Together they have written books, staged art exhibitions and performed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake.

Walking through the corridors of Bayer Leverkusen's BayArena, you get the sense this is a club proud of its past.

There was a time when Barcelona fans did not expect success. To wallow in pessimism was the accepted norm. Trophies? Titles? They were for others, usually the reserve of the grandiose club of the capital, Real Madrid.

It wasn't the way that Alistair Hargreaves expected to bow out -- after an innocuous clash of heads on the training ground.

European athletes approach social protest more cautiously than their American counterparts

One was a basketball fanatic who became an international soccer star.

In August 1996, Tiger Woods turned professional and set about changing the game of golf forever.