Rafa Nadal was less than his dominant best on the clay at the Barcelona Open on Thursday but was still good enough to secure a 6-2 6-3 win over Colombian wildcard Robert Farah and set up a quarter-final clash against Janko Tipsarevic.
This year's US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco has attracted its fourth highest entry total of 9,006 entries, the United States Golf Association said.
London Olympics' green efforts were showed to UN officials and journalists on Thursday, which was commented as "already evident" by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UN Environment Programme.
China's top snooker player Ding Junhui showed his dissatisfaction to tables and fans in the Crucible Theatre after he suffered a first-round 10-9 defeat to Ryan Day of Wales at the world championship.
Chinese police have denied a claim by the country's former soccer head Xie Yalong that he had been tortured into confessing to bribe-taking.
Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday.
World number two Rafa Nadal swept into the third round of the Barcelona Open when he thrashed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-2.
World number two Maria Sharapova eased into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart indoor tournament after France's Alize Cornet retired with an injury at the start of the second set.
Stuart Pearce will fly to the United States to watch David Beckham play for Los Angeles Galaxy on May 2 before selecting his 18-man squad for the London Olympics, the British team coach said on Tuesday.
Guangzhou Evergrande is not sacking its head coach, the club said in a terse statement on Wednesday.
England interim manager Stuart Pearce is convinced his country can thrive at Euro 2012 even though it is without a permanent boss less than two months before the tournament starts.
Host Britain, taking part in its first Olympic soccer event since 1960, will kick off the bid for gold against Senegal at Manchester United's Old Trafford on July 26 after the draw was made at Wembley on Tuesday.
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