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Former American Football Safety Darren Sharper, who used to play for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and New Orlean Saints, was arrested on suspicion of rape charges in Los Angeles, Calif.

So much for an acid road test, the Portland Trail Blazers are supposed to be challenge in a current four-game stretch against Western Conference contenders but have already passed with flying colours after winning convincingly over the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks in their last two games.

The Brooklyn Nets are coming off a recent success abroad after winning against the Atlanta Hawks in London. They hope to bring the same effort when they return home to New York and face off with the Knicks on Sunday night.

Liverpool are reported to be stepping-up their chase for winger Mohamed Salah by negotiating formally with his mother club, FC Basel, this week.

Rajon Rondo is back for the Boston Celtics, but with the trade deadline roughly a month away, his return for the green may be short-lived as the rebuilding squad will look to trade him this season.

After the second and third seeds of the 2014 Australian Open advanced Sunday, it’s now the turn of 1st seed Rafael Nadal of Spain and 4th seed Andy Murray of Great Britain to prove their worth as the world’s top players as they face dangerous opponents in the third round of the tournament in Melbourne.

Guys can breathe a sigh of relief because Kate Upton is still single.

The Dallas Mavericks are reportedly open to make moves before the Feb. 20 trade deadline, according to the team's top front office man. And with Memphis Grizzlies All-Star forward Zach Randolph on the trading block, the Mavs could make a gamble and grab the double-double machine.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to have problem than anybody expect, if he decides to pick Great Britain welterweight champion Amir Khan as his next opponent for his May 3 showdown at MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Showtime Boxing analyst Steve Farhood.

Three of the world’s top eight players— Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Stanislas Wawrinka already booked a place in the quarterfinals after hacking out separate victories on Sunday. A day later, it's the turn of the other top seeds, including Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray to try to join them in the elite eight of the 2014 Australian Open.

According to Floyd Mayweather, he already offered Manny Pacquiao a fight before securing the Filipino boxer a $40 million prize money.

Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be eyeing Manny Pacquiao as his last opponent before he closes out the curtain of his legendary boxing career in September, 2015. Following Mayweather's announcement of his possible retirement from the sport at the end of his six-fight deal with Showtime Boxing, speculations immediately flooded several boxing forums as boxing fans talked about the never-ending Mayweather vs. Pacquiao saga.

Now the truth is out - undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr has been using all excuses not to engage eight-division title holder Manny Pacquiao in the ring because he is afraid of the Filipino southpaw.

The AFC Championship Game will not only feature the battle between two of the conference most dominant teams - the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos - all season long. It will also set the stage for the showdown between signal-calling greats Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

Arsenal are reported to be keeping an eye on FC Barcelona youth sensation Munir El Haddadi, who could follow the footsteps of former Arsenal skipper, Cesc Fabregas.

Except for close second and third sets in separate matches for David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic, the top seeds had little trouble in their respective third round match-ups in the men’s singles competition of the 2014 Australian Open.

Sports fans around the world were shocked before the New Year upon hearing the news that Michael Schumacher got into a critical skiing accident that led him to a coma. Schumacher, who turned 45 at the hospital, hit a rock while skiing and landed with his head first on a boulder.

After clinching the most prestigious award for an individual in the football world, Cristiano Ronaldo is set to fulfill a promise that he made to a group of persons, which is, buying each of them a new ride.

Nick Young received a one-game suspension after throwing punches to Goran Dragic during the game between Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns on Wednesday.

Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin managed to crack into the top-5 of Western Conference All-Star backcourt for the second straight season, though it looked he would come up again short this year as Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant and Golden State Warriors hot shots Stephen Curry continue to occupy the top two spots.

One of the contestants that stood out in the Wednesday's episode of the 13th season of American Idol auditions is New England Patriots' cheerleader Stephanie Petronelli.

Legendary Boxing trainer Freddie Roach really believed Floyd Mayweather will eventually accept to take on his prized-fighter Manny Pacquiao in September, if everything falls in place. Though no one really considers the trainer's comment seriously, the showdown of the century might really happen soon as Oscar De La Hoya expresses his desire to end the "cold war" in boxing.

Rajon Rondo will be back playing in the NBA this Friday when his Boston Celtics face the Los Angeles Lakers as confirmed by Celtics team’s president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. Rondo is coming off the first major injury in his career tearing the ACL in his right knee in the 2012-2013 NBA season.

The Portland Trail Blazers (29-9) have impressed the basketball world with a surprising start in this NBA regular season. They will be put to test—if they are indeed legit contenders—when they face quality West teams in a road trip beginning against the San Antonio Spurs (31-8) on Friday night.

Since being trade by his former team, James Harden could only muster one win in four regular season games against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which also ousted Harden’s Houston Rockets in the 2013 NBA Playoffs.

Oscar De La Hoya is a "changed man," seriously! After years of a bitter cold war between Golden Boy Promotions and Top-Rank Boxing, the founder of GBP Promotions wants to end this "status quo" once and for all, as he aims to arrange mega-fights, featuring fighters from each stable.

Seeded players continued to fall in the second round of competition in the women’s side of the 2014 Australian Open. Seven ladies got the boot in the first two days or the first round, and four others joined them in the sidelines as the upsets, at least in the ladies division, piled up in Melbourne.

Boxing superstars Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are scheduled to fight in 2014.

The Philadelphia 76ers are aggressively shopping Evan Turner and Spencer Hawes as the trade window comes down to its final one month, a source close to the situation reported on Thursday.