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Jimmy Walker savours the 'surreal' feeling of being a major victor

No one had to tell Walker that. Bob Tway was the last golfer with Oklahoma City ties to win a major-the PGA Championship 30 years ago. When we think of this t...

Machado hits 3 homers in 3 innings, Orioles crush White Sox

Today they finally went out the ballpark. Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the fir...

NASCAR at Indianapolis 2016: Winners and Losers from the Brickyard 400

They would have needed a day of awesomeness to beat Busch, and it was no surprise that Busch was joined by fellow Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Matt Kenseth (second...

Aussie coach to kicker: This is for the gold medal

World sevens series champion Australia rebounded from a surprising 12-12 draw with the United States in the last game of the pool stage to trounce Spain 24-0 an...

Rod to finish career Friday night vs. Rays

NEW YORK - Masahiro Tanaka rebounded from two rocky outings, Didi Gregorius homered and New York held off Cleveland after announcing that Alex Rodriguez ...

Manchester United announces Paul Pogba transfer is close to completion

That figure - which does not include certain costs such as agents fees - beats the current world-record transfer fee of an estimated £85million that Real Madrid...

Novak Djokovic shocked by "tough" Olympics defeat to Juan Martin Del Potro

Djokovic finally got on the scoreboard and took two of the next three points, but Del Potro capped off the upset with a fortuitous victor off the net cord. He...

Gymnast Said breaks leg during Olympic vault

France's Samir Ait Said is stretchered off after being injured while competing in the qualifying for the men's vault eventduring the 2016 Olympic Games. Georg...

West Ham to sign Ayew, Masuaku - Bilic

Here's a look at what's in store for West Ham in 2016-17. WhereQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park, United Kingdom. For Cardiff City, life is a little less excit...

Katie Ledecky sets world record to win Olympic gold medal

It isn't easy stepping out of the shadow of Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time . And the run of five straight US gold medalists in the...

Swimming: Peaty breaks own record for 100 meters breaststroke gold

Marshall, who won 15 medals in her own global career, persuaded Peaty to commit to the breaststroke. The 21-year-old from Uttoxeter won Britain's first meda...

Earnhardt Jr. visits Watkins Glen while battling injury

It's been so weird not to be at the track . Its frustrating, but its the process. We just might be writing him out of competition for the Chase for the Sprint ...

'Blanket Russia ban would have been nuclear option'

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James Anderson offers apology after frustrating day at Edgbaston

Vince played nicely for his 39 but, as so often in his fledgling test career, he failed to take full advantage and edged right-armer Sohail to second slip where...

Sano homers twice, Twins beat Rays 6-3

Andriese has played pretty well over the past couple of weeks, so I like him and the Rays here, though his leash will likely be short. Despite this being the ...

Repentant Solo sees Zika chants as 'fun'

Before the Olympics got underway, Solo expressed some regret for previous comments, claiming the American media was tough on Brazil and gave her the wrong impr...

Rio Olympics: Etebo scores 4 as U-23 team beat Japan

Iraq and Denmark played to another goalless draw in the same group. Imoh Ezekiel dribbled brilliantly from the right before unleashing a shot that was spilled...

Matt Shoemaker: Shoemaker yields three runs in loss to M's

He would have to leave the game with one out though when Andrelton Simmons lined a pitch right back off of Paxton's pitching elbow. Paxton would roll the res...

Australia team safe after Rio Village fire evacuation

I saw three fire (fighters). Chiller didn't say if there was sensitive information on the laptop and didn't say how many shirts were missing but described them ...

Ex-Red Jay Bruce hits first home run with the Mets

Yankee clippings: Luis Severino will move back into the Yankees' rotation on Tuesday, replacing Chad Green who was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Bar...

United medical for Pogba

Paul Pogba is very almost a Manchester United player again. The club's commercial department are expected to exercise a marketing strategy involving the pair,...

Five things about inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women

Hart Perley, who works with the Indigenous Women's Association of the Maliseet and Mi'kmaq Territories in New Brunswick, said she is disappointed that none of...

Resurgent del Potro tops No. 1 Djokovic in Olympic 1st round

Peaty said: "She is one of the best coaches in the world, not just because she sends me up and down the pool each day, but she understands every athlete, she un...

Baseball, softball among 5 new sports approved for 2020 Olympics

Baseball and softball are global sports that belong in the Olympics. Baseball had been played in the Olympics since 1992 and softball since 1996. As for climb...

Manaea pitches well in Athletics' 3-1 loss to Cubs

Arrieta's outing Saturday was stress-free, as the Cubs scored early runs for him, just as they did Friday for Lester. Power hour: Bryant led off the sixth i...

Dutch Cyclist Van Vleuten Fractures Spine During Crash

Responding to her win, the 26-year-old Van der Breggen, who succeeds compatriot Marianne Vos as the Olympic champion, said: "I focused and got in the race". T...

Former Wildcat Jim Furyk sets PGA Tour Record with round of 58

Knox's victory came a few hours after American Jim Furyk had shot the lowest round in PGA Tour history when he combined one eagle and 10 birdies for a 12-under ...

David Moyes relishing Sunderland pre-season trip to France

The FA statement added that he would be responsible for shaping "a strong, purposeful team identity" as well as ensuring England qualify for the 2018 World Cup...

Orioles' Manny Machado hits 3 HRs in 3 innings vs.

Update (4:25 PM EDT): Machado lined out to center field in the top of the seventh against Carson Fulmer . Showalter said the ball hit Machado's glove. They m...

Basketball : US 'B Team' kills opponents with kindness

Durant scored 30 points four years ago in the gold-medal game, when the Americans held off Spain for the championship. There weren't answers for players like K...

Ichiro joins the 3000 hits club

My Dad has always been an Ichiro fan. He was the first position player from Japan to ever play Major League Baseball, and fittingly he is the greatest. But Ichi...

Djokovic eliminated from Rio 2016

And tonight, Djokovic's dream of a singles gold medal Olympic this year came to a bitter end this year at the powerful hands of Juan Martin del Potro. "It's not...

Olympics - Second day of rowing delayed for hour by winds

Puspure told RTE Sport: "The waves just pushed me right into the lane next to me so I had to just tap it out". Team GB's Heather Stanning and Helen Glover ...

Yankees Insider: Dellin Betances weeps for pen pal

The Indians sent four minor leaguers, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier , to NY for the 31-year-old Miller , who is expected to arrive in Clevel...

'Awesome weekend' at Indy as Tony Stewart nears Chase berth

The only thing hotter than the weather at the Crown Royal 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was winning driver Kyle...