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Less than a month of retirement, linebacker James Harrison has returned to his former team, Pittsburgh Steelers.

Top and higher seeds Philippines (no. 1), Finland (no. 8) and Greece (no. 13) took care of business in the Round of 32 of the 2014 World Cup of Pool beating separate opponents on opening day of the tournament held at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.

Two other seeded countries— Italy (no. 16) and Japan (no. 12) weren’t as successful and suffered the upsets on the first day of the pool championships which offers a prize pool of $250,000.

Shoe company Nike let go of one of its endorsers UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones over his altercation with Daniel Cormier while promoting his upcoming fight last Aug. 3.

It looks like the French are pulling all stops in trying to upset Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka and the rest of the Switzerland team in the championship round of the 2014 Davis Cup.

Latest comments from Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck about Rajon Rondo's stubbornness and uncoachability has renewed talks that the mercurial point guard may want out of Boston.

Mick Schumacher, son of racing legend Michael Schumacher, is following his father’s footsteps in the racing world. In the recent Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) KF-Junior Championships held in Essay, France, “Mick Junior” landed in second place behind British driver Enaam Ahmed, who took home the junior world championship.

The Los Angeles Lakers will also depend upon Jeremy Lin for leaps and bounds of improvement to be competitive this season.

Oceania countries such as Australia and New Zealand will soon participate in the 2017 Asian Games as Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Shiek Sabah confirmed the arrangement to allow the countries to send participants.

As the boxing community waits for the result of Floyd Mayweather Jr's appearance before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday to explain two scenes shown on the Showtime programme All Access, a news Web site hit the boxer for his alleged hypocrisy.

McLaren is accusing Red Bull that the latter sent illegal coded radio messages to Daniel Ricciardo during the Singapore Grand Prix last Monday. Red Bull has vehemently denied the claims saying that there was a real issue with the battery of their car.

Ugandan football player Musana Fahad, 24 years old, has died of unknown reasons after watching Frank Lampard of Manchester City force a tie against Chelsea in a match last Saturday.

Serena Williams of the United States of America (USA) suffered a second round defeat at the 2014 Wuhan Open after suffering from a viral illness and withdrawing from the match in just the first set of her match against Alize Cornet of France on Tuesday.

Pablo Zabaleta of Manchester City took to Twitter to post a picture of him being grabbed on the neck by Diego Costa of Chelsea while blasting the decision not to send off Costa during the 1-1 draw on Sunday.

World no. 1 Rory McIlroy recently announced that charitable foundation, The Rory Foundation will host the upcoming Irish Open in 2015.

The former strength and conditioning coach of Manny Pacquiao, Alex Ariza signed a 2-year contract with the undefeated American boxer, Floyd Mayweather.

Serena Williams revealed that playing less tennis is the key to her success that helped her extend her flourishing career.

World Cup of Pool Live Streaming - In what is dubbed as the most star-studded pool championships ever, the 2014 World Cup of Pool breaks the action on Tuesday featuring six matches on opening day of the tournament held at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England.

Former Liverpool FC defender Daniel Agger hinted that a lack of frankness on the part of Reds boss Brendan Rodgers led to his exit.

NBA NEWS - The Boston Celtics rebuilding process is taking a lot of time even as they failed to swoop in on a big-time free agent signing or trade for a big name star in the 2014 offseason. Front and centre of the process is star point guard Rajon Rondo, who will become a free agent himself after the 2014-2015 NBA season.

Arsenal FC defender Mathieu Debuchy underwent a left ankle operation after suffering an injury during his side's Premier League clash against Manchester City.

Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler take the main event of UFC 181 on December 6 at Las Vegas after the outfit confirmed that Chris Weidman will be sidelined due to a hand injury moving the Weidman-Belfort match to February of next year.

Darko Milicic, the no. 2 pick in the draft that produced the likes of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade is shifting to a new sport after an unsuccessful NBA career. The Serbian big man signed a contract with the World Associations of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO).

Liverpool FC boss Brendan Rodgers is determined to stick with Steven Gerrard amid claims that his ageing skipper is not as effective anymore.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, who has a reputation for losing his temper, blasted his players following their humiliating 5-3 defeat at Leicester.

Fury indicated he would keep silent until his fight with Dereck Chisora in November.

Brie Bella reveals that the real reason why she is taking a hiatus from World Wrestling Entertainment is to care for his husband and wrestler Daniel Bryan, who is also currently sidelined after undergoing neck surgery.

Chicago Bears quarterback completed two touchdown passes to lead the his team struggling with injuries past the New York Jets, 27-19 on the road in a Monday Night Football (MNF) in Week 3 of the 2014 National Football League (NFL) regular season.

Leicester City faces another tough challenge at home against Manchester United in Sunday night football game. In an encouraging return to Premier League, Leicester City is already an established and tough opposition.

Sprint star and world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, is scheduled to watch the grand finale of the Australian Football League between Sydney Swans and Hawthorn Hawks.