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Federer to Face Murray in Scottish Charity Match

Tennis great Roger Federer is set to play his first match in Scotland after it was announced Thursday he would face local hero Andy Murray in a charity exhibition in Glasgow on November 7.

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Robben Relishing Bayern's 'Week of Truth'

Arjen Robben is relishing Bayern Munich's forthcoming "week of truth" when they host Arsenal in the Champions League with the German champions currently struggling for form.

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Man United Announce Record Quarterly Figures

Manchester United announced record quarterly revenues and profit for the last three months of 2016 on Thursday despite the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League.

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Int'l Trade Union Begins Qatar 2022 Stadium Inspections

International trade union inspectors have visited the Qatar World Cup 2022 stadium where a Nepalese laborer died last year, a joint statement from tournament organizers and workers' representatives said Thursday.

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Sharapova Handed Madrid Open Wildcard

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been handed a wildcard for the Madrid Open in May just weeks after completing a 15-month ban for doping, organizers confirmed on Wednesday.

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Barca Announce Suarez Cup Red Card Appeal

Barcelona will appeal against the second yellow card given against Luis Suarez in their Spanish Cup semi-final that will see the Uruguay forward miss May's final, the Spanish champions said on Wednesday.

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Juve Extend Serie A Lead with Comfortable Win

Champions Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points with a comfortable 2-0 win at lowly Crotone on Wednesday.

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Olympics: Paris Woos Ambassadors and Diplomats for 2024 Bid

The Paris 2024 bid team presented its project to 80 foreign ambassadors and diplomats in the French capital on Wednesday.

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Olympics: Trump Says He Has Helped LA 2024 Games Bid

President Donald Trump says he thinks he has helped the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics but was unsure if his controversial travel restrictions might hurt the U.S. bid.

Trump made his comments to the Westwood One Sports Radio Network on Sunday, noting that he had been asked to support the US bid and thought his talk to Olympic officials went well.

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Winter Olympics: S. Korea Builds It but Will Fans Come?

Across the road from the pentagonal arena which will host South Korea's Winter Olympics opening ceremony a year from Thursday, bundles of dead fish dangle from a wooden frame outside Lee Yong-Oon's shop.

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