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A high school cross-country runner in Kentucky decided to forego competing at the Kentucky regional championships when she decided the bib number that was assigned to her would have gone against her religious beliefs.

Mark Schwarzer of the Stalwart Socceroos has announced his retirement from playing international football.

Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, who is currently the lucky girlfriend of Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, is going to miss the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show because she chose to star in the upcoming movie “Hercules,” which also stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

There’s value in knowing the betting lines in predicting any form of competition—be it in sports or entertainment contests. For the 2013 version of Big Brother Australia, most sportsbooks have declared that Tim is the slight favourite to win this season.

David Beckham was named ambassador of Sky Academy.

After a promising win versus the Denver Nuggets in their season opener, the Sacramento Kings have suffered back-to-back blowout losses to quality Western teams in their next two. On Tuesday, they'll face an Atlanta Hawks team which they haven't beaten in the last 11 games.

CSKA Moscow will be flying to The Etihad to face Manchester City, While Viktoria Plzen will be hosting defending UEFA Champions League holders Bayern Munich on Matchday 4.

It’s Real Sociedad’s turn to host English giants Manchester United at the Anoeta – San Sebastian on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League.

After back-to-back losses, the Miami Heat made sure they snap the losing skid by playing team ball in a win against the Washington Wizards. They’ll need more of the same when they visit the Toronto Raptors with Chris Bosh out of commission.

From 6,352 entries down to nine players in July and then, the November Nine cut down to two players to battle heads up for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event title and over $8.3M in cash prize for the champion’s purse.

The ATP World Tour Finals 2013 group stages continue play Tuesday as four other contenders and the top three players in the world start their campaign in the final ATP tournament of the season at the O2 in London.

It appears that the Miami Dolphins' Richie Incognito will have to change his surname to "Inactive" soon.

It's Alex Rodriguez's word against Major League Baseball's as the two parties traded accusations in the player's arbitration case.

It's the Trees versus the Ducks as #6 Stanford takes on #2 Oregon at home in Saturday morning's (Australia time) Pac-12 football match-up.

Clay Buchholz started the post-World Series shaving party shortly after the celebrations.

Walt Bellamy, the four-time All-Star and Hall of Fame center, has passed away at the age of 74, the Atlanta Hawks announced on Monday morning.

They say that the Melbourne Cup is a race that stops the nation.

The 2013 WSOP Main Event final table started play Monday evening in Las Vegas with the final nine players returning for a chance for the most prestigious and richest title in the world of poker.

Khloe Kardashian has kept mum about the real score of her relationship with former Lakers player Lamar Odom.

Both the Memphis Grizzlies and Boston Celtics are off to slow starts in the 2013-14 NBA regular season. The latter is expected to go through some growing pains as they are in rebuilding mode but the struggle has been a surprise for the team from Memphis, who was one of the best teams in the league last season.

The most anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is still possible if the Filipino boxer wins his fight against Brandon Rios.

Cristiano Ronaldo accidentally hit a girl on the face with the soccer ball.

Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves are off to a fast start in the 2013-14 NBA regular season with three wins in a row. The same cannot be said of Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers who wants to avoid a third straight loss after winning their season opener.

Eight-division titleholder Manny Pacquiao insisted on Monday that he is not a has been or over the hill in his boxing career. Stressing that he is not ready to hand his gloves despite two heartbreaking losses in the ring, Pacquiao told HBO's Max Kellerman he is too young to retire.

The Chicago Bears have lost six consecutive games to the Green Bay Packers, which are on a roll winning four straight games entering this Monday Night Football match up with their NFC North rivals.

A win is important for both teams to create separation between themselves and the rest of the conference.

The ATP World Tour Finals 2013 group stages will begin to play on Monday afternoon at the O2 Arena in London, and all eight contenders have their own reasons why they want to succeed in the ultimate ATP tournament of the season.

Speaking ahead of their UEFA Champions League battle against Arsenal on Wednesday, Borussia Dortmund midfield ace Marco Reus believes that his current goalscoring condition may contribute to his side’s objective of securing a victory against the Gunners.

After going down 2-0 to Newcastle United on Saturday in the English Premier League, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is contemplating on reshuffling his starting 11 on Wednesday against Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League.