Champions can take huge step towards another title
Blues favourites to continue winning run
The NBA champion Denver Nuggets roared back into their Western Conference semi-final series with Minnesota with a 117-90 victory over the Timberwolves on Friday as the Indiana Pacers clawed back a game against the New York Knicks.The Pacers, who dropped the first two games of their Eastern Conference semi-final series in New York, also avoided an 0-3 hole with a 111-106 victory over the Knicks in Indianapolis.
The Italy great had become the Hammers’ first overseas-born manager in September 2008.
Ukrainian boxing great Vasiliy Lomachenko brushed aside rival George Kambosos' taunts of sending him into "retirement" ahead of their lightweight world title fight on Sunday in Perth.There are two world title fights on Sunday's undercard.
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Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler has been golf's hottest sensation over the past two months, but he's about to face a new challenge that will test him in unprecedented ways -- fatherhood.I'm going to do my best," Scheffler said last month.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, with four wins and a runner-up effort in his past five starts, is the clear favorite for next week's 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla.The three-time major champion missed the cut in four of his past six starts, including the Masters.
The 27-year-old from London’s career was thrown into turmoil in October 2022 after he twice tested positive for the banned drug clomifene.
Djokovic has still to win a title in 2024.
The Northern Irishman shot a faultless 18 holes on Friday at Quail Hollow.
Striker will play his final game at Parc des Princes on Sunday before completing an expected move to the Spanish champions
Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom shot a six under-par round of 66 in cold and wet conditions to grab a share of the lead at the LPGA Founders Cup with American Rose Zhang.Zhang held a two stroke lead after her first round 63 and was solid again with a four-under 68 marred only by a bogey on the par-4 16th.
VAR has continued to be a hot topic in the Premier League throughout the season, leading to the PGMOL coming under increasing pressure while Uefa’s officials have also been criticised for their handling
Fourth-ranked Xander Schauffele fired a four-under par 67 to seize a four-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship.The PGA Tour signature event, with a reduced field and no cut, is the last major tuneup for next week's PGA Championship at Valhalla, where Schauffele hopes to win his first major title.
Liverpool will take on Aston Villa on Monday evening in Jurgen Klopp's penultimate game in charge
In this weekend's Blood Red column, Ian Doyle looks at the legacy of Jurgen Klopp's reign and why some are already keen to undermine his time as Liverpool boss
FORMER Newport County AFC captain Mickey Demetriou will hope it's third time lucky when he hunts Wembley glory in the League Two play-off final with Crewe Alexandra.
Chris Gotterup birdied the last four holes to grab a one-stroke lead over Robert MacIntyre after Friday's second round of the inaugural PGA Tour Myrtle Beach Classic.Gotterup birdied six of the last eight holes in all, starting with a nine-foot birdie putt at 13 and a seven-footer at the par-5 15th.
The goalkeeper Max Stryjek was the hero with two saves in the shootout after Crewe cancelled out a two-goal first-leg deficit to progress
The Ohio rivalry between Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati, which resumes on Saturday, was already becoming one of the most intense in Major League Soccer before last season's Eastern Conference final.But the rivalry pre-dates Cincinnati joining MLS as the then-second-tier club upset the Crew in the 2016 US Open Cup in their first-ever meeting.
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Kylian Mbappe confirmed on Friday that he will leave French champions Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, with Real Madrid widely expected to be his next destination.The 2018 World Cup winner had never confirmed publicly he was leaving, though, far less said where he will be going next, but it appears certain that he is bound for Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola had his side train in unfamiliar conditions ahead of Saturday’s game at Craven Cottage.
Spurs offered chance to get back on track