Rafael Nadal will head to Roland Garros as the new world No. 1 after he claimed a record-extending eighth Italian Open title Sunday.
Top seed Nadal, 31, profited from a timely rain delay at a break when he was down in the final set to h…
Stephen Curry was cooking so much in the third quarter of Game 3 that after a successful driving floater in traffic, he faced the crowd, took his mouthpiece out and shouted, "This is my f---ing house!"
"I blacked out," he said.
Curry…
Aaron Wise had to kick his mom out of his hotel room because she was too chatty during a four-hour rain delay before his best shot at a first PGA Tour victory.
The 21-year-old rookie's caddie had to snap him back into the moment when W…
Nothing is more gratifying than seeing a hard-working young footballer rising through the ranks to the zenith of the sport.
Few things excite and incite a fan more than charting the progress of a prodigy right from the neighbourhood of …
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial and Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette have been left out of the France squad for this year's World Cup in Russia.
Martial, 22, has won 18 caps and started France's 3-1 friendly victory over Ru…
After holding their Algerian counterparts to a barren draw last Friday the Ghana Under-20 male football team, Black Satellites, are aiming for an improved performance when they host the Algerians on Sunday, at the Cape Coast Stadium to ena…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Todd Monken isn't holding back his feelings on the Bucs' red zone struggles in 2017.
"We chose to suck. We chose not to do it as well as we can do it. I say that all the time, ever since I've b…
Robinson Cano's positive test for a banned substance and subsequent 80-game suspension announced this week came as no surprise to one of his former New York Yankees teammates.
Mark Teixeira overlapped with Cano for five seasons in New Y…
With just over eight minutes left in regulation, the Washington Capitals survived the most lethal power play in the postseason.
The home crowd roared in appreciation of the Capitals' penalty kill. For a moment, the crowd exhaled.
All…
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has long professed his love of golf. Now he's close to hosting a PGA Tour event.
ESPN has learned that Curry's representatives at Octagon are working with the PGA Tour to finalize a deal that al…
Legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum said he believes Jeff Horn will become the "big superstar of the welterweight division" should he emerge victorious over Terence Crawford in next month's title fight.
The Queenslander, who famously sco…
Shane Warne believes Australia's cricketers have been guilty of whingeing too much in recent times, but doubts that following the friendly example set by New Zealand is the way forward for a national team currently subject to a cultural re…
Controversial Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has had his sponsored Land Rover taken off him due to anti-gay comments shared on social media.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Land Rover, who signed a AUD$850,000 (£473,000) deal …
The old No. 1 stadium at the US Open is about to be replaced by a better-than-ever No. 2.
Louis Armstrong Stadium hosted two decades of championship tennis, memorable matches on the court that often hid its inadequacies off it.
Rain …
Gianluigi Buffon is reported to be heading to the Premier League next season, after he revealed he would be leaving Juventus this summer. The 40-year-old is still an incredible goalkeeper -- and has been offered a two-year deal at PSG -- b…
Southampton midfielder Sofiane Boufal has been left out of the Morocco squad for this summer's World Cup in Russia.
The 24-year-old, a record signing when he joined Saints from Lille for £16m in 2016, has not played since 31 March follo…
The Live draw of the MTN FA Cup Round of 64 has been held in Accra on May 15.
According to the Chairman of the MTN FA Cup competition Mr. Kurt Okraku, each of the sixty-four clubs will receive One thousand five hundred Ghana cedis (1,…
Chief Executive Officer Of Zylofon Group Of Companies, Nana Appiah Mensah, has revealed that Ghana’s ‘kings of the mic’ will be performing at selected matches of the Ghana Premier League, now Zylofon Premier League.
The Zylofon Group,…
Joël Bouzou, the Founder and President of Peace and Sport, a global initiative to promote the use of sport to foster dialogue and reconciliation around the world has arrived in Ghana to deliver a one-day lecture on Peace and Sports.
Bou…
The Ghana Premier League will be renamed in a few hours when a multi-million dollar deal between the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Zylofon Cash is announced.
The deal which ends a three-year wait for a title sponsor for the leagu…
Out-of-favour Kumasi Asante Kotoko striker, Saddick Adams, could make a sudden u-turn to the club as his ‘godfather’, Dr Kwaku Frimpong, fondly called Champion, has initiated moves to convince the management of the club to reconsider its d…
Currently perched at the bottom of the Group A table, Ghana’s Aduana Stars are optimistic their position will change as they aim to win against Raja Casablanca in the second game of their CAF Confederation Cup group stage campaign today.
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Russia have been handed a place in the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Romania and Spain were deducted points for fielding ineligible players during qualification.
Romania had controversially edged Spain to Europe's final automatic spot, hav…
Max Verstappen topped the first day of in-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya as all ten teams returned to action for the first time since Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Tuesday was one of four in-season test days scheduled for 201…
It has been over three months since Super Bowl LII, and Lane Johnson's trash-talking of the New England Patriots is still going strong.
