Nadal powers into quarter-finals
Rafael Nadal beats Feliciano Lopez in straight sets to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

Daley 'to dive in Commonwealths'
World champion Tom Daley still aims to compete at October's Commonwealth games despite pulling out of the 10m platform competition at the World Youth Championships.

Penn State suspends mascot after cited for underage drinking
The man behind the mascot at Penn State is in trouble with the law.

England cruise to T20 series win
England record their seventh successive victory in Twenty20 internationals and a 2-0 series win over Pakistan with an emphatic six-wicket victory in Cardiff.

Ex-Tiger mistress in Ground Zero flap
Former Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel, whose fiance died in the Twin Towers on 9/11, visited Ground Zero last week to shoot scenes for her upcoming appearance on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab," the New York Post reported Wednesday.

Report: Patriots' Spikes in steamy video
The NFL is looking into reports of a sexually explicit video purportedly including the New England Patriots rookie linebacker Brandon Spikes, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday. A source with knowledge of the situation told the paper that Spikes is seen in the video with a woman.

Azarenka collapses at broiling U.S. Open
Victoria Azarenka collapsed and had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair half an hour into her second-round match against Gisela Dulko at the U.S. Open.