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The Brooklyn Nets are immediately moving on after the often troubled and always controversial Jason Kidd era by hiring veteran mentor Lionel Hollins as head coach. Brooklyn is reportedly offering a four-year contract worth roughly $18M.

Nick Kyrgios' upset victory over world's no.1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the Wimbledon Open left an impression that is going to be remembered on the fabled grass of All-England tennis club for a long time.

Jeremy Lin's tenure days with the Houston Rockets are now starting to tick away since the free-agency period began on July 1.

Although unbeaten American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr has not yet officially named the opponent of his Sept 3 bout, ESPN reported that it would be a rematch with Argentinean boxer Marcos Maidana whom Money May beat two months ago.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal didn’t know what hit him on Tuesday. Roughly 24 hours later, Nick Kyrgios of Australia tries to pull off another upset this time against Milos Raonic of Canada in the quarterfinal round of the men’s singles of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

It’s down to the final eight in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Tennis Grand Slam action continues Wednesday in London (Late Wednesday night in Australia) with top seed Novak Djokovic (Serbia) taking on Maric Cilic (Croatia) and defending champion Andy Murray (Great Britain) facing up-and-comer Grigor Dimitro (Bulgaria)

Swiss contenders Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka will play each other on the fabled centre court lawn at All England Tennis Club on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m Sydney Time.

A slideshow on the latest controversial calls that may have turned a different cast of qualifying eight in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Nobody wants to mess with the undefeated boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Apparently, he made it clear via an Instagram post that people (T.I. and Iggy Azalea) should not mess with his good friend, rapper Nicki Minaj.

The final fixtures of the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been concluded and Argentina and Belgium have claimed the last two quarterfinal spots with wins over Switzerland and the USA respectively. Both matches were decided on extra time after regulation time ended with no goals scored.

The Golden State Warriors solidifies its bench with the addition of combo-guard Shawn Livingston who is expected to bolster the versatility of the Bay-area based team.

The round of 16 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has been concluded and only eight teams remain to battle it out in the quarterfinals. At this point, It's an even toss-up between the Americas and Europe with four representatives each. Both the African teams who made it out of the group stage were taken out by their European opponents in the knockout stage.

FC Barcelona and Liverpool are set to meet Wednesday to discuss player movements. Among them is controversial forward Luis Suarez whose contract can be transferred to Barcelona after the club sent feelers of its intention to acquire the striker.

The Washington Wizards and Polish center Marcin Gortat agree in principle to a five-year extension worth $60 million.

The final match in the round of 16 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has arrived. European dark horse Belgium claimed the last quarterfinal spot after taking out emerging soccer nation, USA 2-1 in extra time.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving agreed to a five year, $90 million extension that will keep the star guard with the team for the next six years.

World's no.1 Rafael Nadal finally responded to Roger Federer's call to speed up the pace between points, as the Spaniard stressed he's getting tired of all the criticisms he receives for violating time limitation. Nadal said during a news conference before losing to Australian teen sensation Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday.

Match number 59 is the third quarter-final match. Both Argentina and Belgium won in the extra-time to enter the quarter finals.

Argentina was saved from having to go through a penalty shootout against Switzerland by La Liga pair Lionel Messi and Angel di Maria. It's not very often that one can see a Real Madrid star pair up with an FC Barcelona ace to manufacture a stunning goal to win a game. This was seen in the Spanish national team in their glory days but the failure of La Roja to make a mark in the 2014 FIFA World Cup meant that players from the famous rivals won't get a chance to show much camaraderie in thi....

Match number 58 is the second quarter-final match. France won against Nigeria in normal time to enter the quarter-finals while Germany defeated Algeria in extra-time.

An star was born in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships after Australian Nick Kyrgios defeated World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain in the Round of 16 in four sets, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

While the world was busy watching the Argentina vs. Switzerland Round of 16 match in Brazil, Nick Kyrgios was engaged in his own Round of 16 war battle against World No.1 in Rafael Nadal in London.

Even if many fellow celebrities have dissed Canadian pop star Justin Bieber for his bad behaviour - ranging from drug use to racist remarks - his best friend Floyd Mayweather Jr had always kind words for the 20-year-old.

British boxer Amir Khan wants to take the express lane of boxing fame by naming the two pound-for-pound kings as his dream opponents for his next two fights.

USA vs. Belgium Live Streaming - Team USA survived this World Cup’s “Group of Death”. On Tuesday at the Arena Fonta Nova in Salvador, Brazil, the Americans will look to prove they are legit contenders when they take on Belgium in the Round of 16 of the 2014 World Cup.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never failed to spark intrigues in and outside the ring, confirming his rematch with Marcos Maidana on September 13 and hinting a big surprise for his May 2015 fight.

The Toronto Raptors are doing everything in their power to retain starting point guard Kyle Lowry. Waiting on the sidelines, the Miami Heat, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks are looking to steal him away from the Canadian franchise.

Can the Swiss tame Lionel Messi in the Argentina vs. Switzerland Round of 16 match-up in the 2014 World Cup? La Nati will surely try but they need to dig deep if they want to survive the knockout game at the Arena de Sao Paulo in Sao Paolo, Brazil on Tuesday.

Great Britain's Amir Khan sounds very much confident of his chances against reigning WBO Welterweight king Manny Pacquiao, whom he wants to fight next in the final quarter of 2014.