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Following the recent announcement of National Rugby Championship, slated to begin in the month of August, ARU chief executive Bill Pulver is confident this new competition will end up with good financial gain in its first year.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander offered his fans tickets for his team’s opening match against the Kansas City Royals, but his girlfriend Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton was one of the first ones to react.

Shakira has recorded yet another anthem for the upcoming 2014 World Cup which will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Although Argentinean boxer Marcos Maidana beat American boxer Adrien Broner and captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title in San Antonio, Texas, in December 2013, he considers Broner stronger than his May 3 opponent.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain continues his Sony Open 2014 campaign against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the third round of festivities at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami, Florida on Tuesday starting at 5:30 am AEDT.

Arsenal are suggested to be ready to activate the £37million release clause of Schalke attacker Julian Draxler.

Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic is reportedly headed to the Premier League this summer, with Arsenal already in advanced talks with the Croatia international’s camp.

Tim Tebow had already proven that he can act with his T-Mobile commercial during the Super Bowl 2014 and he had also proven that he can look good on TV after landing a job as a college football analyst for ESPN. Now, he has reportedly been offered to guest-star at a VH1 reality dance show.

Australia faced a loss in the T20 World Cup 2014 as they were defeated by Pakistan with a 16-run in Mirpur, Bangladesh, on Sunday.

Some of the biggest names in the world of sports have made cameo appearances in the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit HBO TV series “Entourage.”

The defending champions are mired in a struggle they have never experienced before during their tile runs the past couple of seasons. The Miami Heat looks to put it all behind when they face the dangerous Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino sounded incredibly confident after his team sealed a stunning victory over its arch-rival Real Madrid on Sunday March 23.

John Longmire's tenure as a coach for Sydney Swans extended for two more years till. This made him the longest serving coach in Swan's history.

The sordid loss of Kangaroos over Essendon has triggered issues about the performance of veteran players in the team.

The toe infection that left Mitchell Johnson out of T20 seemed getting worse as the infection now started spreading his leg.

Despite Wichita State’s run for perfection this season, many doubted they had the goods to deliver when it mattered the most. Those criticisms were validated on Sunday after the Shockers got beat by the Kentucky Wildcats in the Round of 32 of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley faced each other before they clash in the ring at an HBO Sports special presentation “Face Off” with Max Kellerman on March 22.

A nail-biting match unfolded at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid when Barcelona FC defeated Real Madrid by 4-3.

Could Mayweather really fight Khan before he retires?

More upsets were delivered in the second day of the Round of 32 in the 2014 NCAA Tournament even as one favourite, Iowa State Cyclones came prepared and came away with the win on Sunday when they faced the dangerous sixth seed North Carolina Tar Heels.

The CEO of Australian Rugby Union, Bill Pulver, has announced the upcoming new National Rugby Championship. The event is slated to start in August and will be played over 11 weeks.

There are some really ironclad signs that Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian aren’t really through with each other.

Indiana Pacers star Paul George is in hot water again after the All-Star small forward was reportedly 'catfished' into sending semi and full-nude photos to a gay guy who pretended to be a woman, according to a report posted on Black Sports Online.

Lorde and NBA player Steven Adams have shared a delightful chance meeting in Chicago. The two young Kiwis have been seen together after the Grammy Award-winning teen’s concert in Chicago on Tuesday.

The Planet Fitness gym appears to be sending out conflicting messages to its members to meet its policy that bans gym-timidation.

American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr is the cover boy of the Black Enterprise Magazine for its March 2014 issue.

The Chicago Bulls are reportedly expecting point guard Derrick Rose to make his return in the lineup in the postseason, a source close to situation disclosed on Friday.

Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin might have been relegated back to the bench this season, but his team-first philosophy and willingness to share the leather made him a better basketball player than All-Star shooting guard James Harden.

Real Madrid and Barcelona will try to rejuvenate their Spanish Classico rivalry, as the two La Liga powerhouses look to snare a key win in the homestretch mark of the season on Saturday at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.