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While many of Australia's top male and female professional cyclists are lining up in the Tour de France or Giro Rosa this month, Australia's next crop of future stars are in Noosa for the 2013 Cycling Australia U19 Road National Championships which begin on Thursday.

Former Butler Bulldogs coach Brad Stevens is named as the 17th head coach in Boston Celtics history.

Robert Pattinson’s ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart stuns in black-and-white ensemble at the Chanel haute couture show in Paris Tuesday, looking her radiant self and happier amidst reports that her ex has finally moved on with her former co-star and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. said Manny Pacquiao's career is on a decline and he isn't interested to fight the former pound-for-pound champion, the undefeated American boxer said in an interview with Doghouse Boxing.com last week.

Thiago Silva will be playing for Barcelona next season, joining Brazilian teammate Neymar in the Spanish La Liga powerhouse.

The highest classification of America's pastime is set to honor the firefighters who died while trying to contain a furious wildfire.

The Houston Rockets have already made their pitch to sign top free-agent center Dwight Howard and they are confident they did enough to convince the All-Star bigman to join them next season.

Top-Rank boss Bob Arum said he's planning to stage a big event in Singapore around October as part of the effort to promote the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios this coming November in Macao, China

It looks like Robert Pattinson is enjoying the taste of freedom after splitting from Kristen Stewart, his girlfriend of four years. The British-born actor was spotted anew, with another woman, only this time, the red head looks like K-Stew.

Even though Brazil won the Confederations Cup over Spain, protests addressing poor government services ensued.

The hugely controversial grand prix in Bahrain will be in early March, a couple of weeks earlier than the traditional season opener at Albert Park outside Melbourne.

Today's Daily Reckoning takes a break from normal operations so we can bring you an exciting discussion on Port Phillip Publishing's latest investment service: Revolutionary Tech Investor.

Alastair Cook, Captain of the England Cricket team is destined for greatness on the cricket pitch, according to Kevin Pieterson.

Jobe Watson might not get love from the West Coast fans, but the Essendon Football Club captain is still a sports hero for Twitter users. Watson was reduced to tears when he was booed during his team's match against West Coast Eagles at the Patersons Stadium in Perth on Thursday, but was inundated with love and support on Twitter the next day.

The recent upgrade of the Makybe Diva Stakes gives Australian horse racing over 70 Group 1 horse races in a year.

Wondering what’s on the other end of the hot footballer bare backside? Football hunk, Mark Sanchez has been caught with his pants down, baring his butt naked and topless as he was dancing with two scantily clad women and all for everyone to see, in a 20-second semi-nude video that has gone viral.

Aaron Hernandez, former New England Patriots tight end, has been charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits. A "selfie" photo, in which he is seen flaunting his Glock handgun with one hand and a camera phone on the other in front of a mirror, is going viral on Twitter.

A series of poor performances in 2013 may be starting to take their toll on former world number one Rory McIlroy.

World number one Tiger Woods has aggravated an elbow injury and won't play in another event until next month's Open Championship.

The much-awaited slugfest between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez is on! On Monday, Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime Boxing held a press a conference to introduce the two gladiators who are going head-to-head inside the ring on September 14 at MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Italian striker Mario Balotelli will not anymore play a single game in the Confederation Cup after suffering a thigh injury in Saturday's 4-2 loss to Brazil.

Former Chelsea and current Napoli manager Rafael Benitez believes Carlo Ancelotti is the perfect man to manage Real Madrid, believing the Italian football tactician is going to lead the Los Blancos to greater glory than his predecessor.

U.S. basketball legend Scottie Pippen has been named a suspect in a felony assault investigation. The retired NBA player allegedly knocked out a man in California on Sunday night.

Ken Duke made history on Sunday when he became the oldest maiden winner on the PGA Tour since 1995 when he won the Travelers Championship on the second play-off hole.

Former Boston Celtics forward Antoine Walker said he's ready to be the next coach of the Boston Celtics after bench tactician Doc Rivers was traded away to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

Amid their victory over England in the Champions Trophy, the Indian cricket team is thinking about the victims of the monsoon rains and floods back home.

Rafael Nadal isn't blaming anything - including his fragile knee - in the wake of the greatest upset in Wimbledon history. Nadal, seeded no.5 and considered the favorite in the grass court Grand Slam tourney, bowed out in a shocking fashion to Belgian Steve Darcis in straight sets, 7-6 7-6, 6-4 on the first day of the Wimbledon Open.

Maria Sharapova was not pleased when Serena Williams apparent dig on her personal life in a recent interview. The 26-year-old Russian tennis player said that the American court diva should talk about her own chaotic love life if she wanted people to talk about her.

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have been the kings of the boxing world for over a decade now. With age starting to become a factor for these proud ring gladiators, many boxing followers are slowly shifting their attention to the future of the sport.