Olympic 100-meter hurdles champion Sally Pearson will lead a team of 46 Australians to the world athletics championships in Moscow from August 10-18.

Pearson, who has been struggling with hamstring injuries, returned to form with a win last weekend in the Anniversary Games in the London stadium where she claimed Olympic gold last year.

A year after the summer Olympics in London, Britain's U.N. ambassador handed a baton to Brazil's U.N. envoy, whose country will host the next summer games in Rio in 2016.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recalled running in London's torch relay and said he was happy to witness Monday's passing of the baton — "the great relay that symbolizes our common goals and values, and our commitment to use the games as a platform to promote mutual understanding and peace."

President Barack Obama says the San Francisco Giants are making a "habit" of dropping in at the White House.

Obama welcomed the 2012 World Series champions Monday at a South Lawn ceremony honoring their victory and their community service work.

Christian Benitez, a football star from Ecuador who led the Mexican league in scoring last season, died Monday a day after playing in a game for his club in Qatar. He was 27.

The Qatari club El Jaish provided no details about the death but said Benitez did not complain about his health Sunday. The team is awaiting a medical report.

Melanie Costa made a little bit of history with her silver medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle on Sunday — and the Spaniard didn't even know it.

By finishing second behind runaway winner Katie Ledecky at the raucous Palau Sant Jordi pavilion on Sunday, Costa became the first woman born in Spain to win a medal at a long-course swimming world championships.

Dominika Cibulkova avenged one of the worst losses ever in a WTA Tour final, outlasting Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the Bank of the West Classic on Sunday.

Seven months after failing to even win a game against Radwanska in the Sydney final, Cibulkova came out aggressively and put the top-seeded Radwanska on the run. The third-seeded Cibulkova overcame two service breaks in the final set — both on double-faults — to win the final four games.

Top-seeded John Isner won the Atlanta Open on Sunday, beating second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in the tallest final in ATP history.

The 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) Isner, who lost in the Atlanta final in 2010 and '11 to fellow American Mardy Fish, won his seventh career title. Anderson, standing 6-foot-8 (2.03 meters), was seeded second.

Retired rider Erik Zabel has told a German newspaper he used banned substances including the blood-booster EPO and cortisone over several years of his career.

Zabel, who won 12 Tour de France stages and earned the sprinter's green jersey six times on the Tour, retired in 2008. Last year he said he briefly used EPO in 1996.

Pope Francis urged young Catholics in Brazil to become "athletes of Christ" Saturday, telling them Jesus offers something "bigger than the World Cup" in the country hosting the 2014 tournament.

The Argentine pontiff, a fan of the sport, used a football metaphor in this nation that won the World Cup five times to pursue his effort to re-energize Catholic faith during a week-long visit to Rio de Janeiro.

Most athletes can hardly raise a word after running hard over 3,000 meters.

But Mo Farah could hardly stop chatting away confidently about his chances of tasting more golden success at the world championships in Moscow next month.