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FRANKFURT, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Ma Long beat longstanding rival Chuang Chih-Yuan from Chinese Taipei 3-1 on Tuesday at the 2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt in their 17th encounter.

(Photo credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports) The College Football Playoff Selection Committee has spoken, and sports betting fans can see their favorite school's path to a title. Embattled Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh isn't scared. He saw what the committee, chaired by a guy named Boo (Corrigan, athletic director at North Carolina State), did on Halloween and is ready for the challenge. Rival Ohio State, with coach R

CANBERRA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Football Australia (FA) has ruled out a bid for the country to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

(Photo credit: Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK) Last season Georgia had to rally from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to fend off upset-minded Missouri 26-22 and stay on its national title track. The Tigers (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) will take another run at upending the Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0) on Saturday in a game with postseason implications at Athens, Ga. Georgia is ranked No. 2 in the initi

(Photo credit: Craig Strobeck-USA TODAY Sports) Two of the worst defenses in the nation will be on the field on Saturday when Washington State hosts Stanford in Pullman, Wash. Washington State (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) ranks 120th nationally in total defense, allowing 446.0 yards per game, while Stanford (2-6, 1-5) is 126th (465.1 yards allowed up per game) of the 130 schools listed. Both teams struggle most against the pass, w

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Saudi Arabia was the only football association to present a bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup before the deadline closed, soccer's global governing body said on Tuesday.

FIFA had invited bids from Asia and Oceania for the tournament by October 31, and Saudi Arabia announced it would bid only minutes after the announcement on October 4.

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DOHA, 31st October, 2023 (WAM) -- Saudi Arabia is the only football association that presented a bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup before the deadline closed, the soccer's global governing body said on Tuesday.

(Photo credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports) Will Levis made a stellar first impression and is a near-certainty to start for the Tennessee Titans for the second time in five days. Meanwhile, Kenny Pickett insists a rib injury won't prevent him from answering the bell when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Titans on Thursday night. Tennessee (3-4) took the wrapping off second-round draft pick Levis this past Sunday, and

(Photo credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports) No. 7 Texas will again rely on a backup quarterback when it hosts No. 23 Kansas State on Saturday afternoon in a key Big 12 Conference battle in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) were the top-ranked Big 12 team in the season's initial College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday, but they share first place in the league with four other teams, including

A rendering of China's fifth Antarctic research station. /CMG

China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail from the home port in east China's Shanghai on Wednesday morning.

The team, comprising some 460 staff from more than 80 domestic institutions, will return in April 2024 after five months of expedition.

It will be the first time that China's Antarctic scientific exped

(Photo credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports) Auburn hopes to inch closer to bowl eligibility when it visits Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. The Tigers (4-4, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) had their best offensive performance in league play in last Saturday's 27-13 win over Mississippi State. Quarterback Payton Thorne was 20 of 26 for 230 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Running back Jarquez Hu

(Photo credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This year's championship-eligible team owners -- Rick Hendrick, Joe Gibbs and Roger Penske -- have 22 NASCAR Cup Series championships among their teams. One of their drivers has hoisted the season's most prized trophy for the last five consecutive years and 14 of the last 18 seasons. As representatives from each organization spoke to the racing media

(Photo credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports) Two-time defending national champion Georgia isn't viewed as the best team in the nation entering November. Ohio State (8-0) was the No. 1 squad in the initial College Football Playoff rankings of the season, unveiled Tuesday night at Grapevine, Texas. Georgia (8-0), which owns the nation's longest-active winning streak at 25 games, was selected No. 2. No. 3 Michigan (8-0)

(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports) James Harden has forced himself out of yet another NBA city, and the mercurial 34-year-old made a significant impact on the NBA title odds in the process. The Philadelphia 76ers finally agreed to move Harden to his preferred destination with the Los Angeles Clippers late Monday night, according to multiple reports. While it did not catapult the Clippers to favorite status i

(Photo credit: Matthew Dobbins-USA TODAY Sports) The Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors meet for the second time in six days, this time with a significantly different look, when the Northern California rivals go head-to-head Wednesday night in San Francisco. Stephen Curry won a scoring duel with rival point guard De'Aaron Fox 41-39 lastFriday when the Warriors, as they had done six months earlier in Game 7 of the

(Photo credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) Texas Rangers slugger Adolis Garcia has a moderate oblique strain and he, along with starting pitcher Max Scherzer, will miss the remainder of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Garcia left the Rangers' Game 3 victory in the eighth inning after experiencing side tightness following a swing. He underwent imaging on his torso before Game 4, allowing the team

(Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports) Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin upset Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, the No. 2 player in the world, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday in the Round of 32 at the Rolex Paris Masters in France. Alcaraz, seeded second, had not lost an opening match in 2023, a run of nine tournaments going back to 2022. He had not played since losing to Grigor Dimitrov 20 days earlier in the Shanghai round o

(Photo credit: Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) Atlanta United will be without one of the league's more productive players when they open their best-of-three first-round series at the Columbus Crew on Wednesday. Thiago Almada, a finalist for the MLS MVP and Young Player of the Year awards with 11 goals and 19 assists, will miss the opener after he was red-carded (two cautions) in the regular-season f

(Photo credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports) The Texas Rangers earned home-field advantage back with their 3-1 win in Game 3 of the World Series, and they will attempt to put a stranglehold on the series Tuesday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks trail the series 2-1 ahead of their second home game at Chase Field in Phoenix. QUICK PICK This is shaping up as a bullpen game for both teams. Left-hander Andrew Heaney (0-0)

(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) After sweeping a four-game road trip for the first time in a decade, the Anaheim Ducks will open a five-game homestand on Wednesday night when they host the Arizona Coyotes. The Ducks concluded their trip, which began with wins at Columbus, Boston and Philadelphia, with a dramatic 4-3 victory atPittsburgh on Monday night. Mason McTavish exited the penalty box after the f

(Photo credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports) Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy received a four-game suspension Tuesday for his check to the head on Florida Panthers blue-liner Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The discipline was handed down following McAvoy's phone hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety earlier in the day. McAvoy caught Ekman-Larsson's head with his shoulder after the latter already had played the

(Photo credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports) Jacob Wilkins, a top-40 recruit in the Class of 2025, announced Tuesday he will follow in the footsteps of his father, Dominique Wilkins, and play college basketball at Georgia. The younger Wilkins is a 6-foot-7 small forward rated No. 40 overall and a four-star by the 247Sports composite rankings. A Georgia native, Wilkins was choosing between the Bulldogs and Virginia, wh

(Photo credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) Texas Rangers slugger Adolis Garcia has a moderate oblique strain and is not in the team's lineup for Game 4 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Garcia left the Rangers' Game 3 victory in the eighth inning after experiencing side tightness following a swing. He underwent imaging on his torso before Game 4, allowing the team to

(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports) The NBA fined Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid $35,000 for repeatedly making an obscene gesture Sunday during the Sixers' 126-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, the league announced Tuesday. The incident occurred with 2:14 remaining in the third quarter, when Embiid made a two-point basket and was fouled by Malcolm Brogdon. Embiid missed the free throw. Embiid co

(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports) The Dallas Stars were a preseason favorite and they're proving those prognostications were true. Having won four of their past five games and running neck-and-neck with the Colorado Avalanche for top spot in the Central Division, the Stars take their show on the road to begin a three-game WesternCanada trip with Wednesday's clash against the struggling Calgary Flames. Dallas