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Sir Alex Ferguson, former Manchester United manager talks about his one-time star midfielder David Beckham had "lost focus" and blames former Spice Girl Victoria Adams on her influence over the talented footballer's career.

FC Anzhi Makhachkala will be hosting Tottenham Hotspur FC on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League.

In the latest episode of the ongoing Alex Rodriguez saga, the hard-hitting slugger seems to have found hisdefense.It comes in the form of the oldest trick in the book: ignorance.

After suffering back-to-back defeats in the Premier League against Manchester City FC and West Bromwich Albion FC, Manchester United FC Manager David Moyes is still contended with ending their game with a draw against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

Westbrook underwent an arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Tuesday when the OKC’s medical team identified in a previous procedure that there was “swelling due to a loose stitch.”

This iteration of the New Orleans Pelicans will try to push the ball as much as they can. They certainly have the personnel for it, as Evans, Holiday, and Eric Gordon team up for what could be one of the best small-ball tandems in the league.

Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova and China’s Li Na rode the first bus to the quarterfinals. Six other players will join them after Thursday night as six more Round of 16 matches are on tap in the women’s singles competition of the 2013 China Open.

Sports Illustrated (SI) knows that people just can get enough of supermodel Kate Upton.

FC Bayern Munich employed Pep Guardiola’s system of possession football as they shattered Manchester City FC in a 3-1 victory.

Overtaking Roger Federer is not the top priority of Rafael Nadal.

Michael Jordan spoke about his one-on-one domination against high school star O.J Mayo during an interview with 2K sports producers last Monday. Just two days later, the evidence has finally surfaced after Larry Brown Sports posted the video of his Airness teaching the young blood a 'lesson' on the hardcourt.

Aussies Bernard Tomic and Marinka Matosevic battles Richard Gasquet and David Ferrer respectively, in the Round of 16 stage of the tournament with a prize money of roughly $2,315,250.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in Real Madrid FC’s clobbering 4-0 win against FC København on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.

Young players who have made a habit out of talking smack to opponents might want to re-think what they're doing.Especially if their opponent's initials are M.J.

With Spaniard Rafael Nadal breathing down his neck and aiming to steal that ATP number one ranking, Novak Djokovic is pressed to perform well, or at least better than Nadal, in the 2013 China Open. The 26-year-old Serbian meets another player from Spain in Fernando Verdasco in the Round of 16 stage of the tournament held in Beijing, China.

Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City Thunder is putting up his 5,545 square foot home in Gaillardia for sale.

There is just no stopping him from showing off his godly figure.

Lamar Odom has consistently managed to stay in the headlines in recent weeks because of his alleged drug addiction and marital trouble with reality TV Star Khloe Kardashian.

Anyone who thinks the government shutdown would not affect sports in any way is dead wrong.The Defense Department announced on Tuesday that sports competition at service academies will be put on hold while the shutdown is in effect.

VIDEO: Pittsburgh Pirates Get First Playoff Win Since 1992, Fan Jumps Off Bridge, Lives To Tell The TaleAfter the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds in their wild card playoff match-up, 5-2, it seemed like the whole of Steel City got lit up. After all, it was the first playoff appearance for the Pirates -- not to mention their first winning season -- since 1992, and the city's other sports teams, including the Steelers, haven't given residents much to cheer about.

It seems like no National Basketball Association (NBA) team is interested in the services of Delonte West. No worries for the 30-year-old NBA veteran, as Chinese Basketball Association’s (CBA) Fujian SBS Sturgeons is willing to give him a shot as both parties agreed to a short-term one-season deal Wednesday.

Here are the teams that have taken giant leaps in the latest FIBA world rankings. All of them performed well in the 2013 continental championship cycle, and by the time FIBA World Cup 2014 comes around, some of them will improve their rankings even further.

After holding SSC Napoli goalless, Arsenal FC boss Arsene Wenger praised his team's performance on the pitch, particularly Mesut Ozil.

Paris Saint-Germain FC boss Laurent Blanc will not take visitors SL Benfica lightly on matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest sports personality to have started his own line of underwear collection.

China’s Li Na has a total of seven WTA singles titles and $12,108,289 winnings in her career but none came in the China Open. A curious fact considering she has homecourt advantage in this tournament with the event happening in Beijing, China.

Bayer Leverkusen boss Sami Hyypia said that his squad is prepared to face Real Sociedad on Matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League.

In an extensive four minutes plus interview to promote a basketball video game-- NBA 2K14 -- Michael Jordan Uncensored— NBA legend Michael Jordan stated that the only player that can beat him one-on-on when he was in his prime is Kobe Bryant.

FIBA world rankings are computed according to an eight-year cycle, taking into account the following tournaments:- Continental championships (FIBA Asia, FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, Eurobasket, FIBA Oceania) - FIBA World Cup (FIBA World Championship until 2010) - Olympic basketball tournamentWhenever a new tournament is played, the one that took place eight years before is dropped from the computation. Teams' placings in the tournaments determine the points they have gained or lost, ...