Venus Williams defeated Serena Williams for the first time in nearly four years, getting past her younger sister 6-3, 6-4 on Monday night in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.
It is Venus' first victory…
Russell Westbrook got the help he needed from co-stars Paul George and Carmelo Anthony.
George and Anthony each scored 21 points and Westbrook notched his 20th triple-double of the season to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacra…
After the Houston Rockets easily downed the San Antonio Spurs, James Harden was asked about his team taking care of business against a team missing its top players.
The All-Star was quick to point out that despite already clinching a pl…
Pep Guardiola could be seen removing his yellow ribbon in the dugout shortly before his Manchester City side took on Stoke on Monday night.
Last week the City boss was fined £20,000 and warned as to his future conduct after accepting a …
There seems to be growing concern in Paris over Neymar's future in the French capital. When asked if their prize asset was staying at Paris Saint-Germain beyond the summer before his side were eliminated from the Champions League by Real M…
Alphon Zu FC, has emerged champions of the Betway Stephen Appiah Cup, played on Saturday, at Chokor, Accra. The football gala, organized by leading online sports betting company Betway Ghana, saw eight teams from Chorkor, James Town and it…
The Chairman of the Eastern Regional Football Association (ERFA), Mr Abdul Lawal has called on club officials and administrators to exhibit high sense of maturity in other to promote and bring sanity in football administration in the regio…
Richard Commey moved closer to getting a second shot at Robert Easter Jr that he desperately wants on Saturday night.
The hard-hitting lightweight contender from Ghana knocked out Mexico’s Alejandro Luna in the sixth round of their IBF …
Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew will not be available to face Spurs in the FA Cup next weekend following his red card against Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon.
The Ghanaian international has played a major role in his side's ris…
Sir Trevor Brooking has told the BBC that West Ham's security situation could be "out of control" after ugly scenes marred the 3-0 home defeat to Burnley at the London Stadium on Saturday.
West Ham are facing a Football Association (FA)…
It is easy to forget that Marcus Rashford is just 20 years old and a youngster still growing into a man's body, as Jose Mourinho confirmed last July when he revealed the forward had grown three centimetres in 12 months.
And there have b…
Fiorentina paid emotional tributes to their captain Davide Astori before and during Sunday's 1-0 win over Benevento at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
The Serie A club were playing their first game since Astori died suddenly in his sleep at the…
Marco Reus wanted to show teammates that "something can develop" at Borussia Dortmund after signing a contract extension, he told reporters after BVB's dramatic 3-2 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
Reus, 28, bucked the tr…
Jamie Carragher has apologised to a 14-year-old girl for appearing to spit at her after Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The teenage United fan was sat in the passenger seat while her father was driving …
The only thing rarer than a raindrop in the Southern California desert might be a Roger Federer early-round loss, and thankfully for fans, the weekend brought only one of those anomalies.
Federer's opening match at the BNP Paribas Open …
I didn't think Tiger Woods would win again.
There, I said it. Feels good to get it off my chest, even if I have to forever wear a scarlet TW like some modern-day Hester Prynne.
Technically, I haven't been proven wrong -- yet. Woods a…
When the Houston Rockets' MVP candidate needs a night off, they can simply elevate the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year to the starting lineup.
Or turn the ball over to an eight-time all-NBA point guard.
That's why they have the best reco…
If this game was a Hollywood audition, the young Los Angeles Lakers certainly did well enough to impress budding entertainment mogul LeBron James.
The Lakers will have to wait until summer to find out whether they earned a callback -- o…
Harry Kane limped off with an ankle injury as Tottenham Hotspur won 4-1 at Bournemouth on Sunday.
Kane appeared to turn his ankle in a collision with goalkeeper Asmir Begovic midway through the first half with Spurs trailing 1-0.
The…
Jose Mourinho has told his players that Manchester United's win over Liverpool on Saturday was just the prelude to "live or die" games against Sevilla and Brighton.
Sevilla visit Old Trafford in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the…
Barcelona have agreed on a fee with Gremio for the transfer of Arthur, report Globo Esporte, with the Brazilian club set to pocket €30m.
The Blaugrana have been constantly linked to the midfielder since the Tricolor won the Copa Liberta…
He couldn't bear to watch. For nearly two years, when Chris Bosh glanced at a snippet of his old life -- an NBA highlight of a winning 3, a gala with his ex-teammates gliding down the red carpet, resplendent in their invincibility -- he'd …
Bayern Munich have confirmed their interest in Bordeaux star Malcom, with manager Jupp Heynckes revealing that sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic is tracking his progress.
The Bundesliga champions could therefore beat out Arsenal, who…
Manchester United will make a push for Samuel Umtiti this summer with Jose Mourinho keen on the Barcelona centre-back.
The France international will be offered €9 million per season in a deal to move to Old Trafford, reports Sport, and …
Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino and Chelsea's Antonio Conte are the two highest names on Paris Saint-Germain's shortlist to replace manager Unai Emery, sources close to the French club have told ESPN FC.
