It is 20 years since the night France won the World Cup on home soil, and a powerful myth was born on the streets of Paris.
The man who scored the winning goal in the last World Cup; the best young players in the English Premier League; a striker who scored a total of 53 goals in Serie A over the last two seasons.
PARIS - It was difficult to discern which was less likely: Novak Djokovic, a 12-time Grand Slam champion, faltering in his French Open quarterfinal, or Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match until last week and once faced a possible ban for losing on purpose, rising to the occasion.
The International Olympic Committee believes the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be cost-effective, largely because of the flexibility provided by existing venues and reforms.
BRUSSELS - Belgian police on Tuesday picked up 13 people as part of a major international investigation into match-fixing in tennis, barely a month after a report warned of a "tsunami of corruption" in the lower levels of the sport.
Alex Hua Tian, China's first equestrian Olympian, may still be the nation's only household name in the sport, but an ambitious group of young Chinese riders are on a mission to change that.
MOSCOW - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won a combined nine UEFA Champions League medals, 11 La Liga titles, three English Premier League crowns and a raft of other domestic and continental trophies.
England will not be satisfied with reaching the quarterfinals of the World Cup and has the skill and mentality to win the tournament, playmaker Raheem Sterling said ahead of the team's final warm-up match against Costa Rica on Thursday.
PARIS - Serena Williams admits her dream of an eighth Wimbledon title could either be saved or shattered in a Paris doctor's office this week.
WASHINGTON - James Neal had the puck on his stick and was staring at a wide-open net, four feet away.
Teng Yun, a 37-year-old book editor from Beijing, traveled to Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province, to run the Changchun International Marathon last weekend.
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