David Ortiz blasted two solo home runs for Boston on Saturday in a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays that took the Red Sox a step closer to a place in the American League Championship Series.
The Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers with a walk-off single for a 1-0 win in Game Two of their American League Division Series on Saturday.
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko retained his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles with a unanimous points win over Russia's Alexander Povetkin on Saturday in Moscow.
World No. 9 Shanshan Feng produced a fairy-tale ending at the inaugural Reignwood LPGA Classic on Sunday by clinching her second LPGA Tour victory in front of her home crowd with an eagle on the 72nd hole.
World number one Serena Williams looked to be at about the peak of her game as the 32-year-old needed just one hour and 28 minutes to send eighth seed Jelena Jankovic crashing for her second China Open crown on Sunday.
Djokovic won his fourth China Open title in five years on Sunday, prevailing 6-3 6-4 in the final against Rafael Nadal.
Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of female world No 1 Serena Williams and founder of the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris, said he would love to lend a hand to China's tennis boom.
Vladimir Klitschko retained his world heavyweight titles with a unanimous points victory over Russian Alexander Povetkin at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium on Saturday.
US President Barack Obama, already embroiled in a battle over a government shutdown, jumped into another dispute on Saturday - a long-running fight over the name of the Washington Redskins NFL team.
Roberto Mancini said money did not play a big role in his decision to take the helm of Galatasaray.
The Olympic Flame which burns for the forthcoming Sochi 2014 XXII Winter Olympics was handed over to the Russian organizers in a touching ceremony held at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on Saturday.
Japan's Kenzo Shirai claimed the men's floor exercise gold medal at the gymnastics World Championships here on Saturday.