MANCHESTER, England - Marouane Fellaini was banished for brainlessly head-butting Sergio Aguero in an otherwise tedious 0-0 draw between Champions League qualification rivals Manchester United and Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Thursday.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals by topping the Memphis Grizzlies 103-96 on Thursday night to take the series 4-2.
MILWAUKEE - The crowd was loud and hostile.
BOSTON - New York Yankees starters failed to record a complete game in all of 2016 - a first for the storied franchise - but Masahiro Tanaka ended that slump this season before April was up.
LONDON - Mauricio Pochettino sees Tottenham's gritty 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday as a sign his club is ready to pounce if Chelsea stumbles in the title race.
BARCELONA, Spain - Real Madrid again made light of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo as it crushed Deportivo la Coruna 6-2 to maintain the upper hand in the La Liga title race on Wednesday.
SHANGHAI - Brazil forward Hulk scored a trademark screamer as Andre Villas-Boas' Shanghai SIPG doubled FC Seoul 4-2 to take its place in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
SANTIAGO - FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed on Wednesday that video-assistant referees will be used at next year's World Cup in Russia for the first time.
STUTTGART, Germany - Maria Sharapova says she would "play in the juniors if I have to" in order to compete at the French Open and Wimbledon - but has no interest in building bridges with her rivals after making her comeback from a doping ban.
SHEFFIELD, England - Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan bowed out of the World Snooker Championship on Wednesday after spurning a shot at a 147 break during a 13-10 quarterfinal loss to China's Ding Junhui.
Raul Lozano on Wednesday embraced his new role as the first foreign head coach of China's men's volleyball team, telling a Beijing media conference his goal is to helm the squad to the top level in Asia and return it to the Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020.
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets are headed to the Western Conference semifinals after using strong defense and a balanced scoring attack to overcome another big game by Russell Westbrook and eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 105-99 victory in Game 5 on Tuesday night.
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