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Serena Williams waited out a 45-minute rain interruption Saturday before defeating France’s Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to advance at the ATP and WTA Miami Masters. The world number one’s progress was temporarily halted in the fifth game of the final…

Urawa Red Diamonds drew 1-1 with Shimizu S-Pulse on Sunday in a game played in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist “Japanese only” banner put up by hardline fans that deeply embarrassed the J-League. League officials hit Japan’s best-supported…

Masahiro Tanaka struck out six and walked only one batter over 5 2/3 innings for the New York Yankees in a Major League Baseball pre-season matchup Saturday against Minnesota. The 25-year-old Japanese right-handed starting pitcher surrendered three…

Legendary lock Victor Matfield marked his return as captain by leading Northern Bulls to a 23-19 victory over Coastal Sharks in a captivating Super 15 clash Saturday. Matfield, the second most capped Springbok with 110, ended a two-year retirement to…

Wayne Rooney took his cue from watching Manchester United predecessor David Beckham with a breath-taking 58-yard goal in his side’s 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Saturday. Beckham made his name as a United player with a goal from the halfway line…

Saracens turned on the style to go top of the Premiership with a 39-17 rout of Harlequins in front of a record crowd for a club rugby match on Saturday. A new attendance record for a club match of 83,889 was set at Wembley and the bumper crowd were…

Chelsea spoilt Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th match as Arsenal manager by humiliating their London rivals 6-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to pull seven points clear in the Premier League. Wenger was hoping to celebrate his milestone by cutting Chelsea’s…

Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and decided to bat against South Africa in their group one match in Chittagong on Saturday. South Africa were without their T20 captain Faf du Plessis who failed to recover from a hamstring injury and…

Manchester United great Paul Scholes Saturday backed the struggling English giants to beat Bayern Munich and go all the way to the Champions League final — even without injured top-scorer Robin van Persie. Scholes admitted a rematch of the classic…

Aleix Espargaro dominated practice for the second successive day for Sunday’s season-opening Qatar Grand Prix as defending champion Marc Marquez and Yamaha rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi struggled for pace. Spanish rider Espargaro, on a Yamaha…

Israel Folau scored a try double and Kurtley Beale ran the show as the New South Wales Waratahs claimed a 32-8 bonus-point Super 15 win over the Melbourne Rebels on Friday. Wallaby fullback Folau has now scored eight tries in four matches in this year…

Runaway Serie A table-toppers Juventus will play French club Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier tournament, following the draw at Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. With the final to be played at Juve’s Turin stadium…