Formula One will have a record 24 Grands Prix in 2024 with China back on the calendar after a five-year absence.
LeBron James announced on Thursday he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh at the Miami Heat next season, ending one of the biggest transfer sagas in U.S professional sports.
Six-time Miami champion Serena Williams and five-time runner-up Maria Sharapova remained on another Sony Open collision course after each recorded fourth-round wins on Monday.
Argentine Guillermo Canas tamed big-hitting Croat Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 6-2 to reach the final of the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday, underlining his return to top form following a 15-months doping ban.
That decision opened a path for him to target a 10th title at the Grand Slam and tie Rafael Nadal's mark of 22 majors.
Andy Murray recovered from an early setback to beat Austrian Dominic Thiem.
'They banned us from Wimbledon and what did it change? Nothing - they're still doing this and this is the sad (part) of this situation'
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek upset second seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Max Mirnyi of Belarus to win the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Saturday. The newly-formed Indo-Czech pair needed 82 minutes to prevail 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek laboured their way to the pre-quarterfinals of the Miami Masters after downing Marcos Baghdatis and Sam Querrey.
Serena Williams and her sister Venus are in preliminary talks to become part-owners of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, the 11-time grand slam winner confirmed on Wednesday.
The world No.1 maintained his stranglehold over the Croat to lift his second straight Nasdaq-100 Open title.
Karanjit Singh signs one-year contract extension with Kerala Blasters FC
David Beckham took time out from overseeing his Inter Miami side's dreadful run of form to take in the action on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
His representative Benito Perez-Barbadillo said the results of the surgery were expected on Saturday.
In individual doubles rankings, Sania is now only 145 points away from becoming World No 1.
Brazil forward Neymar has signed for Al-Hilal from French champions Paris St Germain
Novak Djokovic was not the only Serb making sporting headlines this week. Nikola Jovic led the Detroit Nuggets to their first NBA Championship. Meet the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs delivered a decisive end to LeBron James's two-year reign atop the basketball world by routing the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday to win the NBA Finals four games to one.
Adding to the joy of India's World Cup triumph, tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their second title of the season by clinching the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to become number one in the ATP World Tour Doubles Team Rankings.
The Indian ace was beaten by Spaniard Maria Sanchez Lorenzo in the Nadaq-100 Open WTA Tour tennis tournament.
Britain's Andy Murray defeated Spain's David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 in a gruelling Sony Open final in Miami, on Sunday to move above Roger Federer to second in the world rankings.
World No 1 Serena Williams overcame a wobbly start to open the defence of her Sony Open crown with a spirited 7-6(9-7), 6-2 win over Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova on Thursday.
The French Open, which Nadal has won a record 14 times including last year, starts on May 28.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a potential quarter-final clash with old foe Jannik Sinner in his US Open title defence, and American Coco Gauff is on a collision course with defending champion Iga Swiatek on the women's side.
World number one Novak Djokovic will be able to compete at the US Open this year after the US government said on Monday it will end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami as well as the ongoing Monte Carlo Masters after suffering the injury he suffered at the Australian Open.
Lionel Messi has already proved to be a team player at his new club Inter Miami as the Argentine forward surprised a team mate in the players' group chat.
Cristiano Ronaldo said there is no chance of him playing club football in Europe again and that the Saudi Arabian league is better than Major League Soccer.
He has been indicted on seven federal criminal charges for retaining hundreds of classified government documents and even making false statements after leaving the White House, it reported.
Coco Gauff was left star-struck by Justin Bieber in the crowd during her US Open match with Elise Mertens.
Djokovic unsuccessfully applied to the US government for special permission to play at Indian Wells and Miami.
Argentina have called up Mallorca's Spanish defender Pablo Maffeo for the first time ahead of this month's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil in the squad announced by its FA on Friday.
The Sony Open in Miami was locked down while the bomb squad investigated a suspicious package on Tuesday, preventing thousands of spectators from entering or leaving the sprawling tennis complex.
Not only the senior team but the young Blue Colts also emerged victorious in the SAFF Men's U-19 champions after hammering Pakistan in the final and clinching a vigorous 3-0 victory.
After missing last year's Sony Open, both World No 1 Rafael Nadal and 17-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer return to South Beach this week along with their box office punch.
A prosecutor on Monday dropped charges against a 20-year-old college student who jumped out of the stands, ran onto the field and hugged Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo during an exhibition match in Miami in August.
Victory over Medvedev meant Alcaraz became the youngest man to win the Indian Wells and Miami Open titles, a feat dubbed the 'Sunshine Double'.
Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday
The stakes could not be higher in Sunday's Flushing Meadows final between Spanish teenaged phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz and Norwegian Casper Ruud, with the US Open trophy and the world number one ranking awaiting the winner.
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