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The transfer ban for Barcelona FC has been upheld by soccer’s governing body FIFA after an appeal by the Spanish club. The decision meant that Barcelona will not be allowed to make any moves on new players during the transfer seasons in 2015 and 2016.

The former rookie of the year and 2014 All-star game Most Valuable Player comes clean with the admission that has not been a leader for his club the past years.

Jeff Burton, the same driver who took his place last week at Michigan, will substitute for the controversial three-time NASCAR champion. Stewart has not touched the wheel in a competition since he ran over Ward in a dirt track in New York last Aug. 9.

Roger Federer will be playing at Flushing Meadows for his 60th consecutive Grand Slam tournament.

LeBron Jr. was offered a Nike deal.

The Cleveland Browns are going by the safe route and picked three-year veteran Brian Hoyer over rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel for the starting quarterback slot in the upcoming National Football League season.

The first leg of the 2014 Spanish Super Cup ended with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu courtesy of goals from James Rodriguez (81') of Real Madrid and Raul Garcia (88') of Atletico.

Maria Sharapova was recently in New York City to promote SuperGoop, a skincare company that she partially holds ownership.

World no. 1 Serena Williams and rumoured boyfriend Patrick Mouratoglou seen dating in NYC.

Colombian star James Rodriguez scored his first competitive goal for his new club Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup clash against Atletico Madrid

The athlete who was stripped of seven Tour de France victories due to his admission is constantly preparing for any civil suits that will come his way. He is still facing a whistle blower lawsuit that claims that he and his former cycling team defrauded the government when he used banned performance enhancing drugs.

Dwyane Wade is reportedly facing foreclosure on his Chicago property.

FC Barcelona holding midfielder Alex Song could be a possible alternative over Juventus ace Arturo Vidal for Manchester United, as sporting director Andoni Zubizaretta reveals imminent exit.

Bayern Munich legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge hinted that the Bavarian outfit will be joining Manchester United in the race to secure the signature of AS Roma defender Mehdi Benatia.

Real Madrid's chances of landing unsettled Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is given a boost as Jose Mourinho opts to hand the no. 1 spot to Thibaut Courtois.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is confident that he will be able to bring out the best in Cesc Fabregas at Stamford Bridge, revealing that the Spanish international is most effective at central midfield.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was still satisfied with how his squad performed against Besiktas in the Champions League Qualifiers in spite of only coming out with a nil-nil draw.

Formula One fans were encouraged to tweet their memories of Schumacher and use the hashtag “#SchumiWeek.”

The Argentine and former WBA welterweight champion took everyone by surprise when he went toe to toe against the undefeated fighter and world's number 1 pound for pound boxer. While he lost via a majority decision to the "Money" Mayweather, he exceeded all expectations. During a Showtime round table last Aug. 16, the 31-year-old boxer declared that Mayweather is not actually as good as people measure him.

Thanks to a right wrist injury of defending champion Rafael Nadal, two other top-ranked and top contenders, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are now considered the top favourites to rule the 2014 US Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens in New York.

Iggy Azalea reportedly is letting her success get in her head.

Spreading like wildfire, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is the latest craze in America with Hollywood celebrities taking part to raise money for the said disease by pouring a freezing cold bucket of water over their heads before nominating other people to get involved. Now trending in UK.

The Washington Redskins wanted to play around with college stud Johnny Manziel and they got all the hilarity that they wanted. Reacting to the coverage of the now infamous middle finger salute of Manziel to the Redskins bench, linebacker Brian Orakpo did not find the gesture offensive but bared that the whole Redskins bench was flipping on the young quarterback's reaction.

Charting the success of the ALS ice bucket challenge craze that have been sweeping social media channels by storm, we have round up the best of the best, in no particular order.

Colangelo is considering making the final lineup of 12 or 13 players official after their exhibition match-up against Dominican Republic Wednesday night. The team will be facing the All Hordford-less Dominicans first and the Puerto Ricans next in a round of exhibition games in preparation for their participation in the upcoming Fiba World Cup of Basketball.

The National Football League is contemplating requiring performers to shell out money to be given the exposure to perform at halftime. There is some credence to this line of thinking as exposure at the halftime of America's most televised game generates an audience to up to almost a billion. There is an almost automatic assurance that the performer will get an immediate boost in record sales and worldwide tour receipts given the massive coverage.

The New Zealand basketball national team is ready to go for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain as the Tall Blacks named their 12-man roster to compete in the basketball world championships set from Aug. 30 to Sept. 14, 2014.

From corporate executive such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to singer Justin Timberlake, the ALC ice bucket challenge has moved to professional athletes such as footballer Cristiano Ronaldo who wowed the world because he did the challenge wearing only skimpy skivvies.

Louis van Gaal will complete his first own signing for Manchester United after finalizing the deal that will bring Argentinean defender Marcos Rojo to the Premiere League on Tuesday. Barring any hitches on the medical and other requirements, the transfer will be complete with a reported contract worth around £16 million (roughly AU$ 28.70M) for five years.