The fourth World Conference on Doping in Sports ended on Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa with stringent measures put in place to fight doping.
Six cities have submitted bids to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, twice as many compared to four years earlier, after the deadline for applications passed on Thursday.
Max Scherzer did most everything on the mound this season - led the majors in wins, started the All-Star Game, helped put his team in the playoffs.
When Kevin Martin had to be scratched about 30 minutes before tipoff because of an illness, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in desperate need of another scorer to fill in.
Mexico thumped New Zealand 5-1 in the first leg of its qualifying playoff on Wednesday to take a massive step toward a place in next year's World Cup finals.
Uruguay punished Jordan with clinical finishing en route to a 5-0 triumph in the playoff first leg and all but end the West Asian team's hopes of a first appearance in the World Cup finals.
France needs to play without fear in its World Cup playoff against Ukraine to avoid the fate that befell the team 20 years ago when a last-gasp home defeat by Bulgaria cost it a place at the 1994 finals.
A coaching novice takes on a wily veteran when Croatia meets Iceland in the first leg of its World Cup playoff in Reykjavik on Friday.
Chinese top golfer Liang Wenchong will lead the home charge in December's Hong Kong Open, which returns to the Hong Kong Golf Club for the 13th time since the event became part of the European Tour International schedule.
Hungary's world champion Katinka Hosszu and South Africa's Olympic champion Chad Le Clos will be the top stars at the the FINA short course World Cup in Beijing on Nov 13-14.
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