One by one the Russian teen figure skaters took the ice for the free skate at the Beijing Games, and one by one they attempted the four-revolution jumps that are common in the men's competition.

Beijing may be the last Olympics any woman attempts a quad.

When Kylian Mbappe took center stage again for Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League this week, it must have been a rather strange feeling for Neymar.

Returning from his latest injury, the world's most expensive player was among the admirers as Mbappe slalomed through Real Madrid's tiring defense for yet another last-gasp winner.

After dropping out of the Champions League, Barcelona now faces a difficult task just to qualify for the round of 16 in the Europa League.

In its first appearance in the second-tier European competition in nearly two decades, the Catalan club was held 1-1 by Napoli at Camp Nou Stadium on Thursday in the first leg of one of eight playoffs between third-place finishers in the Champions League groups and Europa League group runners-ups.

The Lebanese basketball team arrived Thursday at Beirut's Airport from the United Arab Emirates, after winning the Arab Basketball Championship for the first time.

Lebanon had defeated Tunisia Wednesday night in the 24th Arab National Basketball Championship at Al-Nasr Club Hall in Dubai.

Heavy snow fell throughout Sunday at the Beijing Olympics disrupting several events and forcing athletes to battle through treacherous conditions in the pursuit of gold. 

Diogo Jota is squeezing every moment out of his understudy role in the Liverpool attack.

Even with Egypt striker Mohamed Salah back available after a month away at the African Cup of Nations, Jota still started and scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Leicester on Thursday.

A Ukrainian skeleton athlete ended his third run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night by revealing a small sign to the cameras urging peace in his homeland.

The message from Vladyslav Heraskevych read: "No War in Ukraine." The sign was printed on a blue-and-yellow piece of paper, matching the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Formula One extended its contract to continue racing in Bahrain until 2036, saying Friday that the Middle Eastern country holds a "very special place in our sport."

The Sakhir-based circuit has held F1 races since 2004 and will stage the season-opener next month.

Police are punishing Chinese traders for cashing in by reselling scarce dolls of Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen at up to 10 times retail price.

Buyers stood in line overnight in freezing weather and emptied store shelves after the Winter Games opened Feb. 4. News reports say factory employees were called back from their Lunar New Year holiday to make more panda mascots.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's right to compete in the women's event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Testing Agency — on behalf of the IOC — said Friday they would fight the decision by Russia's anti-doping agency to allow the 15-year-old Valieva to skate. The Russian agency provisionally banned Valieva on Tuesday because she failed a doping test in December. After an appeal, the agency lifted the ban Wednesday.