Before the fourth Test, which begins at Chester-le-Street, Durham, on Friday, both England and Australia have had plenty to ponder.
The Major League Baseball Players Association formally appealed Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension on Wednesday, sending the case to an independent arbitrator.
The Olympic legacy still benefits China's general public as witnessed by the enthusiasm for National Fitness Day on Thursday. 
Fitness requires youths to do more exercise
The cameras are in place in the English Premier League's 20 stadiums and goal-line technology is ready to be used in a domestic league for the first time in world football.
Neymar scored his first goal in a Barcelona shirt on Wednesday, helping his new team beat Thailand 7-1 in a preseason friendly.
Defending champions China bounced back from its awful 1-2 record in preliminary stage to win all three matches after their dominant 88-66 win over Bahrain on Wednesday.
China's sports authority has lowered the required standards for physical performance among students, citing a decline in the general level of fitness among children, but it hopes that better sports education in schools can make a difference.
Li Na dominated her first rain- delayed match at Rogers Cup in the Canadian city of Toronto Wednesday against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, yielding a 6- 1, 6-4 victory.
Tennis stars top the list of the world's 10 highest-paid female athletes, Forbes magazine said on Tuesday - a list that also highlights the yawning earnings gap between women and men in most sports.
NBA champs to hit New York just in time for big NFL bash
Iran's second-half run buried Bahrain and improved their second round group result to 4-0 here on Tuesday at the 27th Asian Men's Basketball Championship.
Tickets for NBA Global Games 2013 in Beijing and Shanghai featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors will go on sale Aug 8 at 3:00 pm.
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