U.K. soccer team Manchester United has replaced Germany's Bayern Munich as China's most popular team online, according to a new industry report.
Newly-promoted sides FC Crotone (3-18-4, 13 points) and Cagliari Calcio (8-13-4, 28 points) are set to face one another in a 2016-2017 Serie A season match at the Ezio Scida Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 26.
Middling squad AC Chievo Verona (9-11-5, 32 points) will take on the challenge of cellar-dwelling side Delfino Pescara (2-17-6, 12 points) at the Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Stadium on Feb. 26, Sunday as the 2016-2017 Serie A season continues.
Bottom three team US Citta di Palermo (3-17-5, 14 points) is scheduled to face middling side UC Sampdoria (9-9-7, 34 points) on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Renzo Barbera Stadium as the 2016-2017 Serie A season moves forward.
Defending champions Juventus FC (21-4-0, 63 points) will host lowly team Empoli FC (5-13-7, 22 points) in a round 26 match of the 2016-2017 Serie A season at their home field of Juventus Stadium on Feb. 25, Saturday.
Third-running team SSC Napoli (16-3-6, 54 points) and fellow contending squad Atalanta BC (15-7-3, 48 points) are set to square off at the San Paolo Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 25 as round 26 of the 2016-2017 Serie A season commences.
The NBA trade deadline has passed and as always, there are some winners and losers.
There were two notable debuts in the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Houston Rockets. One of these players had a major role in his team's impressive win.
China is planning on building 50,000 football academies as part of its ambitious blueprint of becoming a soccer superpower.
In the aftermath of the NBA trade deadline, one of the rumored transactions that did not go down was a Ricky Rubio for Derrick Rose swap.
DeShaun Watson is looming as one of the top prospects for the 2017 NFL Draft alongside Myles Garrett. With many teams looking for a quarterback, he takes a mild swipe at the Dallas Cowboys to give up their assets and take him in.
The Miami Heat were not active participants before the NBA trade deadline with team president Pat Riley holding off any moves. According to the famed coach, he wants to see how far the current bunch will do and then evaluate from there.
Earvin “Magic” Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers caught up recently, spewing rumors of a possible Paul George trade talk. The NBA trade deadline has passed and the meeting was nothing more than an exchange of pleasantries.
At the trade deadline, Andrew Bogut of the Dallas Mavericks was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the package for Nerlens Noel.
The WWE is slowly building up the feud between WWE champion Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton as they are expected to face each other at WrestleMania 33. However, the latest WWE rumors suggest that the WWE champion could be turning babyface before the big event on April 2.
