Venus Williams has been fined $3,000 by tournament organizers for not showing up at a news conference following her first-round exit at the French Open.
LeBron James booked his place in the NBA Finals for the fifth straight year when the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Atlanta Hawks 118-88 on Tuesday to complete a 4-0 sweep of the Eastern Conference Final.
Swiss authorities said they opened criminal proceedings linked to the award of rights to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.
A highly expected quarterfinal encounter between defending champion Rafael Nadal and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic has came one step closer to be realized as the duo respectively made easy through to the second round at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
Uruguayan forwards Christian Stuani and Abel Hernandez arrived in Montevideo on Tuesday to join in with national football team's training sessions for upcoming Copa America tournament in Chile.
With Wang Qiang beaten by former champion Francesca Schiavone on Tuesday, all four Chinese players have been stopped in the first round of the French Open tennis tournament.
It's 90 minutes before kickoff and the stadium's concourse is filling up with excited United fans clutching their match tickets and wearing red-and-white scarves and jerseys.
UEFA president Michel Platini said Monday that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had lied about his plans for a new term as he backed Prince Ali bin al Hussein's bid to oust the head of world football.
The Golden State Warriors survived a major injury scare to NBA MVP Stephen Curry but still lost the game as a James Harden-inspired Houston Rockets staved off playoff elimination with a 128-115 victory on Monday.
Defending champion Maria Sharapova breezed through to the second round but was booed off court on Monday, while two Chinese bowed out of the French Open after tumbling at the first hurdle.
Shandong Luneng has replaced Guangzhou Evergrande as the most generous to their first-team players in China's Super League.
Real Madrid have sacked coach Carlo Ancelotti after the world's richest club by income failed to win major silverware this season.
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