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Gregorius, Holliday home run, Yanks thump Angels 8-4 to end skid

Yankees: 1B Greg Bird received a cortisone shot to address a bruised right ankle. On this night, their lead evaporated behind poor pitching and mistakes in th...

Ronaldo remains coy about his Real future

New Zealand may have given Mexico a tough time of it on Wednesday, but El Tri sent out a reserve squad and still did the job at hand. Today, the entire team...

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Warriors Clinch NBA Title After Beating Cavaliers in Game Five

Everybody for the last 10 years knew how good he was, but until you break through and win that first championship, there's always still something there. "To do ...

Sano, Vargas power Twins to 9-7 win over White Sox

When he got to the dugout, "they tell me I'm a monster", Vargas said with a laugh. Brandon Kintzler earned his 18th save of the year by pitching a scoreless...

Spanish prosecutors charge Jose Mourinho with tax fraud

Now, the admission of the two counts of fraud in 2012 and 2013 will see him pay an additional fine of nearly 780,000 euros. Di Maria admitted to two counts of...

Manchester Utd manager Jose Mourinho accused of €3.3mn tax fraud

Similarly, Cristiano Ronaldo will testify in court on July 31 over allegations that he defrauded the Spanish authorities of €14.8m in unpaid taxes between 201...

NBA Draft Day Fail: Does Markelle Fultz Know Who He's Playing For?

This is something I have been dreaming about", said Fultz , who played for the University of Washington Huskies last season. It did not matter to the Sixe...

Celtics trade No. 1, expect to get man

Kansas Jayhawks guard Josh Jackson (11) goes up for a shot as Oregon Ducks guard Dylan Ennis (31) and forward Jordan Bell (1) defend during the second half in...

Queensland beats New South Wales 18-16 in State of Origin

Conjuring memories of Mark Coyne's famous 1994 game one match-winner - and so many others - Gagai was again on hand to latch on to a Michael Morgan pass on the ...

Mexico came from behind to beat New Zealand — FIFA Confederations Cup

Ronaldo netted the victor of the game with a first-half header to send the European champions to the top of Group A and all but secure a place in next week's ...

Pallister: Man Utd have proved the doubters wrong

Mourinho was considered to be a safe bet, given his previous triumphs elsewhere, and the Portuguese duly delivered. "I believe that come the start of the seas...

Imagine! Lennon brings no peace, but discord at European Union summit

Despite it being his 80th summit as premier or European Union head, "never before have I had such a strong belief that things are going in a better direction", ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has four Ballon d'Ors for a reason - Russian Federation boss

Cameroon took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa deftly flicked the ball over advancing Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan after ru...

Raiders reward QB Derek Carr with record $125 million deal

Teams don't give $ 125 million to great human beings, unless they can lead fourth-quarter comebacks (12 in three years), complete 60 percent of their passes an...

Confederations Cup: Portugal coach Fernando Santos backs Cristiano Ronaldo over media snub

For Russia, anything but a victory will mean an early exit from its home tournament, although advancing was already seen as a hard task in a group with Mexico ...

Heather Knight confident ahead of opener with India

Pakistan Women defeated West Indies Women by 5 wickets in their first warm-up match, but lost to Australia Women by 8 wickets in their second warm-up game on...

Timberwolves land Butler in trade with Bulls

He averaged a career-high 23.9 points last season as the Bulls were 41-41 and qualified for the postseason as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. Despi...

Smith lauds 'unbelievable' Maroons match-winner Thurston

Smith, Thurston and Cooper Cronk were uncharacteristically clunky in attack, while their kicking game was as bad as we've seen in this arena. Wests Tigers ful...

FIFA opens case against Juve over Pogba transfer

After Manchester United completed a record purchase for midfielder Paul Pogba last August, FIFA took a look at whether or not disciplinary action was requ...

Francisco Rodriguez Released by Tigers After 2 Seasons with Team

Bruce Rondon will be recalled from the Toledo Mud Hens and will presumably take up the role of closer for the Tigers bullpen. Rodriguez declined to talk to rep...

76ers take Fultz, Lakers grab Ball to start National Basketball Association draft

In 2016, Philadelphia used the number one pick to select LSU's Ben Simmons . Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season at Washington, tops among freshmen, and a...

Dani Alves free to leave Juventus by 'mutual consent'

Alves has only spent one year at Juventus , winning Serie A and the Coppa Italia, while the club lost out to Real Madrid in the Champions League final earl...

Marin Cilic through to quarterfinals at Queen's

In the victory, Cilic won 85 percent of his first serve points and 100 percent of his second serve points. Cilic, who beat John Isner in round one, will now t...

Anil Kumble 'bhai' expressed views.we tried to maintain sanctity: Kohli

Former Indian cricketers lashed out on Kohli's behaviour towards Kumble and him being the reason behind the latter's stepping down. Kumble was appointed coa...

England under-21s told to aim for top

It was the Swansea centre-back's first worldwide goal and Mawson admitted a passionate half-time team talk inspired their recovery. "It's good to progress b...

Manchester United decide to advance efforts to sign Benfica full-back Nelson Semedo

With Manchester United reportedly prepared to offer €35 million for Semedo, Barcelona will have to act quickly if they want to get their man. It was very as...

Hornets draft pick Malik Monk 'can't believe' he'll play for Michael Jordan

From the courts of Cypress Lakes High School to the University of Kentucky , Fox is set to be an elite point guard at the next level. Monk's not humble. His ...

Nuggets select Donovan Mitchell, send him to Jazz

A person with direct knowledge of the deal says the Utah Jazz traded the No. 24 pick and forward Trey Lyles to the Nuggets for Mitchell. He was often asle...

#3 - Jayson Tatum - Boston Celtics

Chicago had approach the Sixers offering Butler for the No. 3 pick in this week's draft, before Philly shipped that pick to Boston. More than ever, he's the hea...