The Philadelphia Eagles right tackle took more shots during a recent appearance on Steve Austin's po…
UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson says his recovery from knee surgery last month is already ahead of schedule, and he intends to return to the Octagon before the end of the year.
Exactly what circumstances he will return under remains to be…
NFL owners alarmed the football world in March when they slammed through a rule that promised 15-yard penalties and threatened ejections for something that is entwined with the game itself: using the helmet in contact. Coaches freaked over…
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham is recovering from right ankle surgery and could miss the team's spring workouts, sources told ESPN.
Graham, one of the heroes of Super Bowl LII, had the procedure May 1 and is currently …
Jordan Spieth understandably could have been upset about putting his tee shot in the water and quadruple-bogeying his final hole at the Players Championship, but the three-time major winner was pretty pumped after his final round.
That'…
The wife of former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is facing a domestic violence charge stemming from an altercation with Glover and his mother after he missed the 54-hole cut at The Players Championship.
Krista Glover was arrested Satu…
Doug Ford, the oldest surviving Masters champion and a former PGA player of the year, has died. He was 95.
The PGA Tour announced Ford's death on Tuesday, saying Ford's family informed the tour that he died Monday night. Details of his …
Canelo Alvarez heard the deafening criticism and on Tuesday announced that he has enrolled in a drug testing program with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.
"I want to let you know that I just signed the contract with VADA for year …
The Premier League season is over and it's fair to say some teams fared better than others.
Manchester City wiped the floor with everyone as Manchester United's title challenge fell flat and champions Chelsea finished outside the top fo…
Ten athletes and a coach who went missing during the Commonwealth Games face deportation from Australia.
The group includes eight athletes from Cameroon, two from Uganda and a Rwandan Para-powerlifting coach.
"If they breach the cond…
FA Cup committee chairman, Kurt Okraku has urged corporate bodies to partner the yearly FA Cup competition, as it represents a unique and thriving product of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The FA Cup competition remains one of th…
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry embraced the challenge of entering the Western Conference finals with a target on him, saying he hoped the Houston Rockets would attack him in isolation on every defensive possession.
The Rocket…
The Golden State Warriors feel confident in showcasing Kevin Durant after a 37-point Game 1 performance against the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
"He was ready for tonight," said Stephen Curry, who chipped …
Day after day, from opening night in Oakland onward, the anticipation raged on, a fire building toward an inferno. The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, the defending champion and its most legitimate threat, a tantalizing matchup …
The Rockets have been preparing for this all season -- longer, even -- and here is what they face: a Warriors team that is 24-3 in the playoffs since signing Kevin Durant. Houston has to beat them four times in seven games. Golden State wi…
Rockets reserve forward Luc Mbah a Moute admitted after a scoreless outing in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals that he doesn't have enough confidence in the right shoulder he dislocated twice this season.
Mbah a Moute was 0-of-6 …
The San Francisco 49ers officially hired Katie Sowers for the 2017 season last week, making her the team's first female assistant coach. She's also the second full-time female assistant coach in NFL history.
Sowers joins Buffalo Bills q…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has withdrawn from the French Open because of a left knee injury.
The 2008 Australian Open runner-up from France said in a video posted on his Twitter account that he has not recovered following surgery.
The 37th-r…
A constitutional anomaly that may have blocked the banned Australian opener Cameron Bancroft from playing club cricket in his hometown in Perth, has been waived by the clubs. This means he can turn out for his club Willeton before he is ag…
Ben Navarro, at one time considered a primary contender to buy the Carolina Panthers, has been told the sale is moving quickly in the direction of another candidate, sources told ESPN.
Navarro had been one of two leading candidates to t…
Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman seems relaxed as he talks with partner Sharna Burgess about Monday night's triple-elimination round of "Dancing With the Stars: Athletes."
But inside, his heart is racing.
It's similar to th…
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is recovering from a torn ACL in his right knee, is "on schedule" to be in training camp in July, coach Bill O'Brien said Monday.
"He's doing a good job in his rehab," O'Brien told NFL Netw…
The prospect of "sub-optimal" British weather was enough to convince Formula One chiefs not to move Silverstone's position on the calendar to host F1's 1,000th race in 2019.
F1 considered swapping next year's race at the Northamptonshir…
The Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling Monday in a landmark decision that gives states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports.
The court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sport…
Australian cricket will soon rid itself of a major conflict of interest after Mark Waugh chose to step down as a national selector in order to commentate full-time for the pay-TV provider Fox Sports.
Officially Waugh is still slated to …
Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari has to be honest about the reasons behind its struggles at the Spanish Grand Prix if it wants to stop Mercedes running away with the title.
Vettel spent the early part of the race in Barcelona fighting Merc…