Emery's contract exp…
Squad numbers can seem irrelevant these days. They should not, and not just because some players have co-opted them profitably into a personal brand. More pertinently, they can mean something, defining duties and making footballers part of…
"The atmosphere at Old Trafford is not what it was since, as Roy Keane said, the prawn sandwich brigade arrived," wrote John Aldridge in his column in the Liverpool Echo this week.
The former Liverpool striker had previously declared in…
Following a 113-108 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night in which he scored seven of his game-high 39 points on three dagger jumpers in the final minute, four-time MVP and three-time NBA champion LeBron James made a bold proclama…
Lautaro Martinez will join Inter from Racing Club for €30m, the player's agent has told TyC Sports.
Roland Zarate also confirms that the 20-year-old will move this summer and that there is no chance of the player being allowed to contin…
The presence of Kyrie Irving this season has made the Boston Celtics more of a dynamic team with the ball.
They've become quite the force on the other end of the court, too, as the Minnesota Timberwolves again found out.
Irving retur…
A week after Russell Westbrook's late-game play ended Oklahoma City's losing streak to Phoenix, the reigning MVP keyed another victory over the Suns.
Westbrook had 27 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in the Thunder's 115-87 rout …
Serena Williams won her first match in her comeback at the BNP Paribas Open after a 14-month layoff for the birth of her first child.
The 23-time major winner defeated Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-5, 6-3 in the first round Thursday nigh…
Riyad Mahrez has said it would have been "a good move" had he completed a switch to Manchester City, and did not rule out leaving Leicester City in the summer.
Algeria international Mahrez was a January transfer target for City but the …
The Old Lady has regularly visited London in her lifetime. Truth be told, though, it has never been somewhere she's been eager to race back to. When it came to Wembley, she never knew what all the fuss was about. Other Italians had enjoyed…
Gennaro Gattuso said AC Milan "never played like a team" as his side suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat to an inspired Arsenal on Thursday.
The Gunners used first-half goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey to cruise to a comfortabl…
Three quick thoughts from the San Siro on Arsenal's 2-0 first-leg win over AC Milan in the Europa League round of 16.
1. Arsenal finally deliver a win to ease pressure on Wenger
Don't say your farewells to Arsene Wenger just yet. The…
Techiman base Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC defeated Prisons Ladies based of Sunyani by a goal to nil (1-0) to lift the Women's Super Cup trophy played at the Nana Agyemang Badu I Sports Stadium in Dormaa-Ahenkro. The first half of the game saw b…
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has launched a campaign, "Ghana champions for gold" ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. This is to ensure Ghana wins her first gold medal at the Games. The campaign was launched barely two days…
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez, who is in training for his mega rematch with unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin, has tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol.
Golovkin and Alvarez are scheduled to meet on…
After almost two decades of sober reflection over his violent conduct against former Kotoko coach, Ernst Middendorp, veteran coach Joseph Emmanuel Sarpong has regretted that spontaneous outburst.
About 10 minutes to full time during an …
Serena Williams will make her long-awaited return to singles competition Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner will face Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas in the first night match (10 p.m. ET).
Victoria Azaren…
Days are passing slowly for Chelsea supporters right now. Their frustration at the inertia that has gripped the club manifests itself 24 hours a day, across multiple time zones.
Thousands of words have been written about the whys and wh…
It is too early to judge Manchester United's season.
It could yet end with a Champions League and FA Cup double -- an upgrade on the Europa League and League Cup won last year. In that scenario -- albeit fairly unlikely -- there could n…
Germany coach Joachim Low will be the leading candidate to succeed Arsene Wenger, sources have told ESPN FC, if, as is becoming increasingly likely, the Arsenal manager's 22-year reign ends this summer.
Wenger's grip on his position has…
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said "it's the history of Tottenham" to come up just short in big moments as his side eliminated Spurs from the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Juve were outplayed for the first 50 minutes at Wem…
Andriy Shevchenko has warned Arsene Wenger his Arsenal players will be facing a rejuvenated AC Milan side that is beginning to resemble their great teams of previous years.
The out-of-sorts Gunners have lost their last four successive g…
Liverpool have suffered a blow in their bid to sign Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic, claims TalkSport.
The Croatia international had been backed to leave the Nou Camp at the end of the season, but a recent upturn in form could now see…
Liverpool have edged ahead of Arsenal in the race to sign in-demand Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar, according to The Sun.
The Gunners agreed a deal in principle for the 22-year-old last summer for a reported £92 million, but Lemar turne…
The Houston Rockets had trouble at times holding on to the ball and keeping up with the young Milwaukee Bucks.
But as long as the Rockets keep hitting their 3-pointers, they're pretty hard to beat.
James Harden scored 26 points, Eric…
LeBron James was knocking down shots no matter the angle, the degree of difficulty, the distance or the number of hands in his face.
Closing time just brings the best out in him. Still, as teammate Larry Nance Jr. aptly said of all Jame…