Extremely competitive and spectacular matches are expected as year's third Grand Slam starts on Monday.
Women's tennis is preparing for a Chinese boom after Li Na's historic win at the French Open. "It will inspire in China many young girls to pick up a racket who might not otherwise have done so."
China's injury-riddled NBA star Yao Ming hinted that he may end his career, at the earliest this summer, if his ankle doesn't heal.
Jenson Button seized his first win of the season and the finest of his career on Sunday at the rain-hit Canadian Grand Prix.
Yevgeny Plushenko, three-time figure skating world champion, got the green light for the 2014 Olympics after the International Skating Union (ISU) restored the Russian's amateur status on Sunday.
The announcement from Shaquille O'Neal that he is retiring leaves a void from the basketball aficionado to the casual fan who merely laughed at the antics of the future Hall of Famer.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes retired on Tuesday, with the 36-year-old opting to stay at the Premier League champions in a coaching role.
South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday they had arrested three more football players for alleged involvement in a growing match-fixing scandal, Yonhap news agency reported.
Barca defender Pique and his teammates went to Colombian pop star Shakira's Barcelona concert on Sunday, dancing with his girlfriend, to celebrate their Champions League victory.
FIFA, football's world governing body, has announced it is to investigate two of its most high profile members over bribery allegations, just one week before FIFA's presidential election.
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron rolled up their sleeves for a table tennis match against two teenage boys at the Globe Academy in London during Obama's state visit to England.
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah was fined $50,000 by the NBA after he made an anti-gay slur to a Miami Heat fan during his team's 96-85 playoff defeat on Sunday.
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