China due to take on Montenegro
In basketball,
Hosts China are up against Montenegro at the Sino-European Men's Basketball Championship in Harbin.
That match got underway a few minutes ago.
Last night, China edged Serbia 82-77.
Center Wang Zhelin scored 15 points to lead the Chinese squad to victory.
Liu Xiaoyu and Zhou Peng had 13 points apiece
In the NBA,
It is reported that the Houston Rockets has signed rookie forward Clint Capela.
Capela is the 25th overall pick in the first round in this year's NBA draft.
The Rockets considered keeping the Swiss native in Europe for another season with hopes of using his salary-cap space to try to sign free agent forward Chris Bosh.
But Bosh has re-signed with the Miami Heat.
Capela will be on the Rockets' roster next season.
In other action,
The Dallas Mavericks have voided the contract of Rashard Lewis, as the free agent forward needs surgery on his right knee.
Lewis was expected to back up Dirk Nowitzki at power forward.
Meanwhile, it's being reported the Mavericks are to sign point guard Jameer Nelson
Three matches of the 2014 Chinese FA Cup due to begin
There are three matches left tonight in the last 16 games of the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.
The main focus should be given to a match between Henan Jianye and Guangzhou Evergrand, which is set to kick off at 8 pm tonight.
In the upcoming quarter-finals,
Beijing Guo'an will face Shangdong Luneng.
Qingdao Zhongneng will face on Jiangsu Sainty.
Shanghai Shenhua will play the winner of the match between Suzhou Jinfu and Shanghai Shenxin.
Tottenham signs Vorm and Ben Davis from Swansea
Tottenham Hotspur has confirmed that it has signed Dutch international goalkeeper Michel Vorm and left-back Ben Davis from English Premier League rivals Swansea.
The 30-year-old Vorm is part of Netherlands' World Cup squad that finished third in Brazil.
But Vorm didn't have a chance to feature in any match.
The keeper has signed a four-year deal with Tottenham, while the 21-year-old promising side-back Davis has inked a five-year contract.
Van Gaal guides Man United to 7-0 Victory in Debut
At the Guinness International Champions Cup,
Real Madrid is training in California ahead of their Champions Cup opener against Inter Milan at 6 am on Sunday Beijing time.
Los Blancos have been busy in the transfer market adding World Cup winner Toni Kroos and tournament top scorer James Rodriguez to their ranks.
Teamate Gareth Bale talked about good the Colombian star is.
"Yeah, he is obviously. He has shown in the World Cup what a good player he is and yeah, I think when you come to the Real Madrid, you want to play with the best players. So hopefully he can produce what he did in the world cup as well. And yeah, I think if you are signing great players and it is always going to help the team. And yeah, hopefully we can win the Champions League again this year with him as well."
And with Rodriguez and Kroos joining the likes of Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo on the Real squad, football purists will be drooling at the potential of Carlo Ancelotti's starting eleven.
In other action,
Manchester United has opened its summer tour with a surprisingly polished win over the LA Galaxy from the MLS.
Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal has celebrated his debut with Man-U, watching Wayne Rooney score twice late in the first half of a 7-0 victory.
Van Gaal notably introduced some changes to the Manchester United playing strategy, saying he wants to play with two strikers instead of four.
"When I am introducing a new system then every good result helps and that is what I mean, that that helps with confidence in the new system. So, it's better to win 7-0 than to loose then the players shall doubt the system and now I don't have that problem."
It is the first official match for the 62-year-old Van Gaal to work as the manager of Man United after he replaced the sacked David Moyes two months ago.
Van Gaal led the Netherlands to a third-place finish at the 2014 World Cup.
The Commonwealth Games is underway in Glasgow
Around 6,000 athletes have gathered in Glasgow for the opening of the Commonwealth Games.
The athletes represent 71 Nations and territories and are set to participate in different 17 sports, beginning today.
There are a significant numbers of Olympic medalists taking part.
One of the biggest draws at the games will be six-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica.
The world record holder for the 100 and 200 meter races has confirmed he will take part in the sprint relay.
Bolt has been recovering from minor surgery and a hamstring injury.
The Jamaican says he is back in sub 10-second shape after training twice a day to get ready for the Commonwealth Games.
Events and races will continue at 13 venues across the city until the closing ceremony on August 3.