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Nadal through to semis as Carreno Busta quits

The No. 1-seeded Murray, a three-time major champion and last year's runner-up at Roland Garros , and No. 3 Wawrinka, whose own trio of Grand Slam trophies i...

Facing Nadal? Toughest match to imagine, says Dominic Thiem

In the women's draw, Simona Halep mounted a remarkable recovery from a set and 5-1 down against Elina Svitolina to reach the semi-finals. Thiem will now fac...

Team New Zealand capsizes in America's Cup challenger race

In the other challenger play-off, Sweden's Team Artemis - including British Olympic champions Iain Percy and Paul Goodison - and Team Japan shared a race a piec...

Light winds postpone America's Cup racing in Bermuda

Team New Zealand was due for its first encounter with the British team, and Artemis against Softbank Team Japan in the America's Cup challenger semi-finals. ...

Tottenham defender explains how Pochettino played a prank on him

Asked about his player's future earlier in the season, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino said: 'I can not confirm [whether Walker is unsettled] because it ...

Team NZ capsize in Cup semi-final

There was drama in the America's Cup challenger series semi-finals after Team New Zealand capsized off the coast of Bermuda . Under pressure, Dean Barker m...

'16 champ Djokovic in 'whole new situation' after Paris loss

I only care that I'm in the semi-finals. Murray made the semi-finals for the fifth time with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/0), 6-1 win over Japanese eighth seed Kei Nish...

Diego Costa reveals Antonio Conte has told him he can quit Chelsea

Diego Costa claims Antonio Conte has ruthlessly told him he is not wanted at Chelsea any more - by leaving him a message while on global duty. The striker...

Real parade in Madrid with 12th UCL trophy

Fans celebrate in Cibeles square while waiting for Real Madrid players to arrive after they won the Champions League final , Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 4,...

Morata scores late as Spain draws with Colombia in friendly

David Silva gave Spain a first-half lead before Edwin Cardona capitalised on poor defending to equalise and Colombia's all-time leading scorer Radamel F...

England reach ICC Champions Trophy semi-finals with victory over New Zealand

England play New Zealand in Cardiff on Tuesday, knowing a win will take them into the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 . Eoin Morgan believ...

Catfish fly despite plea from Predators to stop

When the Pens won the Stanley Cup last season, it was considered a legacy defining moment for the superstar duo of Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. The goal, which c...

Djokovic, Agassi partnership off to winning start

Agassi remained largely impassive throughout the two hours and 27 minutes of the contest, although he did get a surprise during the third set when Djokovic's ...

Kyle Larson wins Dover Xfinity race for 2nd straight victory

Martin Truex Jr . (102 laps led); 4. Larson, who led 241 of the 406 laps, wasn't in the group that believes Johnson just lucked into win No. 83 on Sunday . The...

Mariners sellers? Think again as team close to extending Jean Segura

Since the start of the 2016 season, Segura ranks fourth in the major leagues in hits (265) and fifth in batting average (.324). Segura was a National League A...

Griezmann vows to stay with Atletico

Antoine Griezmann had been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United , having previously rated his chances of joining the club as " six out of 10 ". Gri...

Karolina Pliskova defeats Caroline Garcia in straight sets

Remember, it took Maria Sharapova - who plays a similar game - a substantial amount of time to crack the clay code, but once she did, she won twice at Rola...

Orioles top Red Sox, Sanchez makes history

Already trailing 2-0, Baltimore (29-26) scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the first inning. Red Sox: David Price (0-0, 5.40 ERA) heads to the m...

Dubs take 2-0 lead to Cleveland

LeBron James has been brilliant in the first two games of the NBA Finals , which still have been lopsided losses for his Cleveland Cavaliers . In the first...

Golden: Durant's dominance has made NBA Finals a mismatch

Golden State held an identical series lead in 2016 when the championship series shifted to Cleveland but split the two games there and then went on to become th...

Ainslie retires from America's Cup trials race with damage

The two boats were just through the start line when Team New Zealand nose-dived into the water. America's Cup challenger series racing looks likely to be ...

Emotional Muguruza criticises Roland Garros crowd

The last repeat women's champion at Roland Garros remains Justine Henin, who won the tournament three consecutive years from 2005-07. Muguruza and her coach a...

Buttler blitz takes England to 310

Victory saw England into the last four of a tournament featuring the world's top eight one-day global sides after an eight-wicket defeat of Bangladesh at t...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. improving, but still not satisfied after final Coca-Cola 600

I think the No. 17 (Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.) spun the tires really bad in front of us and I went from I don't know the third or fourth row to way back. "I drove my...

Kvitova makes winning return, Kerber knocked out

Meanwhile, Czech Petra Kvitova advanced to French Open second round, winning her first match against American player Julia Boserups in her comeback match ...

Officials were following the rules letting America's cup race go ahead

Mr Murray had a slideshow presentation showing wind data at the time of Team New Zealand's crash was 21.7 knots - well inside the raceable start limit of 24 k...

Warriors' Draymond Green weighs in on best-player debate

A 3-0 deficit would virtually end the series where the Cavs have tried to replicate their initial postseason success. We want to see your Warriors fan photos a...

Thad Matta out as Ohio State coach

Matta is out as coach of Ohio State after 13 seasons. Those four Sweet 16s, by the way, are two more than any other Xavier coach in program history. WCPO In...

Penguins' Sidney Crosby Scores Stanley Cup Final Goal With Sweet Deke

Subban. Rinne had been terrible in the first two games of the Stanley Cup final . What's Gaudreau's stat line in this series? "It's no different in these Fin...

Nashville Predator fans make out after Stanley Cup win

The reports of Pekka Rinne's demise have been widely exaggerated. After a solid performance in Game 3, Rinne made this sequence of unbelievable saves in Game...

Here's Why Warriors Aren't Focusing On Going 16-0 In NBA Playoffs

They tried to fly too close to the sun, and were burnt to cinder and ash. The Warriors hunted history a year ago, and got it - in the regular season. Despite ...

LeBron James Responds To Kevin Durant Question With Incredibly Cocky Answer

Below you can see the breakdown of shooting percentage and how many points James scored during the second half in his previous NBA Finals appearances. "Durant'...

Tired talk: LeBron dunks idea he's worn out guarding Durant

LeBron James wants everyone to know he isn't worn down. James told Cleveland.com Wednesday. "Do I look exhausted?" "I'm averaging a triple-double in the Fina...

Nebraska State Soccer to investigate soccer tournament after disqualification

A Nebraska family says they are outraged after their 8-year-old daughter, who has short hair, was disqualified from a soccer tournament because organizers insis...

Andy Murray to begin to find his top form

Novak Djokovic hopes his fledgling partnership Andre Agassi can inspire the Serb back to his very best. He told Eurosport: " Obviously, we played at the US...