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Champions League action continues today after the opening fixtures of the group stage earlier this week, with Serie A giants Juventus set to battle Valencia CF on Wednesday evening at the Mestalla Stadium.

The Brazilian winger has been on the receiving end of criticism from Juventus fans and the wider football community for physically assaulting and spitting on a fellow footballer during a Serie A fixture.

A Spaniard who won the European Ladies' Amateur championship in July has been found murdered on a US golf course. There has been a bewildered reaction to the news on social media.

Maria Sharapova has built her way back to 24th in the WTA rankings after missing time in 2017 due to a suspension.

Soviet-born Gennady Golovkin lost his first fight at the weekend in a rematch with Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez but the pair are all set for a third and deciding battle next year. Sputnik looks at some of boxing's great trilogies.

On Sunday, Kenyan Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon by finishing the race in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds, chopping an astonishing 78 seconds of the standing record.

Conor McGregor is currently engaged in a verbal feud with his future opponent in the ring - Khabib Nurmagomedov - following their previous confrontation when the Irish fighter assaulted a bus full of UFC combatants.

The 33-year-old Portuguese football star has scored his first goal for the Italian club Juventus during the fourth Serie A game of the season, against Sassuolo.

On Friday, Russian-born unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and Mexican professional boxer Canelo Álvarez took weights ahead of their anticipated Saturday rematch in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had proposed a compromise to the Russian side that ultimately can allow restoring the rights of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the BBC reported.

The conflict between the fighters has been going on for almost a year, mostly on social media. However, both will soon have a chance to resolve the spat in the UFC Octagon in the near future.

Italian club S.S.C Napoli currently sit fifth in the Serie A standings after a mix start to the season, and despite the transfer window being closed, the rumor mill has tied the club’s star player with a potential move to England’s top flight.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Wednesday that it had extended the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), urging Moscow and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to boost their efforts to break the stalemate.

Russian ice hockey great Alexander Ovechkin has posted a photo, in which he can be seen standing next to Brazilian football icon Neymar, who has been widely criticized for his on-field theatrics.

Right now, South Africa's Springboks team remains in second place, nine points behind New Zealand's All Blacks in the Rugby Championships.

The retired Argentine football ace, who had a well-publicized love affair with cocaine, opened up on his past struggles with addiction during his maiden press conference at a Mexican club, which is based in the hometown of the infamous drug cartel Sinaloa.

The US tennis star's conflict with an umpire during a US Open match has spurred numerous battles on social media regarding alleged gender inequality in the sport. Williams received three code violations during game, losing a point at first and then the whole game.

The football legend resigned as Real Madrid manager in May 2018, citing the club’s "need for change," despite winning the Champions League three times in a row.

A video posted online captured the scary moment when Riga Dinamo goalie Kristers Gudlevskis took a speeding puck right to his face after a powerful clapper by Denis Kulyash, a defenseman for the Cherepovets-based team Severstal.

In the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, which saw Liverpool battle Real Madrid, Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah was left with a shoulder injury after a controversial tackle by Sergio Ramos, just weeks before the World Cup.