NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant and Miami Heat superstar LeBron James, seeking his third league title, led the 2013-2014 All-NBA First Team announced Wednesday by the league. The honor squads, chosen by a North American media panel, saw NBA Most Valuable…
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Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated compatriot David Ferrer as well as the Paris gloom to reach his ninth French Open semi-final on Wednesday. The world number one recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to record a 4-6, 6-4, 6…
Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal stormed into a French Open quarter-final showdown against compatriot David Ferrer on Monday while Andy Murray set-up a clash with childhood friend Gael Monfils, France’s last man standing. With rock star Prince in the…
London Olympic runner-up Nijel Amos of Botswana won the 800 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in a 2014 world-best time while long-injured reigning Olympic champion David Rudisha finished seventh. The Diamond League showdown at the University…
Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams was knocked out of the French Open by Spain’s Garbine Muguruza on Wednesday as the American star stumbled to her second worst Grand Slam defeat. The top seed lost 6-2, 6-2 in the second round to…
Jonny Wilkinson’s final match in Britain ended in joy for the England great as reigning champions Toulon beat Saracens 23-6 in the European Cup final at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Toulon captain Wilkinson kicked 13 points in a match where…
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray on Friday revealed he is close to appointing a new coach after identifying the person he wants to succeed Ivan Lendl. Murray began his coaching search last month after the announcement that the Scottish star’s successful…
England received some good news ahead of their troubled tour of New Zealand when full-back Mike Brown declared himself fit for the first Test against the world champion All Blacks on June 7. With fly-half George Ford set to miss the tour because of…
China kept world champion Lin Dan on the sidelines as they cruised into the quarter-finals of the men’s Thomas Cup in New Delhi on Monday, soon after the women had made the grade in the Uber Cup. The Chinese men, aiming for a record sixth successive…
Japanese figure skating world champion Mao Asada will sit out competitive figure skating next season but will take part in potentially lucrative commercial ice shows in the coming months, a report said Monday. Asada won her third women’s world figure…
Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah announced Monday he would compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. “Hi guys! I will be running in the Commonwealth Games this year..!! See you in Glasgow..!! Shabba….!!” Farah told his Twitter…
Former Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin on Saturday said he would give Tyson Gay a run for his money when the fellow US sprinter re-enters competition after a one-year doping ban. Last week Gay, the triple 2007 world champion, said he would…
World number one Rafael Nadal admitted shock defeats to David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro in recent weeks have shaken his confidence as he looks to defend his Madrid Masters title this week. The 13-time Grand Slam champion has appeared almost unbeatable…
Tour de France champion Chris Froome retained his Tour of Romandie title by winning Sunday’s final stage time-trial. Froome began the 18.5km individual time-trial around Neuchatel just one second behind yellow jersey wearer Simon Spilak but the Team…
Four-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova made light work of the Czech Republic’s Klara Koukalova to ease into the second round of the Madrid Open 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday. Sharapova claimed her first title of the year in Stuttgart two weeks ago and continued…
British star Amir Khan won a unanimous decision over former champion Luis Collazo in his first fight after moving up to the welterweight division. The 27-year-old Khan, who was fighting for the first time after a 12-month layoff, knocked Collazo down…
World number one Rafael Nadal heads into the Madrid Masters in the unusual position of searching for his first title on the European clay this season. The 13-time Grand Slam champion has dominated on the surface throughout his career, including an incredible…
Marc Marquez eyes a fourth win in four races this season in Spain on Sunday but faces a Yamaha challenge from Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo who have eight elite class MotoGP wins between them at Jerez. World champion Marquez, lining up for his 100th…
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez continued his MotoGP domination on Saturday at Jerez to secure his fourth straight pole in track record time for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s time of 1min 38.120sec broke compatriot Jorge Lorenzo’s…
Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan eased into this year’s World Championship final with a 17-7 win over Barry Hawkins on Friday. Such was the scale of victory achieved by O’Sullivan, aiming for a third successive world title and sixth in all, he gave…