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WBC and WBA Light Middleweight titlist Saul 'Canelo Alvarez' easily shed two pounds from his natural weight of 154 pounds to make the catch-weight stipulation of his mega-buck fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Canelo's pre-fight success went more than making the 152-pound catch-weight. Little did everybody know, Boxing's newest poster boy can also make a statement - at least on the weighing podium.

The FIBA EuroBasket 2013 championship gets even more exciting as the tourney moves days away towards the knockout stages. France and Spain have surprisingly dropped their opening game in the second round, putting in a pressure cooker to perform way better in their next two games.

Her name is Sandy Schultz and she is Khloe Kardashian’s new nightmare as Lamar Odom’s third known mistress. Only this time, Sandy talks of great love for “Lam Lam.”

Still smarting from his U.S. Open loss just days ago, Novak Djokovic will try to lead his country, Serbia over Team Canada in the 2013 Davis Cup Semifinals. The world number will face Vasek Pospisil while compatriot Janko Tipsarevic will take on Milos Raonic, Canada’s top-ranked player at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.

Davis Cup 2013 World Cup Playoffs - the best tennis nations in the world are scheduled to hit the tennis court in the weekend with eight World Group spot up for grabs in the Davis Cup World Cup playoffs (September 13 to 15).

Khloe Kardashian’s husband, Lamar Odom has spoken out about the alleged drug use and he has set the record straight: he’s not using drugs.

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie feels that Australia has a better chance of winning on Saturday against Argentina.

Manila, Philippines - Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose is all set to make his much awaited return in Manila this weekend and every basketball addict out there is talking about arguably the biggest event this September.

With Ewen McKenzie changing tactitcal plans in anticipation of the match against Argentina, ex-Wallabies coach Eddie Jones thinks that such was not a good idea and that McKenzie's men "couldn't play any dumber."

Professional tennis player Maria Sharapova got sour with Chelsea on her talk show on Tuesday.

Coming into the Test against Argentina on Saturday, Pumas assistant coach Graham Henry cautioned Ewen McKenzie’s Wallabies to avoid employing “chessboard rugby.”

Michigan State stand-out Durrell Summers will be playing for the Wollongong Hawks in the 2013-2014 season of the National Basketball League.

Rafael Nadal won the 2013 U.S. Open, beating Djokovic on Sept 9.

After witnessing the Wallabies lose five out of their last six tests, former Wallaby Michael Lynagh criticised James O'Connor for the latter’s seemingly lax demeanor.

Ex-NRL player Anthony Watts is facing an eight-week ban as a punishment for biting an opponent’s crotch during on the Gold Coast during a local rugby match.

Ferrari has announced the signing of Kimi Raikkonen. He returns to the Italian team to share leadership with the Spaniard Fernando Alonso.

New York Knicks franchise player Carmelo Anthony has the option to opt out of his contract after the 2013-2014 season, but as early as now, he’s telling the New Yorkers that he’s leaning towards staying with the franchise.

In the midst of Spain’s campaign at the 2013 FIBA Europe Championships, Marc Gasol found time to comment about his new Memphis Grizzlies head coach and the style he’ll bring to the team. And he’s excited about the plans for the Grizzlies to use a more fast-paced offense for the new season.

It was a marathon pool session not for the faint of heart. The last 32 players of the 2013 World 9-Ball Championship began play 11 am on Thursday at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. Roughly 12 hours later, the final four was set.

Golden State Warriors Harrison Barnes and Klay Thompson are both willing to make the sacrifice—with lesser minutes or giving up the starting spot—to pave way for new acquisition Andre Iguodala, who was signed by the team in the offseason.

Sixteen teams including Australia will be vying for the title in the 17th Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship scheduled from September 13 to 21, 2013 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Opening day is set Friday and simultaneous games will kick off the competition starting at 2 p.m. Australia time.

FIBA Eurobasket play resumes on Thursday, opening with a trio of potentially explosive match-ups that are sure to make any basketball observer stand up and take note. The usual suspects are present, of course, but one underdog team is threatening to disrupt the prevailing order in European basketball.

After a 0-0 draw against Ukraine, England Manager Roy Hodgson is hearing it from his critics.

In order to retain their eligibility, players would often let tutors do assignments, received answers to exams in advance, and were put in courses with professors who had reputations for being lenient, especially towards athletes. At least thirteen former Oklahoma State players revealed that they were involved in one form of academic cheating or another, and another 16 had coursework done for them.

Coming into the match on Saturday, Argentina is optimistic that they will be able to put up a good game against the Wallabies because of invaluable information from long-time New Zealand coach, Graham Henry.

Adam Goodes, who went down with a knee injury and has not played since June, will need to impress the in training, for him to be able to land a starting spot for Sydney Swans on Saturday.

Undoubtedly, the Mayweather vs. Alvarez bout on Saturday is going to be the biggest boxing event of 2013.

,The final face-off before the actual bout between Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez happened on Wednesday afternoon, and both fighters were raring to go at each other’s throats days before the classic clash set on Saturday, Sept 14, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For most people about to tie the knot, a one-day wedding for 300 people is already big. This is not the case with Miami Heat forward and NBA champion LeBron James, who is going to get married to his long-time partner on Saturday.