When South Korean YE Yang held off Tiger Woods to win the 91st PGA Championship last month, most of the golf world was shocked, and China's Wu Ashun was among the amazed.
Losing his US Open title and 41-match winning streak was a huge blow but Roger Federer says he will spend no time in brooding over it.
Golf is still Tiger Woods and everyone else. He still doesn't have a rival, only occasional lapses.
Star hurdler Liu Xiang has modest expectations heading into the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Sept 20, his comeback meet after 13 months on the sidelines with an ankle injury.
Nine-year Yanina Wickmayer only picked up a tennis racquet as she needed some time out from her dying mother's battle with cancer.
Steve Stricker can build a strong case for the Deutsche Bank Championship being the biggest victory of his career.
The China Reds, a squad of about 30 Australian expatriates, will battle nine other teams for the regional Australian Rules crown over the next week in Malaysia's capital.
Despite becoming Asia's first major winner, South Korea's Yang Yong-eun believes it will be another 20 years before a player from the region becomes world No 1.
Chinese star center Yao Ming might be able to recover from surgery on his broken left foot and play for the Houston Rockets in the 2009-2010 NBA season.
Current men's singles world No 1 Wang Hao's relationship with former national teammate Peng Luyang was recently disclosed by local media and their romance has been accepted by team officials.
China's embattled men's basketball coach, Guo Shiqiang, faces the axe after another poor performance by the national team at the FIBA Stankovic Basketball Continental Cup.
It may be time to extend those sand pits because Usain Bolt is considering the long jump.