The 2021-22 UEFA Champions League group games are two match days away from Round of 16. So far, Liverpool of Group B, Ajax of Group C, Bayern Munich of Group E and Juventus plus Chelsea of Group H have all secured their places in the next stage.By contrast, other heavyweights like Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan are not lucky. One careless loss could easily cost their chance of carrying forward in the tournament.

In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three sliding disciplines – bobsleigh, skeleton and luge – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.Though they vary in the speed athletes can reach during competitions – luge can surpass 140 kilometers/hour, the fastest – all of them seem more breathtaking than the craziest rollercoaster you can find.Bobsleigh is usually a team event, but women's monobob will be included in Beijing 2022 for the first time in Winter Olympic history.Skeleton may have only two events, but they are no less exciting than other disciplines because who does not love watching athletes race face down and head-first at 130 kilometers/hour?

It has been almost a month since the 2021-22 NBA regular season started and this year's rookies are finding their positions in their teams.Some are doing well like Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Scottie Barnes of the Toronto Raptors and Chris Duarte of the Indiana Pacers.Some are taking more time like Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons, Jalen Green of the Houston Rockets and Jalen Suggs of the Orlando Magic.Transition from college to professional league is never easy, but some mange to do it faster and smoother.

The manager has been a very complicated role in football since the sport grew popular, but it's never easy to explain what exact duties a manager shoulders in a team. Meanwhile, the evolution of football itself and different circumstances in the game further complicate what a manager means to their team.That's why finding a proper manager who can play the correct role matters a lot to a franchise.

In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three disciplines – speed skating, short track speed skating and figure skating – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.Though they sound and look similar, speed skating and short track speed skating vary a lot in almost everything.Though figure skating seems like nothing but dancing on ice, ice dancing has its distinguishing qualities compared with the other four events under this discipline.

Scoring used to be easy in the NBA until the 2021-2022 season. The arrival of shooting foul calling changes and the new Wilson basketball took many star scorers by surprise at the free throw and 3-point line.Suddenly their old tricks cease to work, and defenders are emboldened to go aggressive trying to stop them.The league has made changes from time to time since its birth 75 years ago. Most of them are controversial because there are always players who have to change their game. The interesting part is that although the league introduced the changes, they rarely foresaw how it would play out on the court.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, manager of Manchester United, again saw his job hang by a thread after the 2-0 loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday.As one of the category of former club legend tuning manager, Solskjaer has had a very disappointing managing record at United so far despite the unreasonable tolerance the Red Devils have for him.Former Barcelona icon Xavi Hernandez will soon be on the same trip at the Camp Nou as the new boss of the La Liga giants. Will he follow Solskjaer's road of failure or make a difference?

In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in four disciplines – cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping and Nordic combined – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.There are 12 events in cross-country skiing, the longest one is basically a marathon on snow.Adding shooting to cross-country skiing creates a new discipline, biathlon, which has 11 events.Some of the athletes will have a "flying" contest after descending from a specially designed ramp in five events of ski jumping.And by putting cross-country skiing and ski jumping together, they will have another three events of Nordic combined to compete with each other.

The Miami Heat have been the most dominant team so far in the 2021-22 NBA season. Not only did they lead the Eastern Conference with the 6-1 record, they also have top two offensive and defensive ratings of the league. If stats are not convincing enough, they process of the Heat's victories plus the opponents they beat are all sending one message to the rest of the teams: A new king is here.

Who could have imagined that the Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors could start the 2021-22 NBA regular season both with four straight wins and lead the Eastern and Western Conferences? Meanwhile, perhaps even fewer saw the struggle the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers currently face coming; they both have Big 3.It has been only four, five games since the season began, so it's still too early to come to any conclusion. But there are good reasons behind the rise of the Bulls and the Warriors, just like there is something seriously wrong with the Lakers and the Nets.