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Manchester United got the better of Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

A pallor hung over what was predicted to be a "perfectly pleasant" evening for baseball, as Monday's MLB game between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves was moved to Tuesday evening, making it the second game of a doubleheader.

It seems that we won’t be seeing much of professional tennis player Marin Cilic these days.

The first New Zealander to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is set to become one of the assistant coaches of the San Antonio Spurs this coming 2013-14 season.

Canadian professional tennis player Aleksandra Wozniak could not contain her emotions upon knowing that her boyfriend Louis Leblanc was among the team’s first cuts from the training camp.

Can Iran and Vietnam give top-ranked teams Japan and China a run for their money? The quarterfinal round of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship begins on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, and with the matches shifting to a do-or-die format, even the higher-ranked teams can now feel the pressure of a possible upset.

In college basketball, there are the big schools, and then there are the others. Not everyone can get into the likes of Duke or North Carolina or UCLA, but some of those who don't, make it to the other schools. And man, do they play with a vengeance! Remember Jeremy Lin, Courtney Lee, and Larry Bird? They have one thing in common: all of them went to smaller colleges with proud basketball traditions (in the case of Harvard, though, they're still working on it).Here are some mid-major ...

With a scoreline of 6-1, Real Madrid defeated Galatasaray in a very convincing fashion.

FC Porto will be taking on FK Austria Wien on Wednesday in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League.

Japan and China beat separate rivals Tuesday in the second round action of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, to top their respective groups going into the knockout rounds.

Due to her controversial scoring on the recent Mayweather-Alvarez Bout on Saturday, CJ Ross has taken an indefinite leave of absence.

Bundesliga giants FC Schalke 04 will be playing FC Steau Bucaresti on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely the boss.

According to Urban Dictionary, the term hoochie mama is used to describe “a woman who dresses sexy but no longer fits the typical description of attractive.”

The top-seeded teams played true to form on opening day of the 2013 World Cup of Pool, notching separate victories to open their campaign off the right foot in the tournament held at

What do you do when you have a boatload of money and nothing to use it on? Why, spend it on sports, of course! Some people buy season tickets and box seats, while others buy islands and build golf courses.Others, though, buy not just seats or islands, but entire teams. After all, what better way to spend your money than to invest in something that makes even more money (and brings pride to your city of choice)? NBA teams -- the gift that keeps on giving. And sports fans everywhere love them...

What do you do when you have a boatload of money and nothing to use it on? Why, spend it on sports, of course! Some people buy season tickets and box seats, while others buy islands and build golf courses.Others, though, buy not just seats or islands, but entire teams. After all, what better way to spend your money than to invest in something that makes even more money (and brings pride to your city of choice)? NBA teams -- the gift that keeps on giving. And sports fans everywhere love them...

Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) will go head-to-head with Olympiacos FC on Tuesday for their first fixture in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League.

Chelsea FC will be going against Swiss titlist FC Basel on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

September 18 and 19 should prove to be exciting, as only the strongest teams were able to make it to the knock-out quarterfinals to be played in Ljubljana. At the end of the group stages, those who advanced were the ones who won the games that really mattered. Such is the weight of the second round that even those that had good first-round results did not even make to the quarterfinals. Finland had a 4-1 card in Group D play, but dropped two second-round games to finish with an inferior quotient...

In what could be a telling revelation for the latest scandal to rock Australian sports, members of the embattled Southern Stars soccer team spent a week in Bali shortly before being arrested on Sunday, according to Fox Sports.

Considered giants in their respective countries, Borussia Dortmund clashes with Napoli on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League.

Maria Sharapova failed to compete in the recent 2013 U.S. Open due to a shoulder injury.

NBA superstar Dwayne Wade, or who is popularly known as D-Wade, almost missed LeBron’s 3-day wedding event on the weekend of Sept. 13 to 15 at the Grand Del Mar Hotel in San Diego, Calif.

UEFA Champions League Scores & Live Stream Coverage - Bayern Munich will kick off its Champions League title defense on Tuesday, facing an up-and-coming football power in CSKA Moscow. Meanwhile, Manuel Pellegrini and Manchester City will travel to Czech Republic to face Viktoria Plzen at Struncovy Sady Stadium at 2:45 a.m (Manila/ Perth Time).

It looks like rapper Snoop Dogg is going to stay true to a song titled Smoke Weed Everyday.

The best pool players in the world converge at York Hall in London from Sept 17 to 22 to decide this year’s champion in the sport at the 2013 World Cup of Pool. Once again, 32 teams from 31 nations will battle for World Cup prestige and the $60,000 top prize for the champions.

Where in other sports, a player's contract determines his or her worth, soccer is different: players are ranked based on their transfer fees. A transfer fee is a sum paid by the club wanting to acquire a player to the player's old club. In effect, it determines the market value of a player.

Arsenal FC goes against Olympique de Marseille on Tuesday for matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League.