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Winners of two of their last three games, the Washington Redskins seemingly are starting to get it this season. A Week 8 match-up with the Denver Broncos will put that to test.

English Premier League powerhouse Manchester City and Chelsea will face off for the first time this season on Sunday at Stamford Bridge.

After seven weeks in the 2013 NFL regular season, who would have thought that it’s going to be the Kansas City Chiefs will remain undefeated at this point of the year? The easy schedule did help and they’ll face another team with a record below 0.500 in the Cleveland Browns Sunday night Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

The Dallas Cowboys are on their way up while the Detroit Lions are struggling as of late. They meet in Week 8 hoping that their offense can carry them to the W and both hope that their respective passing defenses hold up against a strong passing defense from their opponents.

Looking for his first ATP title in the second half of 2013, Roger Federer badly wants the title at the 2013 Swiss Indoors Basel in Switzerland. The Swiss legend have to bring his A-game, however, as he’s going up against Juan Martin Del Potro who is the defending champion in Basel.

Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova shares her sweet taste of success to her fans and followers worldwide through her premium candy line “Sugarpova.”

The Daily Mail UK reported that Superstar David Beckham had a minor car accident Friday.

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Carlos Beltran received the 2013 Roberto Clemente Award for his positive contributions on and off the field. Beltran was announced the winner of the prestigious award before the start of Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday at Busch Stadium.

The Orlando Magic exercised the team option on the contracts of their youngsters such as forward Maurice Harkless, Andrew Nicholson, Tobias Harris and Nikola Vucevic, a reliable league source reported on Saturday.

The Utah Jazz is reportedly having trouble in offering a reasonable contract for swingman Gordon Hayward, a source close to situation reported on Saturday.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is optimistic about the chances of having an NFL teams representing the Los Angeles Lakers or London in the coming years, the league top executive told the press on the eve of Sunday's battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

48-year old champion Bernard Hopkins will defend his IBF Light Heavyweight belt against Germany's contender Karo Murat on Sunday at United States Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The first Spanish La Liga encounter between bitter rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona will surely attract million of global football fans, who are very much excited to see Barca's lethal tandem of Lionel Messi and Neymar tandem playing against Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.

Appearing in his first final four appearance in any ATP event since July 2013, Roger Federer takes on Vasek Pospisil in the semifinal of the 2013 Swiss Indoors Basel in Basel, Switzerland.

One of the most anticipated games in World Soccer happens on Saturday at the Nou Camp.

Floyd Mayweather doesn’t really forget how to remind you how rich he is.

Washington Wizards acquired center Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown, Kendall Marshall and Malcolm Lee after sending Emeka Okafor and 2014 first round pick to the Phoenix Suns, a source close to situation reported on Friday.

The San Antonio Spurs reportedly signed former All-Star swingman Josh Howard to a non-guaranteed deal, a reliable league insider reported on Friday.

Australian big man Andrew Bogut reportedly signed a three-year, $36 million deal with the Golden State Warriors, a reliable league source disclosed on Friday.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is reportedly trying to pull off a blockbuster trade that will give them Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed is showing stark resemblance to ex-New England Patriots' football player Aaron Hernandez, ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworksi said.

The San Francisco Giants are reportedly looking into the possibility on signing Atlanta Braves slugger Brian McCann this coming winter, a reliable league source disclosed Friday.

The Washington Nationals are reportedly interested to sign MLB veteran Matt Williams as their next manager, a source close to situation reported on Friday.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy believes fans are starting to get over the boundary after disrespecting head coach Greg Schiano, the Pro Bowl defensive player told ESPN on Friday.

FC Bayern Munich, which won their first outing in the Euroleague, will be hosting Montepaschi Siena on gameweek 2 of the Euroleague at the Audi Dome.

Despite having one of the most stuffed line-up in the Euroleague, Fenerbahce coach Zeljko Obradovic remains levelheaded and acknowledges FC Barcelona as the favoured team.

Roger Federer tries to advance to his first final four appearance since July 2013—a long time for the former world number one—as he takes on Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Swiss Open.

After six scintillating games, the San Mig Coffee Mixers and the Petron Blaze Boosters will duke it out for all the marbles in Game 7 of the Governors Cup Final on Friday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The cliché is to throw away all the numbers during a Game Seven of any series in sports. We’re hard-headed here in IBT, so we’re throwing that suggestion away and still take a good hard look at the stats the past six games in the best-of-seven series among the PBA’s best teams in the Governors’ Cup, the San Mig Coffee Mixers and the Petron Blaze Boosters.