As white-shirted juniors trade titanic serves and blistering backhands under the watchful eyes of coaches from the All England Club, you might think you're courtside at Wimbledon.
SAO PAULO - Less than three years after the most humiliating loss of its proud soccer history, a resurgent Brazil on Tuesday became the first team to qualify for the World Cup in Russia.
SAO PAULO - During his first media conference as a Brazil player in eight months on Monday, Neymar didn't mince words.
LONDON - Fueled by the pain of past rejections and revitalized after turning vegan, Jermain Defoe insists he can defy age by firing England to the World Cup.
England manager Gareth Southgate has taken issue with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish's views on the international tug-of-war involving Cote d'Ivoire winger Wilfried Zaha.
Changsha, the scene of China's recent World Cup qualifing victory over South Korea, will become the first non-European host of the annual World Football Forum in May.
MADRID - Barcelona and Spain have been searching for a player to hold their teams together like glue, orchestrating the midfield as Xavi Hernandez used to do for club and country.
The ice could have been better and the lighting should have been brighter.
Head coach Li Yan said on Sunday that China's short-track speed-skating team for next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has almost been finalized.
HELSINKI - As Yuzuru Hanyu prepares for his Olympic title defense, the Japanese star said conditions are perfect for him to recapture the men's world figure skating championship from reigning two-time champ Javier Fernandez of Spain.
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