Maria Sharapova's second French Open title on the clay courts of Roland Garros on Saturday left her scratching her head as to how she ever got to that point in her career.
Small details can be cruelly decisive in big matches - as Simona Halep discovered after losing her composure following an umpire's call in Saturday's French Open final against Maria Sharapova.
She once posed for a photograph with an eight-year-old Eugenie Bouchard but that friendly touch was not on show on Thursday as Maria Sharapova wiped the smile off the Canadian's face to set up a French Open final with Simona Halep.
Simona Halep is a player with a plan. A few of them in fact.
The San Antonio Spurs handled the Heat, and the heat, during a sweltering start to the NBA Finals.
A scandal-ridden league and a laughing stock of a national team have dominated soccer talk over the past few decades.
"My workload at the CFA is much heavier than what I was doing at FIFA and the Hong Kong Football Association. I am here trying to help build up a system."
Known affectionately as 'Mr Game Seven', Los Angeles Kings right winger Justin Williams went against type by providing the defining moment of the Stanley Cup Final opener on Wednesday.
Spanish star overcomes first-set slump against compatriot Ferrer
For a woman who admires 19th century philosophy, Andrea Petkovic says she did not need to think at all to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal on Wednesday.
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