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
GOLFTaiwan’s Chien finishes 4thTaiwan’s Chien Pei-yun on Sunday finished with an eight-under-par 280 to tie for fourth at the LPGA Founders Cup in Clifton, New Jersey, her best performance so far this year. The 33-year-old narrowly missed a third-place finish with two birdies in the fourth round, bu
The CPBL All-Star Games are to be held at the Taipei Dome on July 20 and 21, setting an expectation for record-high attendance.“This year, there’s no need to worry about rain,” CPBL commissioner Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) told a news conference announcing the plans in Taipei.The first day of last year’s e
NO NONSENSE: Josko Gvardiol could have been the first defender in English Premier League history to score a hat-trick, but he passed the chance by not taking a penalty
Manchester City on Saturday closed in on a fourth consecutive English Premier League title by thrashing Fulham 4-0, while Burnley were relegated from the top flight after a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.Luton Town are also virtually down. A 3-1 defeat at West Ham United left them three points adri
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown on Saturday combined to score 61 points to fire the Boston Celtics to a bounce-back NBA playoff win over Cleveland Cavaliers as Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic led the Dallas Mavericks over the Oklahoma City Thunder.Tatum scored 33 points and Brown 28 as top seeds Boston,
Yokohama F. Marinos manager Harry Kewell remains wary of the threat posed by Hernan Crespo’s Al-Ain side despite guiding his Marinos to a 2-1 first leg lead on home soil in the final of the AFC Champions League on Saturday.Marinos fought back from going behind to Mohammed Abbas’ 12th-minute strike t
Rafael Nadal on Saturday said that he is leaning toward playing at the French Open despite his second-round elimination in Rome, as Novak Djokovic laughed off being hit by a bottle which briefly cast doubt on his continued participation.Clay-court icon Nadal had previously said that he would only pl
SOCCERReal Madrid celebrate titleReal Madrid yesterday celebrated its La Liga title with fans, meeting with government officials and parading through the streets of the capital. Madrid clinched its 36th league title last weekend, with four rounds to spare, but it could not celebrate the triumph righ
TO REAL MADRID? Kylian Mbappe informed PSG privately in February of his intention to depart when his contract expires, but this was the first time he acknowledged it publicly
French soccer player Kylian Mbappe on Friday confirmed that he is to leave French champions Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, with Real Madrid widely expected to be his next destination.The announcement brings an end to a prolific association with his hometown team, which began when he s
Nikola Jokic on Friday recorded 24 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists as the Denver Nuggets dominated in a 117-90 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of their Western Conference semi-finals series in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Jamal Murray finished with 24 points on 11-for-21 shooting for De
English cricket great James Anderson’s record-breaking Test cricket career is set to come to an end later this year following talks with coach Brendon McCullum, The Guardian reported on Friday.The newspaper said that McCullum recently made a five-day visit to the UK, traveling 17,703km from his home