Zheng Jie and Peng Shuai, who are among a group of outstanding Chinese women's tennis players nicknamed the "golden flowers", will clash in the first round of the US Open.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Friday that it will send a 273-member team, including 150 athletes, to the 2014 Asian Games to be held in South Korea's western port city of Incheon next month.
Manchester United great Paul Scholes said he is scared about the club's future and believes it could spiral into decline in the same way rival Liverpool did in the 1990s.
Bosnia and Herzegovina captain Edin Dzeko has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester City, the Premier League champion announced on Wednesday.
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was named the top seed on Wednesday for the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam tennis showdown that opens on Monday on the Flushing Meadows hard courts.
Barcelona will be barred from signing any players in 2015 after FIFA rejected the club's appeal against a one-year ban for breaching rules over the transfer of youngsters.
Zara Phillips, one of the world's best-known equestrians, is charging along the comeback trail and has her sights set on performing well at the FEI World Equestrian Games eventing event next week.
Wide receiver Stevie Johnson hopes the 49ers have to give up a third-round draft pick next year.
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is hoping the roof will be closed when he runs his first race in Poland at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw on Saturday.
Western Sydney Wanderers manager Tony Popovic has warned his players to expect another highly-charged Asian Champions League encounter with holder Guangzhou Evergrande in their quarterfinal, second leg next week.
Defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande lost 1-0 to the Western Sydney Wanderers in the first leg of their Asian Champions League quarterfinal Wednesday.
Young tyros still finding it hard to beat the 'Big Four' and win a Grand Slam
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