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Canada has become the world champion in women’s wheelchair basketball.

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka were hit hard by Wimbledon Open championship organizers

NBA news, trade rumors and free agency movements are delivered fresh off the stove at IBT Sports - The Minnesota Timberwolves have interest to pull off a sign-and-trade deal with the Houston Rockets, involving restricted free-agent small forward Chandler Parsons and All-Star power forward Kevin Love.

Cronulla Sharks sacked its star player Todd Carney over a lewd photo showing himself urinating in a public toilet with the urine going into his mouth on Saturday evening. Fans who have watched the photo stormed to the social media Twitter in various forms of reactions.

Jason Kidd was known for his great vision when he was still playing in the NBA. He lacked foresight as a head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.

Netherlands winger Arjen Robben admitted that he "took the plunge" against Mexico during the round-of-16 of the World Cup. The only problem was: he did it literally.

It seems to be another clash between two living legends of football.

A Brazil football fan suffered a fatal heart attack during the match between Chile and the 2014 world cup hosting country and passed away.

The battle between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is definitely on, but not the one that an Arab prince has promised. Rather it is for the Best Fighter Award to be given by ESPY.

World Cup: Netherlands' striker Robin Van Persie threatened by Mexico

Lin Dan of China took the title in the men’s singles competition of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries Australian Badminton Open 2014 in Sydney, Australia even as Korean pairs dominated the double’s events—Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong in the men’s doubles and Ko Sung Hyun and Kim Ha Na the mixed doubles.

Costa Rica and Greece, the underdogs of the World Cup, will face off in the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history on Sunday at 21:00 BST (6:00 a.m Sydney Time).

Football powers Mexico and Netherlands will duke it out for a spot into the quarterfinal round at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza, Brazil.

It was an all-American affair on the first day of the knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Half of the field still left in the competition are from the Americas and the inevitable has arrived. The neighbours needed to play against each other on the first day of competition with Brazil edging out Chile and Colombia outclassing Uruguay.

The clash between Colombia and Uruguay was plagued with controversy even before it started due to the decision made by FIFA to send Uruguay's star striker Luis Suarez home after he was proven to have shown conduct unbecoming of a sportsman by biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in their final group stage match. Things did not look any better for Uruguay as they were all sent home to follow Luis Suarez back to Uruguay when Colombia defeated them in the round of 16.

Brazil got through by the skin of their teeth to make it past Chile in the round of 16 in a match that was decided through penalties. Regulation time ended with 1 goal apiece and extra time did not see any changes despite the high intensity action. It all came down to a penalty shootout where the host nation, to the relief of home fans, came out on top with 3 goals to two.

Predicted scenario and possible match-up as Mexico and Netherlands are all set to put up a show at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza,

World Cup predictions & analysis: Costa Rica and Greece all set for Sunday’s round-of-16

World Cup - Brazilian women shows off their body at a local bar to celebrate Brazil's penalty shootout win over Chile

Maria Sharapova receives a marriage proposal at World Cup, while Grigor Dimitrov has to wait longer if he wishes to marry Masha

Tennis News – Bad blood will be spilling all over the court when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet in the semis

Pacquiao and Mayweather are reportedly on collision course this September

Brazil and Chile kick off the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Saturday.

Germany and USA advance in yet another group of death and it was an upset for Portugal who boast among their ranks the 2013 FIFA World Player of te year, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Zach Randolph has not only picked up the “player option” on his contract with the Memphis Grizzlies but has also decided to extend his stay there for two more years worth $20 million.

It’s down to five teams for the unrestricted free agent Carmelo Anthony and he’s set to make a decision by the second week of July. Reports say that while there is “currently no frontrunner for Anthony’s services” but is expected to meet with current team New York Knicks and suitors Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets.

The 2014 NBA Draft breezed by with a lot of teams picking the players they were expected to nab and not much activity on player movement. However, this loaded draft still put out a lot of surprises to yield a winners and losers analysis.

Belgium and Algeria advance from the final group matches in Brazil. The Red Devils edged out the last Asian team in the competition, Korea Republic with a 1-0 final score. Algeria only managed a draw against Russia but the lone point was enough for them to become the second team from Africa to make it to the round of 16 joining Nigeria from Group F.

If you can’t beat them, just eat them. This is probably a cool zombie mantra, however it fits perfectly with Uruguay’s football player Luis Suarez’s actions on the field. After his biting act, he has become the latest zombie meme. Latest tweets reveal that he is going to star on “The Walking Dead” Season 5 and 6 as a walker.