Stephen Hendry was on the verge of a surprise win over holder John Higgins in the second round of the world championship on Friday needing one more frame to seal victory.
Ryan Day of Wales took a comfortable 6-2 lead over China's Cao Yupeng in the first session of their last-16 match at the world snooker championship on Friday.
The newly launched World Snooker International Championship will be staged for the first time later this year, with the biggest top prize ever and top competitive level for a snooker event in Asia.
Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III headlined the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday as expected but after that a flurry of wheeling and dealing marked the first-round of the prime-time event.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who led the club to unprecedented heights with a brand of football widely regarded as the closest to perfection the game has seen, will leave at the end of the season and be replaced by assistant Tito Vilanova.
Milos Raonic demonstrated his claycourt credentials with a 6-4 7-6 win over Andy Murray in the last eight of the Barcelona Open on Friday before top seed Rafa Nadal crushed Janko Tipsarevic 6-2 6-2 to claim his semi-final place.
Pool Re, the state-backed British reinsurer that covers terror attack-related commercial property losses, has 4.5 billion pounds ($7.3 billion) of assets to cover the Olympic Games and is not jacking up premiums for the event.
The British Olympic Association will learn on Monday whether its lifetime Olympic ban on drug offenders has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Jeremy Lin, who topped the list of the Time 100 Most Influential People for 2012, will make his third visit to the Chinese mainland this summer.
World No 1 Victoria Azarenka moved into the Stuttgart indoor tournament quarter-finals on Thur as 6th seed Caroline Wozniacki was upset by Angelique Kerber.
Program for the London 2012 Festival to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games was announced on Thursday.
The final line-up for the London 2012 festival was announced on Thursday, with around 12,000 events happening across Britain in a major cultural celebration organised to coincide with the summer Olympic Games.
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