For 17 days each summer, the sleepy seaside town of Charleston, S.C., turns into a busy hive of cultural activity, with every possible venue, large and small, filled from noon to night with the sights and sounds of opera, jazz, theater, dance and more during the annual Spoleto Festival USA.

FAYETTEVILLE - University of Central Arkansas' Pep Angles closed with a 5-over 77 on Thursday in the final round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional at The Blessings Golf Club.

The Brazil starlet has long been linked with a move to Barcelona but his dad insists he has yet to be informed by the Brasileiro side if it intends to sell this summer.

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day.

By Charlie Zhu and Bill Powell HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches. Two were of particular note: Yang Weize …

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday: NBA Knicks aim to stave off elimination in Indiana The New York Knicks will try to stave off playoff elimination and force a decisive seventh game in the Eastern Conference semi-finals when they visit the Indiana Pacers. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/PACERS, expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, 200 …

PARIS (AP) -- Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's …

PARIS (AP) -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham Saturday, scoring two goals to lead French champion Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest.

TORONTO - Dominic Oduro scored late in the first half as the Columbus Crew continued their MLS mastery over Toronto FC with a 1-0 win Saturday.

When he announced in December that he would transfer to Washington State, Arizona running back Daniel Jenkins said he would always be a Wildcat at heart. Now, Jenkins has had a change of heart.

A self described dreamer, Brian Lewallen gets the privilege to say that his dream has come true and the journey begins Sunday. A University of Southern Indiana senior, Lewallen, 23, created a pilot program with the help of two fellow USI students and Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity brothers, senior Matt Rust, 21, and junior …