The Boston Red Sox won the World Series after a 6-1 win over the St Louis Cardinals in game six at Fenway Park. Shane Victorino's three-run double in the third inning was followed by the hosts scoring three more in the fourth to comprehensively wrap up a 4-2 series win.
It took Victoria Pendleton until she was 24 to become world champion at the third attempt. Earlier this year, Becky James achieved it at the age of 21 in her debut championships in Minsk.
Tickets for January's NBA game between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks in London went on general sale on Friday morning.
Ding Junhui began his match against Peter Ebdon in October and sank the winning ball in November as he stayed on course for a third successive title.
British Cycling chief executive Ian Drake and former Olympic 400 hurdles metres champion Sally Gunnell have been appointed to sit on Sport England's board.
Chris Froome has won the Velo d'Or award as the best rider of 2013, just 12 months Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France.
Olympic legend Lord Sebastian Coe is set to be portrayed in film by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. The film, titled Gold, tells the story of Coe's iconic rivalry with Steve Ovettm and is directed by James Watkins - who Radcliffe worked with on 2012 film The Woman in Black.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: I never realised I had an addictive personality until I went to the Priory. It probably took another 10 years to accept that I was an addict.
Ronnie O'Sullivan suffered an early exit from the International Championship in Chengdu after Liang Wenbo recovered from three frames down to win.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: I announced I was going to take six months off straight after the 2012 World Championship. I couldn’t balance work, family and the custody battle — and work had to give.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN TALKS TO MARTIN SAMUEL: The current world champion opens his heart on the torment that has pursued him throughout his life.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: Before I met Damien Hirst I didn't know he was the most successful artist in Britain. I was with him one night and he made a fortune.
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN: I was world champion in 2004, but not in the best of spirits. I'd been in the Priory, come out, been clean for nine months, which was wonderful. I went to meetings every day.
The son of the heroic British driver who pulled Niki Lauda out of his burning Ferrari to save his life at the Nurburgring has died in a freak accident in Australia. Sean Edwards, 26, was the passenger in a Porsche which reportedly hit a tyre wall at Queensland Raceway, west of Brisbane, during a private test.
Martina Navratilova has hit out at the International Olympic Committee over what she perceives to be a 'lack of action' regarding Russia's new law.
Jimmy White believes it is 'inevitable' that the snooker World Championship will be moved to China in the future.
Mo Farah's training programme is under threat after Kenya's sports minister queried why he is allowed into their country for vital high-altitude running.
Brooklyn Beckham follows in dad David's footsteps with trial at Manchester United
David Beckham's son Brooklyn is training at Manchester United
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England need star quality, I'd bring back Cipriani
Our star columnist's plan to radically overhaul England's backline
Jermain to go! Striker fears axe in January
Jermain Defoe fears Tottenham are trying to force him out of White Hart Lane as they continue to stall on talks
Monaco consider £34million swoop for Arsenal ace Walcott
French giants Monaco are considering a 40million swoop for Arsenal's Theo Walcott
Cardiff lead chase for Zaha as Man United consider loan move
Cardiff City have asked Manchester United about the possibility of signing Wilfried Zaha on loan
Ten out of ten! Roma break Serie A all-time winning record
Roma became the first team to win their opening 10 Serie A games of the season
Liverpool can claim top four triumph, says Rodgers ahead of tricky Arsenal test
Kop boss Brendan Rodgers talks up his side's chances
Home Office tackle Cardiff's Kazakh as visa issues force him to stand down
Cardiff's appointment of Alisher Apsalyamov took a farcical turn
'We know Joe is No 1!' Rodwell backs keeper
Under-fire Joe Hart has been backed by his team-mates to keep the No 1 goalkeeper spot at Manchester City
Andy Murr-inho! Wimbeldon champ recovering at Chelsea
Andy Murray once harboured football ambitions, and now he is living the dream
Raikkonen on missing list as Finn finally heads for Abu Dhabi
Kimi Raikkonen has fallen out with his team and was damned if he was going to turn up
They are seven brilliant young athletes with the same mouth-watering ambition — winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. And for the next three-and-a-half years, Sportsmail has teamed up with the National Lottery to follow their journey to Brazil. After the success of Tom Daley, Louis Smith and Co in the Magnificent Seven series ahead of London 2012, these seven athletes are aiming to follow in their footsteps.
We are in a warehouse in south London and gymnast Max Whitlock is covered in black body paint. Only his gym shorts, brown eyes, immaculate white teeth and sculpted muscles stand out as he leaps around in front of Sportsmail photographer Andy Hooper's camera, looking like a super hero from a comic book and loving it.
ROAD TO RIO 2016: It's not been long since I got back from Frankfurt with the GB team where we won the European championships, and it was a fantastic tournament. It feels good being a European champion!
The National Lottery has announced £347 million of funding to over 1,300 elite athletes across the four year Olympiad ahead of Rio 2016.
It's been a hectic few days but I'm now settled in at the Team GB holding camp in Barcelona. It's good to be out here and training.
Adam Gemili, one of Sportsmail's seven Road to Rio athletes, reveals all about becoming the second Briton to run 200m under 20sec.
His journeys have become Odyssean in nature and obstinate in purpose, but Doctor Andrew Murray's next challenge is to lead Scotland's athletes in Glasgow.
Scottish swimmer Craig Benson talks about the host nation's chances in the pool where he hopes the likes of Craig McNally and Dan Wallace can challenge the English and Australia.
From today, one million tickets go on sale for the Commonwealth Games and here's how to get your hands on them.
The World Championships were just an amazing experience, my first time in Russia, and Moscow is a terrific city. I was excited to make the final.
There will be 15 venues used for competitions during the Commonwealth Games, ranging from the Hydro Arena to the picturesque Strathclyde Country Park.
From today, one million tickets go on sale for the Commonwealth Games and the priority is to make the experience affordable and simple.
Introducing Sportsmail's fantastic new columnists, who will take you on their own personal journey - all the way to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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