WATCH: Fans fight it out in US Open stands

Usually all the drama in a game of tennis is reserved for on-court action, but a video has been released which shows tennis action of a very different kind in the stands of the US Open. According to a New York tabloid, a fight in the bleachers between spectators erupted as Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner played nearby.

Both spectators were reportedly taken away by police following the conclusion of the fight. Djokovic secured a victory while all this was happening. Scroll down for video of the action.

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Mike Tyson says his performance in 'The Hangover' was merely to fund his drug habit

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has opened up to a number of different outlets recently about his drug addiction.
Most recently, he spoke with ESPN about how he only appeared as himself in 'The Hangover' - a blockbuster success of a movie about the misadventures of a few Las Vegas visitors - to fund his drug habit.

According to a popular website:

"I was doing that to supply my drug habit," he said. He added that he planned on selling bootlegs of the movie, but instead it was an "international success."


Tyson, who recently became a vegan, also took time while on the air to talk about how the death of his four-year old daughter impacted his life and decisions. Listen to the entire interview here.

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Is Rupert Murdoch looking to buy a baseball team?

The New York Post, a publication owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, has reported that its parent company is weighing up a bid on the bankrupt Texas Rangers, a team that may fetch some $400 million, the Post reports.

This isn't the first foray the media giant has made into the professional sports world, though. The company owned the LA Dodgers up until 2004 and is considering making a bid at Wednesday's bankruptcy court auction.


"It is kind of silly not to buy them," one source said. [New York Post]

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George Steinbrenner, Yankees owner, dies

The man known within the New York and national mainstream press as 'The Boss' - the owner of the New York Yankees - has died  of an unannounced cause.

Steinbrenner made his name, reports the LA Times, synonymous with the revival of the New York Yankees as the dominant baseball team within the United States.

As quoted in the obituary published in the Times:

"He was and always will be as much of a New York Yankee as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the other Yankee legends," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said. "Although we would have disagreements over the years, they never interfered with our friendship and commitment to each other. Our friendship was built on loyalty and trust and it never wavered."

He died in Tampa, Florida. He was 80 years old. [LA Times]

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Osama Bin Laden loves the World Cup as much as you do

When he's not making new videos to appear on his YouTube account, Osama Bin Laden - renowned destruction maker and jihad catalyst - enjoys unwinding with a bit of his favorite sport: football. Or,  at least that's what Newsweek would have you believe. 

The weekly magazine has reported that a group of heavily armed islamists, who Newsweek reports were great admirers of Bin Laden, had killed two soccer fans and told the others at a game-watching party to go home, while noting that the sport was 'ungodly'. "But if the Al Qaeda learned about the attack from his hiding place in Afghanistan", the magazine reports, "he would have most certainly disapproved". 

Bin Laden—whose strict Islamist worldview proscribes music, women’s education, gambling, drinking, homosexuality, and the shaving of beards—is a fan of the game, and his preferred position is center forward. He is one of the many jihadists who worship the world’s most popular sport. “It’s on the whole their favorite thing after jihad,” says Scott Atran, an American and French anthropologist who has studied the interplay between terror groups and soccer.

So, I suppose this means old Bin Laden won't be attacking a football stadium anytime soon. Good to know, I guess. [Via Newsweek]

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Proof that it's cool to support England

See, even David Cameron, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama are getting into the World Cup atmosphere. But perhaps what's most peculiar is that they're all supporting England. [Via Gawker]

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Venus Williams' French Open wardrobe malfunction

Although Venus Williams won her match at the French Open on Sunday, it was not the game itself that was interesting people concerning Venus, it was more how she was dressed.

The top ranking tennis player, who frequents the top list of the world's tennis elite with her sister, arrived at the court wearing what could only be described as a most unusual outfit, and one which revealed....a little too much.

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Woods' divorce talks turn nasty, reported NZ$1.1 billion settlement proposal

The New York Post has reported that the divorce talks between Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have been fairly civil up until now, but recently turned nasty as settlement proposals spiral up into the billions of New Zealand dollars.

Nordegren is also reportedly refusing to sign a lifetime "confidentiality clause" that would prevent her from writing a book or doing any interviews related to the collapse of the couple's marriage.

She also wants full custody of their two kids, the newspaper reported, even though it was first believed that they were going to agree to joint custody.

In addition to this, Nordegren has demanded, according to the Post, around NZ$1.1 billion in settlement money relating to any divorce.

It has been reported that Woods recently hired a lawyer to help handle any upcoming custody or family settlement arrangements.

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13 year old boy to become youngest person to climb Mt Everest

A 13-year-old American boy has set his sights on becoming the youngest person ever to scale the highest peak in the world.

Jordan Romero has already reached Camp 2, which is an approximately nine hour climb from Camp 1, seven and a half kilometers from the base of the mountain.

Climbers stay at around 3 or 4 'camps' before reaching the summit.

The Associated Press reports:

"Team Jordan is OK. We are trekking!" read the latest update from Romero's blog Friday morning.

The record for the youngest climber to scale Everest is held by Temba Tsheri of Nepal, who reached the peak at age 16.

Romero, from Big Bear, California, is climbing with his father Paul and three Sherpa guides.

He climbed the highest peaks on six other continents and hopes to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain in five to seven days, depending on weather conditions. Everest, however, will be his first challenge above 8,000 meters (26,240 feet).

Romero reportedly climbed Mount Killimanjaro at age 10, and has very little interest in setting less ambitious goals, let alone giving up on those he has already made.

Weather forecasts for Everest posted on the blog showed sunny skies and winds of up to 83 miles per hour (134 kilometers per hour), with winds expected to ease to 37 mph (60 kph) on Saturday. 

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