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When Yu Darvish, Japan's latest high-priced baseball export, makes his debut in the regular US major league season, it is not just the reputation of his blazing right hand that will be at stake.
LeBron James scored 34 points with 10 assists and seven rebounds Wednesday as the Miami Heat held off Oklahoma City 98-93 in a game billed as a possible preview of the NBA Finals.
QUOTABLE: "It reminded me of the summer when we were working out together, both pushing each other, staying on top of each other during those workouts ... It's always good going against the best and he's one of them."
Kobe Bryant willed the Los Angeles Lakers to a crucial victory over the Clippers, who won style points with some flashy plays but couldn't overcome a well-rested Andrew Bynum.
The NFL and partner Nike unveiled the new Nike Elite 51 football uniforms this week.
Some Key features of the new uniforms:
MotoGP champion Casey Stoner will have a bigger challenge in more ways than one this season, even if he is the overwhelming favorite to win the opening floodlit race in Qatar this weekend.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho predicted rival Barcelona would reach the Champions League final but was not sure if his side would be strong enough to beat Bayern Munich and join it.
Roberto Di Matteo admits Chelsea will be motivated by revenge when it faces Barcelona in an potentially explosive Champions League semifinal showdown.
Two of Somalia's top sports officials were killed when a suicide bomber struck a ceremony at Mogadishu's national theater in an Islamist rebels attack.
Building work has finished on the London Olympic Park's last remaining major stadium, the water polo arena, a month before a test event.