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Paul George suffered a gruesome lower-leg fracture during the Team USA scrimmage, last Friday - perhaps one of the worst lower-leg injury in recent basketball history.

Jeremy Lin is looking forward to a new chapter of his basketball career as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., the world's most popular driver, completed a season sweep at Pocono Raceway, also his third win of the season as he heads into the NASCAR's version of the playoffs.

Former world's no.1 Roger Federer suddenly is in position of becoming a major contender at the upcoming US Open championship, not only because of Rafael Nadal's wrist injury but also his strong play throughout the year.

Just two weeks removed from his win at Royal Liverpool, McIlroy showed the mastery that is linking him to the legendary Phil Mickelson by easily erasing a three-shot deficit to Sergio Garcia in just three holes. He closed with 4-under-66 and a two-shot cushion for the Bridgestone Invitational glory.

Manny Pacquiao purchased an undisclosed number of shares in the Asian-based Mixed Martial Arts league, One Fighting Championship. CEO Victor CUI confirmed the development to Yahoo! Sports who first reported the financial move of the superstar Filipino boxer.

Audiences Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan got a triple treat when a supposedly boxing match between Brandon Rios and Diego Chaves turned into a wrestling match and a mixed martial arts affair all in one. In the end, Brandon Rios got the victory via a 9th round disqualification. He was also immediately booked into the hospital after sufferance from an assortment of injuries - a corneal abrasion, a shoulder injury and a concussion.

Maxim Australia celebrated its third birthday at Casa Blanca Bar Double Bay in Sydney on Aug. 1.

Juventus playmaker Arturo Vidal could be on the brink of joining English giants Manchester United, after Andrea D'Amico - Sebastian Giovinco's agent - revealed that the Chilean star is bound to leave Turin.

Aussie-born singer rapper Iggy Azalea is thriving in the music industry.

The Hockeyroos, Australia's women hockey team, reinforced that notion and took it to another level. Fifteen seconds away from bowing out with second place finish to England, Jodie Kenny saved the day by scoring the equalizer 1-1 at fulltime setting up an intense penalty shootout. During the shootout, goalkeeper Rachael Lynch provided the heroics by preventing three attempts by the opponents and sealing the 3-1 victory of the Aussies in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

2014 Top overall pick Andrew Wiggins addresses trade rumours Sunday when he declared he just wants to play for the team that wants him. This is the first time that the rookie has spoken amidst his name being continuously being mentioned in the potential Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers speculations. Wiggins along with Anthony Bennett and a future first-round pick is the package being discussed to be sent the Cavaliers way in exchange for the all-star power forward.

Indiana Pacers forward Paul George successfully underwent surgery on his injured right leg. Now, it is time to rehabilitate and undergo extensive recovery. This leaves both the United States men's national basketball team and the Pacers reeling to recover from the loss of its versatile forward. One of the three locks to make the final roster of the FIBA World Championships to Spain, George is also expected to miss the forthcoming 2014-2015 regular season of the NBA.

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Let's have a look back at the top 10 greatest Aussie athletes that have given us pride and honour over the years in the Commonwealth Games.

Following the freak injury that almost ended Anderson Silva’s career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the Brazilian mixed martial artist has been cleared by his doctors to fight.

England knocked Australia off the overall medal count for the first time in 28 years.

Amid reports that Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao are set to hang their boxing gloves after three and five more fights, respectively, the speculation that their dream match would be their farewell gift to boxing fans has been apparently confirmed by yet another hint.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers could be hinting for a move involving AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli after professing his admiration to the 23-year-old striker.

Recent Real Madrid signing James Rodriguez called for Fiorentina winger and Colombia teammate Juan Cuadrado to choose FC Barcelona amid rumours linking him to Manchester United.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo did not hide his desire to move back to the club where his name rose to stardom - Manchester United.

A scrimmage for the national team changed an NBA franchise’s destiny in a flick of the finger (or in this case, the leg of Paul George) and all the NBA owners and GMs are taking notes. On top of the list is disallowing their stars and players from playing in FIBA international basketball competitions.

With Rafael Nadal out for the next couple of ATP tournaments and maybe the 2014 US Open, former world number one Roger Federer is pegged to gain ground on the Spaniard in the ATP rankings and may even go past him and steal the no. 2 spot if the Swiss Master is successful in the next couple of months.

Even the Minnesota Timberwolves owner has accepted the inevitable: superstar forward Kevin Love wants out of his franchise and he can do nothing about it. Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers trade appears imminent as the squads have reportedly been exclusively talking to each other about a potential deal.

West Coast Eagles laid to rest their poor form leading up to this by thrashing Crows by 31 points with a final score of 136-105. Josh Kennedy and Taylor Walker spearheaded the win by kicking in 5 and 4 goals, respectively.

Paul George suffered a freak injury during the intra-squad training of the members of the Team USA pool for the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Spain on Friday night. The Indiana Pacers’ franchise player broke his lower leg in half in what would be the most gruesome injuries in basketball in recent memory.

By now, the basketball community is abuzz of the gruesome injury Indiana Pacers superstar Paul George suffered a leg injury while chasing down of the fast break attempt of James Harden in Team U.S.A.'s practice scrimmage for the upcoming FIBA World Championships at the Thomas and Mack Center. Here are some of the Twitter reactions of NBA players and personalities on the shocking injury:

Indiana Pacers shooting guard and national team member, Paul George, suffered a freak injury - breaking his leg - during the USA Basketball Showcase at the Thomas and Mack Center on Friday, Aug. 1 (U.S. time).

Tony Parker has already won four championships with the San Antonio Spurs but the Frenchman wants to add more to his title collection after signing a three-year $43.5 million contract extension with the Texas franchise.