The Boston Celtics on Wednesday overpowered the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 to reach a third straight Eastern Conference Finals as Western Conference top seeds Oklahoma City moved to the brink of elimination after crashing 104-92 at home to Dallas.In Boston, Jayson Tatum’s 25 points helped the Celtic
Alexander Zverev on Wednesday reached his 18th ATP Masters semi-final in Rome, but only after a worrying fall which sparked memories of the horror injury he had at the French Open two years ago.The world No. 5 from Germany defeated Taylor Fritz of the US 6-4, 6-3 in Italian Open to set up a last-fou
Juventus on Wednesday beat Atalanta 1-0 to win a record-extending 15th Coppa Italia as an early strike by Dusan Vlahovic earned Massimiliano Allegri’s side their first trophy in three years.Juventus, who hold both the record for most Coppa Italia finals played (22) and won (15), had not lifted any s
When car bomb survivor Najlah Imad first took up table tennis, her relatives warned against it. However, a decade later, the Iraqi teenager who lost three limbs is gunning for gold at the Paris Paralympic Games.“Table tennis was a turning point. Since I started playing, my life has changed,” the 19-
SOCCERRaccoon invades pitchA raccoon on Wednesday ran on the field and stopped play in the Major League Soccer (MLS) match between the Philadelphia Union and New York City. The game was stopped for about five minutes while stadium security tried to capture the animal and remove it from the pitch. De
LOCAL RIVALRY: Thousands of Spurs fans chanted: ‘Are you watching Arsenal,’ as Haaland scored the first of his two goals, taking City two points clear of the Gunners
Erling Haaland scored twice on Tuesday to settle Manchester City’s nerves as the English Premier League champions beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to take a giant step toward a historic fourth straight English title.The Norwegian forward tapped home a pinpoint Kevin de Bruyne cross early in the second hal
Andre de Grasse, the reigning Olympic champion in the men’s 200m, and many other top-class international athletes are to showcase their talent in Taipei at the Taiwan Athletics Open early next month, according to the event’s official Web site.The Canadian sprinter, who clocked 19.62 seconds to top t
Daniil Medvedev’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia title defense came to an early end on Tuesday after the world No. 4 was knocked out at the last-16 stage by Tommy Paul, while Iga Swiatek cruised into the women’s semi-finals in Rome.Second seed Medvedev has never successfully defended an ATP Tour crown
Women’s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark scored 20 points, but gave up 10 turnovers on a tough WNBA debut as her Indiana Fever team fell to a 92-71 loss to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday.Clark, NCAA Division I basketball’s all-time leading scorer, has brought unprecedented attention to women’s bas
Canada on Tuesday squandered a five-goal lead in the third period before captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime to give the defending champions a 7-6 win over Austria at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.The Canadians led 6-1, but Austria produced an unprecedented five-goal final
LUCKY: Duran might not have played if Zaniolo had not been hurt, but he scored a solid first goal, although the second came from a pass that ricocheted in off his thigh
Jhon Duran struck twice in the final five minutes to salvage a 3-3 draw for Aston Villa against Liverpool, but they fell short of guaranteeing a place in next season’s Champions League on Monday.Villa looked set for a fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions as an Emiliano Martinez own-goal and
The Boston Celtics on Monday fought off the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers to take a 3-1 stranglehold in their NBA playoff series as the Oklahoma City Thunder leveled their series with the Dallas Mavericks.Jayson Tatum scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jaylen Brown added 27 points for t
Daniil Medvedev on Monday continued his Internazionali BNL d’Italia title defense with a hard-fought 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 7-5 win over qualifier Hamad Medjedovic as the men’s tournament was left wide open by big-name exits, the latest being fourth seed Andrey Rublev.The second seed has a great opportunit
Helen Ryvar goes through the same routine every night. She checks the weather forecast, lays out her running clothes, puts her running shoes by the front door, charges her cellphone and flashlight, and sets the alarm for 4am.By 4:15am, she is out the door — rain or shine.“I’m just an ordinary person
Tyson Fury’s father, John Fury, on Monday had blood gushing from his forehead after a video appeared to show him headbutting a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s camp in the buildup to Saturday’s undisputed world heavyweight clash in Riyadh.The incident took place at the hotel hosting the prefight media day
SICK MOVES: Murray launched a half-court buzzer-beater to give the Nuggets a 15-point lead at halftime, which he followed with 12 more points in the third quarter
Defending champions the Denver Nuggets on Sunday outgunned the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-107 to level their NBA playoff series as the Indiana Pacers pulled even with the New York Knicks.The Nuggets, fueled by 35 points from NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon’s 27 points on ruthless
Arsenal on Sunday kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United, moving back top of the table and taking the championship battle down to the final weekend.Leandro Trossard scored the only goal on 20 minutes as Arsenal won fo
Despite the threat of dislocated fingers and strained muscles, more than 150 Bavarian men came together on Sunday to compete in Germany’s unique national championship of Fingerhakeln, or finger wrestling.The “finger wrestlers” met in a big beer tent in the small southern village of Bernbeuren. About
One game after Sam Bennett punched Brad Marchand out of the playoffs, the Florida Panthers forward sent the rest of the Boston Bruins to the brink of elimination with an equally controversial shove to Charlie Coyle’s back.Already drawing boos in TD Garden because of a hit on Marchand that the Bruins
Novak Djokovic on Sunday described his shock third-round elimination from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia by Alejandro Tabilo as “concerning,” two days after he was hit on the head by a bottle, which he said has caused nausea and dizzy spells.Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 41st Masters 1000 t