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Rafael Nadal crushes Stan Wawrinka to win historic 10th French Open title

Key Stat: Two days after turning 19, Nadal became the youngest man to win a major title since Michael Chang was 17 at the 1989 French Open . But the 32-year-...

PSG star Angel di Maria handed one-year prison sentence

El Confidencial reports that Di Maria's defence team struck a deal with prosecutors early on Wednesday morning (June 21), whereby the footballer admitted two...

Confed Cup: Chicharito Scores As Resilient Mexico Hold Portugal

Mexico's Javier Hernandez heads the ball during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunda...

Armed man rams auto into police van in Paris

An investigating source said: "There was a sudden impact, and then a fireball". The man, who died in the attack, was carrying in his auto an assault rifle, tw...

Confederations Cup Report: Portugal 2 - 2 Mexico

Substitute Cedric Soares looked like being the European champions' hero with his 86th-minute deflected shot, but Moreno's header from a corner spoiled the Sou...

Halep back from brink to reach French Open semi-final

Pliskova refused to go down without a fight and broke back to trail 4-3 with yet more strong hitting, but Halep was on a mission and regained her advantage cour...

Rafael Nadal Makes History With 10th French Open Title

Key Stat: This was the one that broke Borg's record of six French Open titles. Nadal won all his nine previous final appearances in French Open , and Wa...

Hamilton and Bottas race to one-two in Canada

An entertaining race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve began in hectic fashion, with Max Verstappen jumping quickly from fifth to second and Vettel falling...

Patriots agree with ex-Jets linebacker David Harris on two-year contract

The Jets released Harris earlier this month. Patriots veteran additions: Brandin Cooks , Stephon Gilmore , Kony Ealy , Mike Gillislee , Rex Burkhead , David...

Putin to attend Confed Cup opening match

The Video Assistant Referee is a fifth member of the officiating crew who is positioned in a booth and checks all plays during a match using available broadca...

British and Irish Lions team to face Waikato Chiefs

Farrell coined the phrase "enjoy and destroy" during a 2013 Lions team talk in Australia and he likes the response he is getting from the current squad as the...

Vegas holds all the cards in NHL expansion draft

The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook opened the then-unnamed National Hockey League franchise at 100/1 to win the Stanley Cup in its first year back in June 2016 ...

Kane equaliser a "huge moment" for young England team: Southgate

Celtic striker Griffiths, who played the lone striker's role for most of the game, scored two late free-kicks to bring Scotland back from the dead and send H...

Lions building nicely ahead of tests - Gatland

England's Jack Nowell put in his best performance of the tour as he touched down twice, including finishing off the Lions best try of the tour, while Uls...

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed gets hero's welcome in Karachi

The Rising Kashmir had a headline on the front page, "Crackers go off as Pak pulls off stunning win over India". Pakistan simply pooh-poohed India and proved to...

Hope teams will now come and play in Pakistan: Sarfraz

In the past, cricket fans have been arrested in both India and Pakistan for supporting rival teams or players. In India nearly all print media went easy o...

Boston Celtics trade number one pick to Philadephia 76ers

The 76ers acquired the top overall pick from Boston in exchange for their No. 3 selection and a future first-round pick, according to statements released by bot...

No time to panic: Cristiano Ronaldo after Mexico draw

It was the first use of the VAR system at the Confederations Cup . Hudson was gunning for points against the hosts and will not scale down those ambitions ag...

Lakers Rumors: After Celtics-76ers trade the Lakers should pick Josh Jackson

This isn't the first time that LaVar Ball had posited his son would be a Laker . "I want to stay home". "In Africa, speak that mother [expletive] into exis...

Spanish prosecutors accuse Mourinho of 3.3 mln Euro tax fraud

Mourinho has yet to comment on the allegations, but the paper says part of the latest case involves "incorrect" information relating to a previous case that was...

Monisha Kaltenborn out as team principal of Sauber F1 team

Kaltenborn took over as CEO of Sauber in 2010 when founder Peter Sauber bought back the team he had sold to BMW five years earlier. Two years later she ...

Manchester United's Matteo Darmian eyed in Juventus transfer to replace Dani Alves

As far as Manchester City are concerned, they are getting a world-class right-back that has had a lot of experience. The Italian defender had a very hit and...

US Open 2017: A look at the numbers from Erin Hills

Players are on the course for the final round of the U.S. Open in blustery conditions at Erin Hills . Baker's two-pound bet will fetch him two million pounds (...

Danny Ainge Claims He Never Wanted Markelle Fultz In The First Place

Giving up the top pick and a chance to draft Markelle Fultz for a yet-to-be-identified future asset seems risky on its face, but Ainge insisted that he wasn't...

Formula 1 returns to France

Last year marked the end of the second 7-year contract for Shanghai to host the race. The race was then organized at Magny-Cours from 1991-2008 but was then d...

Vegas Golden Knights Jerseys Unveiled

George McPhee is spending a fleeting moment as The Godfather of the National Hockey League during the Vegas Golden Knights' expansion window. Combining the a...

Leipzig cleared for Champions League by UEFA

A statement on Uefa's official website read: "The Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB ) has chose to accept the admission of...

Faf hopes Global League can halt South Africa talent exodus

Crane, 20, plays for Hampshire and was the first overseas player to appear for New South Wales in over 30 years earlier this year. "These three matches give m...

Pakistan to be one of top three teams by 2019 WC: Afridi

Farhan Akhtar tweeted , "Yaar. the Hardik run out was heartbreaking. well played man" and Shashi Tharoor said, "Don't understand why @imjadeja didn't sacrifice...

Mourinho Accused Of €3.3m Tax Fraud

The prosecutor said last Tuesday that there was evidence that Ronaldo used a shell company in the Virgin Islands to hide the money he had made from image righ...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho accused of tax evasion in Spain

Those include Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo , who played under Mr Mourinho and shares the same agent. Lionel Messi was past year convicted of def...

Swansea to sign Chelsea ace Tammy Abraham: Deal to be confirmed today

Boss Paul Clement worked with Terry while Carlo Ancelotti's No2 at Chelsea and promised he would get in touch with him after securing Premier League status ....

Confederations Cup: Russia waltz to victory in tournament curtain-raiser

Smolov played down any talk of similarities and also stressed Stanislav Cherchesov's men were happy to focus on the collective as they try to appease an expect...

Blackhawks' Hossa to miss all next season with skin disorder

Hossa said he's been privately undergoing treatment for the last few years under the supervision of Chicago's medical staff. The 38-year-old veteran says severe...

What offseason? A week after Finals, the NBA in overdrive

This appears to be a salary dump move for the Hawks who signed Howard last offseason, hoping a chnage of scenery and a return to his hometown after a disapp...