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Roger Federer is perhaps the greatest player in the history of tennis. He should probably stick with his sport judging from his performance in the exhibition game called the Ball Hockey Challenge.

Manchester United will have to bid a fight with Arsenal to bring Mats Hummels to Old Trafford. The Dortmund center back was part of Germany's World Cup winning campaign. Mats Hummels has been praised by Louis van Gaal who continues to point that United still needs brains at the back.

The criticisms over eight-division title holder Manny Pacquiao's choice of new American boxer Chris Algieri as opponent for his Nov 22 bout continues with one expert warning the Filipino champ it is a lose-lose situation for him.

Spanish giants Real Madrid have confirmed the signing of Keylor Navas from Levante.

After following Falcao to AS Monaco, Real Madrid attacking playmaker James Rodriguez wants his compatriot to join him this time at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Due to his limited opportunities at Chelsea, Romelu Lukaku felt that he made the right decision when he opted to move to Everton.

Manchester United Transfer News - The chase for the services of Juan Cuadrado continues in the 2014 transfer season with three teams reportedly still in the running for the Colombian winger. Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich are all intrigued by Cuadrado, who had a very good performance at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho defied the odds when he was able to convince FC Barcelona star midfielder Cesc Fabregas to move to Stamford Bridge last month.

Ana Ivanovic has continued her mini-resurgence landing inside the top 10 of the latest WTA rankings after a respectable effort in the recently-concluded 2014 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, USA. The Serbian ace, who is a popular tennis player because of her looks than actual tennis accomplishments, is now ranked no. 10-- her highest since being ranked becoming world number one in 2008.

When LeBron James joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2014 offseason, people were banking on the fact that his close friend Ray Allen will follow him immediately to Ohio. The latter has yet to decide—which team to play for or to play in the league at all—on the next move of his colourful NBA career.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could be doing an "Ozil" on Real Madrid holding midfielder Sami Khedira after hinting interest, yet remaining mum on the matter.

Manchester United registered a place in the final of International Champions Cup final in Miami against old rivals Liverpool.

The star sprinter said he will call it quits at the end of the 2016 season. Rio Olympics will be his third and final Olympics appearance after his triumph in the Beijing and London Olympics previously.

Eleanor Patterson, at 18 years of age, has won a gold medal in the women's high jump event by jumping 1.94m, at the Commonwealth Games. A 12th grade student, made history for Australia as she became the first woman in 20 years to win a gold in the women's high jump event.

World's no.1 Novak Djokovic is facing tons of troubles on his way to the finals of Rogers Cup

Australian steeple chase athlete Genevieve LCcaze was vaulted into the spotlight after stage bombing Kylie Minogue's performance at the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli will not be making a move to Anfield anytime soon, as Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers declared that he has no intention of acquiring the troubled Italy international.

Former world's no.1 Rafael Nadal is back on the tennis court, practicing with his team days after suffering an injured right wrist that forced him to withdraw from tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati.

Paul George suffered a gruesome lower-leg fracture during the Team USA scrimmage, last Friday - perhaps one of the worst lower-leg injury in recent basketball history.

Jeremy Lin is looking forward to a new chapter of his basketball career as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., the world's most popular driver, completed a season sweep at Pocono Raceway, also his third win of the season as he heads into the NASCAR's version of the playoffs.

Former world's no.1 Roger Federer suddenly is in position of becoming a major contender at the upcoming US Open championship, not only because of Rafael Nadal's wrist injury but also his strong play throughout the year.

Just two weeks removed from his win at Royal Liverpool, McIlroy showed the mastery that is linking him to the legendary Phil Mickelson by easily erasing a three-shot deficit to Sergio Garcia in just three holes. He closed with 4-under-66 and a two-shot cushion for the Bridgestone Invitational glory.

Manny Pacquiao purchased an undisclosed number of shares in the Asian-based Mixed Martial Arts league, One Fighting Championship. CEO Victor CUI confirmed the development to Yahoo! Sports who first reported the financial move of the superstar Filipino boxer.

Audiences Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan got a triple treat when a supposedly boxing match between Brandon Rios and Diego Chaves turned into a wrestling match and a mixed martial arts affair all in one. In the end, Brandon Rios got the victory via a 9th round disqualification. He was also immediately booked into the hospital after sufferance from an assortment of injuries - a corneal abrasion, a shoulder injury and a concussion.

Maxim Australia celebrated its third birthday at Casa Blanca Bar Double Bay in Sydney on Aug. 1.

Juventus playmaker Arturo Vidal could be on the brink of joining English giants Manchester United, after Andrea D'Amico - Sebastian Giovinco's agent - revealed that the Chilean star is bound to leave Turin.

Aussie-born singer rapper Iggy Azalea is thriving in the music industry.

The Hockeyroos, Australia's women hockey team, reinforced that notion and took it to another level. Fifteen seconds away from bowing out with second place finish to England, Jodie Kenny saved the day by scoring the equalizer 1-1 at fulltime setting up an intense penalty shootout. During the shootout, goalkeeper Rachael Lynch provided the heroics by preventing three attempts by the opponents and sealing the 3-1 victory of the Aussies in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.