Two Major titles, world number one, money titles on both sides of the Atlantic, and still only 23 -- but as Rory McIlroy made crystal clear this weekend, he's just getting started.

The tousle-haired, approachable Northern Irishman has ambitions way beyond his humble roots in Holywood, a port town near Belfast, with an eye on golf's most coveted records.

Chelsea star Frank Lampard is poised to follow former teammates Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka with a lucrative move to China, after Guizhou Renhe confirmed Monday they were in talks with him.

The England international midfielder has been linked since March with a move to the Chinese Super League.

Ethiopian runner Kadir Pecaro won on Sunday the 42-kilometer race at the 2012 BLOM Beirut Marathon.

Hussein Awada was the first Lebanese runner to finish the same race run on Sunday with a time of 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Andy Murray swept into the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals as the world number three defeated France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) at London's O2 Arena on Friday.

After Novak Djokovic's win over Tomas Berdych earlier on Friday, Murray knew he only needed to take one set off seventh seeded Tsonga to guarantee his third appearance in the last four of the season-ending event.

Mike Brown was fired as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after the team started the NBA season by losing four of its first five games, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said Friday.

The firing came only hours ahead of the Lakers playing host to Golden State, a game in which the squad will be guided by assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff on an interim basis. A search for a new head coach is already under way.

World champion Sebastien Loeb, lying second overnight, picked up two of Saturday's opening three special stages to take command of the season-closing Rally of Spain.

The Citroen ace heads the standings by 18.9sec from Ford's Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala, with another Ford competitor, Norway's Mads Ostberg, who had led Loeb overnight, 47.9s away in third.

South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai beat Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia 3-0 to claim their first AFC Champions League title on Saturday.

Kwak Tae-Hwi struck in the first half, and Brazilian striker Rafinha and Kim Seung-Yong scored after the break in a comprehensive win for the hosts at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.

The American University of Beirut is coming out in full force this year at the 2012 Beirut International Marathon, participating with 600 students and staff, under the slogan “Run AUB Run” to promote well-being for the individual and the community, a press release said Friday.

For AUB, marathon day will be more than a race or a healthy way to spend a Sunday morning. It will also be an opportunity for community members and charitable donors to support two worthwhile causes, while also joining in a fun activity.

Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant put in a strong fourth-quarter performance to guide the Thunder to a 97-91 victory at the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.

Durant scored 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, sealing the win with an off-balance jumper off one foot with 35.1 seconds to play.

The annual United Nations charity match featuring former World Cup winners Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane will be played in Brazil.

The 2013 "Match Against Poverty" will take place in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on December19 at Gremio's brand new arena.