Curry smiled and went over to greet Beckham, a friend of LeBron James' who has worked out with the Cleveland superstar. Golden State has a much better team, and with all due respect to LeBron James , they are not a good enough defensive team to matchup with Golden State . Read More »

The Lions are teetering on the brink of collapse according to the New Zealand press after just two games of their 10-match tour. "I've had to bide my time". "They had eight All Blacks". Instead, the Lions pressured the hosts from the off as they downed the most successful team in Super Rugby history. Read More »

Close throughout, with superstars on both teams playing at superstar level. On Thursday, James spoke to reporters and was asked a number of questions about the series. The Cavaliers are no match for these Warriors, not even with arguably the best player on the planet in LeBron James . It would be the starkest symbol of their dominance this season. Read More »

The star player that she is, Alyssa Valdez couldn't help but channel the fangirl in her at the height of the title race between Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association. Irving was referring to an interview Green gave Thursday, when he openly relished in the seeming inevitability of the Warriors winning their second championship in three years on Cleveland's home court. Read More »

In Game 1, Nashville became the first team to hold an opponent without a shot on goal in a period of a Final game since the National Hockey League started tracking that statistic in 1957, and that drought lasted 37 minutes even though Pittsburgh pulled out a 5-3 win. Read More »

The momentum of the match switched sharply after umpire Carlos Ramos penalised Murray the loss of a serve for a time violation. "It's winning when you're not playing your best is more impressive". 'Stan has played fantastic in this tournament, he hasn't dropped a set. "I need to do the same again". Nishikori surpassed Jiro Sato, who died in 1934, for the most quarterfinal appearances by a Japanese man, as he made the last eight for the second time in three years in Paris . Read More »

Mladenovic tried to look on the positives of her French Open campaign, which at one point had been in doubt because of a back problem. But even after falling behind 3-1 in the second set, Bacsinszky didn't wilt and won five of the final six games to finish off Mladenovic and return to the semis. Read More »

The last American major victor was Andy Roddick - 13 years, nine months and one day ago (not that we're counting) at the 2003 US Open . There, he faced Novak Djokovic who had beaten him in Rome . Djokovic clearly isn't the player he was a year ago. The same symbols are also displayed on the inside frame of his racket. Third seed Wawrinka's epic battle against Murray had delayed Nadal's appearance until almost 6pm local time and there was a sense of "after the Lord Mayor's show" ... Read More »

Kyrie Irving scored 40 points and LeBron James recorded his third straight triple-double, racking up 31 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, to lead the Cavaliers to a 137-116 win over the Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. Read More »

Despite not being a regular last season, Rodriguez still managed to score 11 goals and assist a further 13 strikes in 33 matches for Los Blancos . However, we have a small favour to ask. United were initially interested in Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann but have since turned their attention to a traditional number nine rather than one who plays a slightly deeper-lying role like the France worldwide. Read More »

Mais son succès à Paris, son douzième en Grand Chelem, était aussi le point culminant de sa trajectoire avant une inexorable chute que l'arrivée récente d'Andre Agassi comme mentor n'a pas enrayée. La deuxième demi-finale, coïncidence extraordinaire, tombe le jour de l'anniversaire des deux adversaires: 20 ans pour Ostapenko et 28 ans pour Bacsinszky. Read More »

For all this while, the Golden State Warriors refused to look too far ahead. Golden State escaped with a huge win to go up 3-0, only one game away from the title. In his postgame interview, he used the word "liberating" to describe the shot, the moment. The Cavaliers showed their championship mettle and played like a team that didn't want its season to end, bringing a different intensity and energy. Read More »

James finished the game with 39 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists while shooting 15-for-27 from the field, proving that he remains one of the game's most dominant players in its history. Particularly as you go deeper, it gets tougher and tougher. The only players remaining with more Finals points than James are Jerry West (1,679 points) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,317 points). Read More »

Not bad for an old guy, huh? "When you play in a semi you have to accept it". "But I'm happy with what I did on court, the way I was fighting, even if I was down". They saw deuce several times, and Wawrinka eventually got the break, but Murray fought back and broke Wawrinka with a handsome backhand, and took control of the set from there. Read More »

Nevertheless, he looked far from his normal self and played poorly in Nashville. The unit went 0-6 in the two defeats, but generated more in the latter loss. "I have a better arm than that anyway". Three points in in Game 5 and he could have easily had that many if his teammates would have buried anything in Game 4. Read More »

Just three years ago, Lincoln Riley was the offensive coordinator at East Carolina. The Big 12 hasn't made a blip on the national title game in several years. In a combination blessing and curse, Riley takes over an Oklahoma team that will likely be predicted to win the Big 12 for the third straight season. Read More »

His addition has taken the Warriors to a completely different level and made them, to date, literally unbeatable in the playoffs. Warriors: Golden State's nine 3-pointers in the first quarter broke the previous Finals mark held by five teams, most recently the Warriors in 2015. Read More »

The chance to win three more is slim, but it's a chance few thought they would have after a gut-wrenching loss in Game 3 , when they gave up the last 11 points and blew a six-point lead with three minutes remaining. I move on. It was never like, 'Oh man, I cost these guys a championship. The Warriors are much different, much more talented and determined to get that fourth win in the championship round. Read More »

Will that difference carry over to Game 5 is a question for another day. Combine that with last year's 73-win season, and a second title in three years - which could have easily been three consecutive championships - and foundation of the case has been made. Read More »

