Like all things aerodynamic, Yelena Isinbayeva was born to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
LaShawn Merritt of the US satisfied his hunger for success on Tuesday by regaining the 400m title at the world championships while defending champ Kirani James of Grenada faded badly to finish seventh.
Germany's Robert Harting won his third successive world discus title in impressive style on Tuesday when his throw of 69.11m, the fourth-longest of the season, was too good for perennial runner-up Piotr Malachowski of Poland, who took another silver.
The most dispiriting thing to come out of Australia's capitulation in the fourth Test was not the final day batting collapse.
Brazil's players must keep playing regularly at club level - even if it is in the "10th division" - and put their country ahead of financial concerns if they want to keep their places on the team for the World Cup, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said on Tuesday.
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva cemented her place in the pantheon of track and field greats by winning a third world pole vault title on home soil at the world athletics championships on Tuesday.
Retired Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming said he hopes that playing sports will be simply for fun someday. "Sports now means too much beyond itself.
Former NBA star Yao Ming launches his three day charity basketball event at Hope Primary School Basketball Season in West Anhui University in Lu'an city, Anhui province.
Looking at the Spanish sports pages over the typically baking summer months, it would appear the nation's soccer was in rude health, on and off the pitch. 
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Russia's "pole vault queen" Elena Isinbaeva ignited the Luzhniki stadium as she claimed her third world title on the fourth day of the 2013 World Championship.
David Oliver of the United States won his first major title on Monday, claiming the 110 meters hurdles crown at the world athletics championships in Moscow.
New Zealand's Valerie Adams won a record fourth women's shot put world title at the world athletics championships on Monday.
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