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Ibrahimovic: United need to 'create bigger'

United's top four hopes were dealt another blow last night as they snatched a late 1-1 draw at home to Everton, which came just days after a 0-0 draw against We...

USA Hockey, women's national team strike deal, avoid worlds boycott

US women's national hockey team captain Meghan Duggan , seen playing in the 2014 Olympics, says her teammates have won a better pay deal, averting a boycott of...

Curry scores 42, Warriors clinch West with win over Suns

The Warriors won their season-best 13th straight game, all of them without the injured Kevin Durant. Oklahoma City solidified its hold on the Western Conferen...

Walker scores 29; Hornets overcome Westbrook's triple-double

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Gary Payton II to a multi-year deal on Sunday, as the team looks to add depth at the point guard spot entering the playoffs. Mike C...

Warriors Clinch Number-One Seed With 13th Straight Win

There aren't enough timeouts in the history of basketball to stop the Warriors when Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are both feeling it. Wolves coach Tom Thib...

Bangladesh wins 2nd T20 vs. Sri Lanka draws series 1-1

Mashrafe Mortaza ended his Twenty20 global career on a high despite falling victim to a golden duck as part of Lasith Malinga's hat-trick in a resounding 46-run...

Final Four: Three takeaways from Gonzaga's thrilling win over SC

This national championship trophy will not be going back to Columbia, South Carolina. Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points, Gonzaga's big men combined for 27 ...

Jurgen Klopp reveals why he took Philippe Coutinho off before Bournemouth's equaliser

I said it earlier in the season: the bad things are my responsibility, the good things are the responsibility of the players. "It was clear it would not be id...

Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia discuss military-technical cooperation

For a woman head of government to dress for a visit to the Kingdom pretty well just as she would have done anywhere goes right against the normal approach for i...

Dustin Johnson injured in fall, could miss Masters

Johnson, who had pain on the lower left side of his back below the rib cage (called the quadratus lumborum, or QL, muscle) after slipping on wooden steps and la...

Graham: Nunes May Have 'Lost His Ability To Lead' Russia Probe

The top Democrat on the panel, California Rep. Adam Schiff, told NPR journalists on Tuesday that he believes the White House's worries about what Yates might sa...

Hull beats Middlesbrough 4-2, out of EPL relegation zone

These matches tend to be a little tighter than your average Premier League match and you'd expect that to be exacerbated here as we approach the crunch period o...

Arnold Palmer looms large at 1st Masters since his death

Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby and Doug Ford all spoke about their relationship with the King. "I haven't played at the level I expecte...

Cavs' Thompson injures thumb, ending National Basketball Association playing streak

Cavs F LeBron James has now scored at least 10 points in 788 straight games and passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the second-longest such streak in league hist...

Tony Romo felt 'let down' by Jason Garrett sticking with Dak Prescott

The Cowboys went 12-4 and Romo's level of play helped make Garrett one of the NFL's highest-paid coaches. That's what we would call a city showing respect for...

Chelsea win but Tottenham keep the title race alive

Premier League leaders Chelsea host fourth place Manchester City this evening (8pm kick-off) looking to take another step closer to the title. "I think we are...

Russian weightlifter stripped of Olympic medal after doping test

Taymazov was one of three competitors whose medals were taken away on Wednesday. Reanalysis of his samples tested positive for the banned steroids turinabol a...

Democrats block Trump nominee to high court

This is a procedural vote that requires 60 votes to advance his nomination, but Republicans do not have enough support to get over that threshold. Bruin Re...

West Ham duo Antonio, Sakho return for Arsenal trip

The 25-year-old England global, who is on a season-long loan with the Cherries, has started the past four games on the bench, including Saturdays 0-0 draw wit...

Jesse Lingard contract: Man Utd winger signs new deal

Meanwhile, BBC Sport add that Lingard's representatives have been in talks with United for a number of weeks and, while negotiations are not complete, "no hit...

Russia's Supreme Court upholds ban on Jehovah's Witnesses

The high-profile nature of the case is sparking coverage by worldwide news outlets, including an article in Time magazine posted online on April 4 ("Russian S...

Russian police arrest 3 suspected of links to subway bombing

The committee, the nation's top criminal investigation agency, said investigators also found objects that would help advance the probe during a search of the ...

Sanchez future debate baffling to Wenger

French radio station RMC Sport reported on Monday that Paris Saint-Germain has been holding talks with the 28-year-old Chile global, with their representati...

Mickelson hits out over loose ball-marking

Thompson was playing in the LPGA's first major of the year this past weekend when her three-shot lead was wiped out by a four-shot penalty. "To have a tournam...

North Carolina wins battle of royalty vs

OREGON 74, KANSAS 60 - Tyler Dorsey poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks added 17 and plucky OR ended Kansas' romp through the NCAA Tournament with a victory Sat...

Russian Federation hopes NHL's Olympic decision provides boost to KHL

If they truly want to increase their prominence through Asia and all across the globe, there is no reason the National Hockey League should make its players sit...

Arsenal revive top-four challenge with win over West Ham

Ozil, Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud all struck second-half goals as the Gunners breezed to a 3-0 win at the Emirates . We were convincing after the break. Be...

Tar Heels take NCAA title over Gonzaga

It's UNC's sixth title and first since 2009. Still, he logged 72 of a possible 80 minutes, defended effectively and choreographed the offense as the Tar Heels e...

Five things we learned in the Premier League

It makes it more interesting, the championship", Conte said . Talking to Sky Sports Premier League Daily Show on Monday, Neville claimed Spurs are missing ...

Divisions remain over HB2 compromise, even after NCAA decision

The NCAA reserves the right to "take necessary action" if it finds the environment in North Carolina prevents it from enforcing its own anti-discrimination poli...

Dustin Johnson has the skills, temperament to win the 2017 Masters

Before the announcement sent shock waves through Augusta National Golf Club, Johnson was the oddsmakers favourite to collect the champion's green jacket after w...

SC women beat Stanford 62-53 in Final Four

Gonzaga guard Josh Perkins committed a foul with 3.5 seconds to go, sending guard Sindarius Thornwell to the line . Each of the Bulldogs' top performers f...

Diego Costa to face no action after incident with Vincent Kompany

The Belgian diverted Hazard's shot past his goalkeeper to put Chelsea ahead and couldn't prevent his side from suffering a loss that leaves their hopes of quali...

Kentucky Outfoxes Ball, Bruins

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Early in the first half of Kentucky's 86-75 win over UCLA in the Sweet 16 on Friday night - setting up Sunday's North Carolina-Kentucky affair ...

Donald Trump's security adviser assures South Korea of plans to deploy Thaad

But Beijing says its leverage over North Korea is limited. Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) President Ralph Cossa said he e...