Pep Guardiola's former team meets his current employers in a friendly on Wednesday, as European champions Bayern Munich host Barcelona with relations strained between the Spaniard and his ex-club.
On Tuesday, Barcelona named former Paraguay manager and Argentina midfielder Gerardo Martino as head coach to replace Tito Vilanova, who resigned Friday as he battles against cancer.
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Juventus topped the 2012-13 Champions League prize money table, collecting more than 65.3 million euros ($86.3 million) from UEFA despite losing in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Bayern Munich.
UEFA published figures Tuesday showing that Bayern got 55 million euros ($77.7 million) in payments and bonuses, edging beaten finalist Borussia Dortmund (54.16 million euros; $71.55 million).
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If Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter don't like the hole location for the par-3 15th at Oak Hill in the final round of the PGA Championship, they might want to take it up with the fans.
After all, the fans are going to decide where to put the pin.
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Protective no more, Major League Baseball players are downright disgusted these days with doping and the trashing of the game's image.
Now they are demanding even stiffer suspensions for those caught cheating.
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said Cristiano Ronaldo will end his career with the Spanish giants and has denied receiving any bids for the Portugal forward.
Manchester United fans long for the return of Ronaldo, whom the English club sold to Madrid for a record 80 million pounds (then $131 million) in 2009.
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Barcelona reached an agreement Tuesday to sign Gerardo Martino as coach for two seasons, replacing Tito Vilanova.
Barcelona said it will specify plans for the Argentine's arrival in Barcelona "in the coming hours." Martino is expected to travel from Argentina to sign a contract and be presented officially to the club.
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Two-time world champion Casey Stoner will test ride with his former Honda team in Japan next week, fueling speculation he is considering a return to MotoGP.
Stoner will join Honda for a two-day test at the Motegi circuit aboard team's world championship-winning RC213V bike. He will have further sessions on August 6 and 7.
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Novak Djokovic attributes his success in recent years to a change of diet. Now he'll be sharing his nutrition tips in a book to be released before the U.S. Open.
"Serve to Win" is the title of Djokovic's "nutrition-based performance guide" that is to be published next month.
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Australian rider Stuart O'Grady has announced his retirement, one day after completing a record-equaling 17th Tour de France.
The 39-year-old O'Grady called time on a 19-year professional career after a strong performance by his Orica GreenEDGE team in this year's Tour. Teammate Simon Gerrans won the third stage and O'Grady stood on the podium when the Australian-based outfit won the team time-trial in the fourth stage.
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Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia got stuck trading elbows and kicks with a French challenger.
Five-time world champion Thomas Lurz of Germany had to waste precious energy fighting off herds of competitors just to get around the buoys lining the course.
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