On his first appearance after more than three months out injured, England winger Bukayo Saka on Tuesday scored what proved to be the clinching goal in a 2-1 win over Fulham as Arsenal trimmed the gap to Premier League leaders Liverpool to nine points.Saka — Arsenal’s star player and easily their mos
Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday pulled off a major upset in the DFB-Pokal by defeating defending champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in their semi-final.The third-division team came from behind after Jonathan Tah gave the visitors a 17th-minute lead.Marius Worl replied three minutes later and Maximilian
It was mission accomplished, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday after his side fought back from two goals behind to snatch a rip-roaring 4-4 draw for a 5-4 aggregate win that put them through to the Copa del Rey final.Ancelotti brushed off questions about a sub-par performance by his
COPPA ITALIADallinga scores braceA Thijs Dallinga double on Tuesday helped Bologna to a 3-0 win against Empoli in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final as the visitors remained on course to end their more than 50-year wait to lift the trophy. The relegation-threatened hosts were outclassed
LATE RALLY: The Pacers rallied from 16 points down in the third quarter to beat the Kings and maintain their grip on fourth place in the Eastern Conference
Veteran Al Horford turned back the clock on Monday to help NBA champions the Boston Celtics notch a ninth straight victory and nab a franchise first with a 117-103 win over the Grizzlies in Memphis.Horford, 38, led the Celtics scoring with 26 points off the bench.Jayson Tatum added 25 points and 14
Carson Kelly had come close to hitting for the cycle, yet that elusive triple kept holding him back. He had just two triples over a 10-year major league career before Monday.That is when Kelly became the first Chicago Cubs player in 32 years to hit for the cycle. He tripled in the eighth inning of a
Matvei Michkov did not score on Monday, but the Philadelphia rookie had a hand in both goals as hosts the Flyers earned a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators.Ryan Poehling and Jamie Drysdale got the goals for the Flyers (31-36-9, 71 points), who won their third straight. Michkov and Travis Kone
Russian-born Daria Kasatkina on Monday said that she was emotional and excited to begin a fresh chapter in her career under the Australian flag at the Charleston Open after being granted permanent residency last week.The 27-year-old has been playing on the WTA Tour as a neutral athlete after Russian
Fortunes are rising on and off the pitch for soccer club Wrexham and their Hollywood celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.The club on Monday reported record turnover of ￡26.7 million (US$34.5 million) for last season, a 155 percent increase which helped the fast-improving club to repay
CHILDHOOD HERO: Novak Djokovic is teen Jakub Mensik’s idol and he said that he started his career in the hope of emulating the great Serb
Czech teenager Jakub Mensik on Sunday upset Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) to win the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium, denying the Serb his 100th career title.The 19-year-old, ranked 54th in the world, claimed his first title on the ATP Tour with an outstanding display of powerful tennis.The fi
Donovan Mitchell led from the front on Sunday as the Cleveland Cavaliers bagged their 60th win of the season with a 127-122 victory over the in-form Los Angeles Clippers.Cleveland talisman Mitchell finished with 24 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in what Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson described as
Manchester City came from behind on Sunday to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for a record seventh consecutive season with a 2-1 win over AFC Bournemouth, but victory came at a cost as Erling Haaland hobbled off injured.Haaland had seen a first-half penalty saved before Evanilson put the Cherries in fr
Marcus Rashford’s first goals for Aston Villa on Sunday inspired a 3-0 win against Preston North End that sent his side into the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 10 years.Rashford struck twice in the second half at Deepdale to end Preston’s stubborn resistance before Jacob Ramsey wrapped up
SSC Napoli on Sunday stayed on the heels of Serie A leaders Inter after beating AC Milan 2-1 to remain three points off the pace in the race for the scudetto.Antonio Conte’s side were ahead with a minute on the clock through Matteo Politano’s thumping low finish and once Romelu Lukaku scuffed in his
‘QUAD GOD’: While Malinin fell short of landing a historic seven quads, he executed an effortless backflip, making him one of two to do so legally in a worlds in 50 years
US figure skater Ilia Malinin on Saturday captured his second straight world championships title in Boston, with a record-equaling six quadruple jumps and an audacious backflip.Malinin was in the lead after Thursday’s short program and he put the world on notice less than a year to go before the Mil
The New York Yankees on Saturday made MLB history with batters smashing home runs on the first three pitches their lineup faced, while the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a second shaky start by touted right-hander Roki Sasaki to beat the Detroit Tigers.In New York, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and
After fleeing Sudan when civil war erupted, Al-Hilal captain Mohamed Abdelrahman and his teammates have defied the odds to reach the CAF Champions League quarter-finals.They are today to face title-holders Al-Ahly of Egypt in Cairo, with the return match in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, on Tu
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday powered her way to the Miami Open title, beating American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the WTA 1000 event at Hard Rock Stadium.The title was the Belarusian’s first at Miami and her second of the season following her January triumph in Brisbane.After losing the f
Ducati Lenovo Team’s Marc Marquez on Saturday maintained his perfect start to the MotoGP season when the polesitter won the Americas Grand Prix sprint to remain undefeated and extend his lead in the championship.Marquez had become the first rider to claim eight poles at a single circuit when he set
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