Arriving at Old Trafford on a free transfer last summer, he soon set about living up to his massive reputation (and a contract to match). He will continue his rehabilitation from injury at the club. Ibrahimovic definitely left his mark on the Premier League , finishing the season as United's top scorer with 28 goals n 46 appearances. The 35-year old has not made comments regarding his future. Read More »

The defending National Hockey League champion Penguins moved into a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series , which now shifts to Nashville for Game Three on Saturday. Against the quick-strike Penguins, it's just.778. There's a bit of a changeling quality to this group as opposed to the one that beat San Jose in six games to win the Cup last spring. Read More »

The addition of Durant and a fully healthy lineup has propelled the Warriors to a 15-0 record in the playoffs. For me, when I left here to go to Miami, we had to build something. When J.R. Smith's 3-point shot bounced in and out and in with 8:15 left in the third quarter Wednesday night, it felt as if the magic that carried the Cavaliers to the 2016 championship might be returning. Read More »

The final-set score suggests Murray ran out of gas. Karolina Pliskova has leveled her semifinal match against Simona Halep at the French Open . Nadal, a nine-time champion at Roland Garros, will face Wawrinka, the 2015 champ, in Sunday's final. The same symbols are also displayed on the inside frame of his racket. Read More »

The Cleveland Cavaliers staved off NBA Finals elimination and ended the Golden State Warriors' shot at an unprecedented ideal run through the playoffs with a gritty 137-116 win on Friday. Irving also outdid himself, firing away like mad for 38 points, capping his stellar performance by giving Cleveland a 108-102 bulge in the homestretch. Read More »

Rafael Nadal plays a forehand during Friday's French Open semifinal match against Dominic Thiem . The two contrasting styles were nicely summed up in the opening exchanges, with Wawrinka hitting six winners and six unforced errors off the opening three games and Murray not making any mistakes for just one victor in the same period - as the Swiss' risk-and-reward approach battled with Murray's more conservative and defensive outlook. Read More »

The French Open could be her second in 2017. Another straight-sets win followed, this time over Lesia Tsurenko - who had defeated Angelique Kerber's first-round canquisher, Ekaterina Makarova, in her previous match - with the result ensuring she'd reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time . Read More »

According to ESPN's Zach Lowe , Green's first call was to Warriors general manager Bob Myers to tell him it was on him to sign soon-to-be free agent Kevin Durant . They had won a league record 73 games in the regular season, besting the total Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls achieved in the 1995-96 season. Game 4 is scheduled to tip off at 9 p.m. Read More »

After two lopsided losses to start the N.B.A. finals, the Cavaliers fell in line behind him as they spent much of last night fending off the Golden State Warriors . "I'm not one to judge and say if it's fair or not if guys are adding players to their team". "I think it's just part of my calling to just go against teams in the midst of a dynasty", James said. Read More »

Mashrafe, after the match , said that they knew it would be hard to play against Australia . As a result, they have one point in hand and a net run-rate of -0.407, and their last contest (against New Zealand ) becomes a do-or-die affair. Read More »

Yet in three quick games, he has been demoted to a top-five player, somewhere behind Golden State's gaggle of stars. Here are three things we learned from the Warriors' Game 3 win over the Cavs . Cleveland had been leading for most of the second half thanks to wonderful play from both Kyrie Irving and James. James and Irving were 0-for-4 with a turnover at that critical juncture, and Kevin Durant and Curry continued to make plays to lead the Warriors on an 11-0 game-ending run. Read More »

Rohit Sharma (91) and Shikhar Dhawan (68) laid the platform with an opening stand of 136 before Kohli and Yuvraj, to the delight of India fans in a capacity 25,000 crowd, teed off. "Once you are confident, you take the right decision and eventually that pays off". Kohli too got a life but found rhythm and timing back quickly. "I've got to go back and have a look at our opposition, have a look at our team, have a look at where we're at in terms of our form, and then you select a team ... Read More »

Seven Finals and three championships later, James is facing the same fate. "I mean, who am I to say if it's fair or not?" "They're definitely a different team than they were previous year that's definitely in full effect that we're all fully aware of", the Cavs' Kyrie Irving said. Read More »

In Game 3 alone, James fired 39 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and issued 9 assists in 46 minutes of play. May be the most on guard a bull force the National Basketball Association has ever seen certainly one of them in Kevin Durant . James hasn't shied away from comparisons to Jordan, who's viewed by many as the greatest basketball player in history. "I knew it was going to be one of the toughest challenges I've had because of the firepower they have and because of the mindset they ... Read More »

But even after falling behind 3-1 in the second set, Bacsinszky didn't wilt and won five of the final six games to finish off Mladenovic and return to the semis. When I came here I didn't expect to be in the semis, but I'm playing better and better every match. A three-hour delay ensued - the French Open is the lone grand slam without a roof, though that will finally change in 2020 - the type that can so often switch momentum in matches. Read More »

Brazil are sitting a mile ahead in the South American qualifying standings and are so far in front that they are the only team bar the hosts Russian Federation to have already qualified for the Cup. The defeat is Brazil's first under manager Tite , as the team won his first nine matches in charge with a +23 goal differential. Singapore captain Shahril Ishak said last week that playing against Messi would be " like a dream come true", while coach V. Read More »