The Netherlands' Princess Maxima has joined a thousand other swimmers braving a two-kilometer tour of Amsterdam's ancient canals to raise money for charity.
Amsterdam's murky canals are not officially designated as safe for swimming, but they are flushed with fresh river water nightly. Maxima wore a wetsuit to protect her from the chilly water.

Alberto Contador won his second Spanish Vuelta title on Sunday, capturing a fifth triumph at cycling's major races just over a month after his doping ban ended.
The Spanish cyclist navigated the straightforward and largely processional final leg into and around Madrid with ease to edge out Spanish compatriots Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez in the 21-stage race.

For the ninth consecutive year, Roger Feghali won Sunday the Lebanese
rally proving himself once again on the Lebanese rally arena.

Olympic champion Andy Murray, trying to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since 1936, withstood blustery conditions Saturday to beat Tomas Berdych and reach the U.S. Open final.
Third seed Murray advanced by defeating the Czech sixth seed 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) and will face either defending champion Novak Djokovic, the Serbian second seed, or Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer in Monday's final.

Copa America champions Uruguay slumped to their first defeat of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers on Friday as Colombia thrashed them 4-0.
Two-time world champions Argentina went top of the qualifying group with a convincing 3-1 home win over struggling Paraguay, for whom defeat saw them drop to the bottom of the table after six matches.

Serena Williams has overpowered every rival at the U.S. Open, showing no mercy to a world-class field that has been unable to slow an American juggernaut that appears bound for her 15th Grand Slam title.
The three-time U.S. Open champion has dropped only 19 games in six rounds, never suffering a break of serve while blasting a tournament-best 50 aces in only six hours and 37 minutes on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.

Germany coach Joachim Loew has admitted his side must convert more of their chances after laboring to a 3-0 win over minnows Faroe Islands in their opening World Cup qualifier.
Midfielder Mario Goetze's first-half strike and two goals after the break from Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil ensured the hosts at least started the road to Brazil 2014 with three points here on Friday.

Bradley Wiggins will begin a nationwide lap of honor on Sunday when the four-time Olympic champion and Tour de France winner is among the field in the Tour of Britain.
This July the 32-year-old became the first British winner of the Tour de France, road cycling's supreme test of endurance, and Wiggins followed that up in August with Olympic time-trial gold at the London Games.

England manager Roy Hodgson faces a nervous wait to discover if John Terry will be fit for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine after the Chelsea defender played through the pain barrier in the 5-0 rout of Moldova.
Terry suffered an ankle injury in the first half at the Zimbru Stadium on Friday and then aggravated the problem when he landed awkwardly after the break, but he initially refused Hodgson's offer to come off as England had already used all three substitutes.

Chicago Marathon director Carey Pinkowski confirmed Friday that the ban meted out to Lance Armstrong by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency means the cyclist can't run in the race.
Pinkowski issued a statement after Armstrong spokesman Mark Fabiani told Runnersworld.com that the cyclist and cancer activist, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life for multiple doping infractions by USADA, had been told he couldn't enter the October 7 event.
