significant move since taking over as the Los Angeles Clippers' new owner this month, Steve Ballmer has persuaded head coach Doc Rivers to remain with the team for another five years.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger backed Alexis Sanchez to prove an able deputy for the injured Olivier Giroud after the Chilean forward fired his new club into the Champions League.
Peng Shuai admits she feels the huge burden of Chinese expectations in the absence of superstar Li Na after stunning Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska at the US Open on Wednesday.
Lleyton Hewitt's 14th US Open ended in his first straight sets defeat at the tournament for eight years, but the 2001 champion won't talk about retirement, no matter how many times he is asked.
Two-time champion Venus Williams is back in the third round of the US Open for the first time since 2010, a year before she announced she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
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Clapping and chanting, more than 60,000 spectators and over 3,000 athletes braved rain as magnificent fireworks lit the sky above the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium, marking the end of the 13-day 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the closing ceremony of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, in Nanjing.
The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games came to a successful close in East China's Nanjing on Thursday evening after 12 days of competition.
"The Nanjing Olympic Games will come to a close and the flame will be extinguished today, but the flame that ignited the volunteering spirit in your heart will never be extinguished," Li said.
Premier Li attended the closing ceremony of the Games Thursday in Nanjing and visited the volunteers of the Games.
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu province, Aug 28, 2014.
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