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French Open semifinals: Murray-Wawrinka, Nadal-Thiem

Their match is second on Court Philippe Chatrier , after top-ranked Andy Murray takes on No. 3 Stan Wawrinka , the 2015 champion. Asked whether he felt ...

Pittsburg crushes Nashville to take 3-2 lead

Moments later, Pittsburgh had it's fifth goal of the night. Now that both teams are only two games away from winning a Stanley Cup , the Pittsburgh Penguins ...

Lions tangled up in Blue after Auckland encounter

Gatland may be tempted to deploy Warburton in some capacity with the midweek team against the Highlanders on Tuesday, though the match may come a little too s...

America's Cup racing postponed again due to high winds

Team New Zealand will face either Artemis or Dean Barker's Team Japan in the final - with the victor advancing to face Oracle Team USA in the America's C...

Penguins regroup, Predators look for road magic in Game 5

Gaudreau never made much of an impact in the junior ranks but has made a quick impression on the game's biggest stage and Predators coach Peter Laviolette s...

Nadal? Toughest match to imagine, says Thiem

Rafael Nadal advanced to the French Open semifinals for a record 10th time when Pablo Carreno Busta retired from their match Wednesday because of an a...

Djokovic in 'whole new situation'

The defeat was Djokovic's first straight-sets loss at a major in four years and comes just 12 months after he completed the career Grand Slam in Paris . but ...

Lionel Messi: 'Cristiano Ronaldo is a phenomenal player'

There are no disagreements between us. "With the national team I want to nail down my place in the squad and with Real Madrid I will try to get more minutes...

Irish rider dies in Mountain crash

The race is one of the highlights of the motorbike racing calender. Alan Bonner is the third to die after Dutch rider Jochem van den Hoek and English ride...

ATP French Open Quarterfinals Picks

Roger Federer misses out injured, but Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray and defending champ Stan Wawrinka are all here. Novak Djokovic very almost double-bageled ...

Milwaukee Brewers melt down in extras innings, lose to Giants 9-5

The Giants' late rally might not have been possible without a fortunate break during Milwaukee's ninth-inning comeback. "They kept fighting. That's all yo...

Australian police conducting 'counter-terrorism' operation in Melbourne

Australian police today raided several homes in Melbourne as part of their investigation into a siege earlier this week in which a gunman killed an apartment bu...

Penguins to stick with goalie Matt Murray for Game 5

Not long afterward, Crosby took the burden off Pittsburgh's overwhelmed blue line, racing across the ice (while Nashville's Ryan Ellis overpursued the puck) an...

Tearful Muguruza unhappy with crowd as defending champion exits French Open

With the boisterous crowd willing her every step of the way, Mladenovic was the more opportunistic player in the final set. I don't know how to explain. She pou...

Austin Dillon: Austin Dillon win Coke 600 on fumes

My fiancé wrote in the vehicle, 'When you keep God in the first place, he will take you places you never imagined.' And, I never imagined to be here at the 600 ...

Murray happy to win ugly against Nishikori

But that would prove the only game Nishikori would win in the set, with Murray joining his coach Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi by making his fifth Roland Garros ...

Australia frustrated by rain at the Oval

Australia saw their match against New Zealand abandoned during their run chase because of rain interruptions and today at The Oval in London , they suff...

Saints' Adrian Peterson wants to play until he's '37, 38'

Fairley was diagnosed with an enlarged heart at the 2011 National Football League combine, and has played with it ever since. The one report or examination in...

Tottenham's Harry Kane aspires to be on Cristiano Ronaldo's level

And now he has set his sights on improving on the worldwide stage. "That's hopefully something I can achieve one day". The London-born forward made an immedia...

Pakistan defeat South Africa by 19 runs under Duckworth-Lewis method

Today is another chance for the young captain Sarfraz Ahmed's team to come back from behind and revive hopes of billions of fans by beating South Africa , wh...

Glenn Maxwell targets Bangladesh bowlers in must-win Champions Trophy clash

The Australian bowlers were taken to the cleaners by New Zealand batsmen in their previous game and their batsmen too were put under pressure in the chase bef...

Draymond Green: 'My Mom Can Hold Her Own'

He won't be winning a popularity contest with Cavaliers fans anytime soon after referring to them as "just rude" on Thursday. My mom can hold her own though. "W...

NBA Finals 2017 Game 3

Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving , seated from left, LeBron James , Richard Jefferson, Kyle Korver and J.R. Smith sit on the bench during the second half ...

Thiem beats defending champion Djokovic at the French Open

The defending French Open champion crashed out of the quarter-finals last night, after a stunning 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-0 loss to Dominic Thiem . "All the to...

Bacsinszky takes semi-final defeat in her stride

The fast conditions have helped the Czech and, after Halep controlled the first set, Pliskova found her range on her big serve and forehand in the second. Halep...

Bacsinszky evens match in French Open semifinals

Bacsinszky defeated 13th-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-4 in a match twice interrupted by rain. Yesterday, Cornet attempted to further extend the olive b...

Kvitova makes winning return at French Open after knife attack

The two-time Wimbledon champion won 6-3, 6-2 against Boserup in a match which lasted around an hour and 13 minutes, reports Efe. While I'm sure Kvitova will h...

French Open Day 10: Ostapenko, Bacsinszky set up battle of the birthdays

Chants of "Kiki-Kiki-Kiki" resonated around Court Philippe-Chatrier yesterday, but the echoes of that sonic support are all that remain of France's big hope f...

ISL, I-League likely to run simultaneously for 2017-18 season

In that, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) offered recommendations to AIFF but nothing such came out to which we can say that Indian football is making p...

Mourinho: 'We'd exchange cup for victims' lives'

We know we've got the players capable of winning the league but it didn't happen - we've had to play through the Europa League to get to the Champions Leag...

India vs Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli Aims to Keep Winning Momentum

A win today will ensure a semi-final spot for Team India as Virat Kohli & Co look to retain the coveted trophy. He said, "Every game in this tournament is big...

Murray picks up speed at Roland Garros

That match was one of 6 3rd round ties to be completed on Sunday after rain caused an early cancellation. Andy Murray downed longtime rival Juan Martin del ...

Devastated Kell Brook vows to fight on after losing his world crown

The 31-year-old sustained a broken right eye socket in the fifth-round stoppage loss which required surgery to fix and there were fears the injury, as well as c...

Herculean LeBron effort not enough for Cavs

The Cavaliers will play for their post-season hopes on Saturday (AEST), when they face the Warriors in game four of the finals. Now, even getting to a Game ...

Durant making a case for best in National Basketball Association

The defending National Basketball Association champion Cavaliers also play at a fast pace but that approach has resulted in a pair of lopsided losses that have ...