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He won 95% of his matches and opened an oceanic gap on the No. 2 player. This year Roger Federer became the MJ of tennis

From the beginning, the life of China's biggest sports star was shaped by two powerful, often competing forces: his mother and the Communist government

Had Dick Vitale been in Shanghai last Thursday, he certainly would have touted these aspiring sumo wrestlers as diaper dandies. A group of local kids socked it to 297-pound Tokitsuumi, who was part of a delegation of...

Senior editor Hank Hersch admits he initially viewed the subject of the globalization of sports (page 72) with a bit of trepidation. How, he wondered, do you get your arms around a story that's as much about the...

With renowned stars like Yao Ming who transcend borders, the NBA and the other U.S. major leagues are banking on big help from abroad to generate growth