When veteran Steve Stricker was denied a special exemption to this week's US Open at Erin Hills in his native Wisconsin, he simply rolled up his sleeves and qualified the blue-collar way.
KUALA LUMPUR - Ahmad Al Salih's late strike dealt a body blow to China's faltering quest to reach a second World Cup on Tuesday and Qatar kept its slim hopes alive with a 3-2 upset of South Korea.
PARIS - England boss Gareth Southgate said Tuesday's 3-2 friendly loss to France provided further evidence of how far his side has to go before it can be considered a World Cup contender.
MADRID - Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo denied on Tuesday ever hiding income from tax authorities or committing tax fraud in Spain, after prosecutors filed a lawsuit accusing him of defrauding the government of 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million).
PARIS - Leave it to others to decide whether Rafael Nadal is playing the best tennis of his career as he comes off a 10th French Open championship - his 15th Grand Slam title overall.
PARIS - A little more than an hour after Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko won the first tour-level title of her young career - at the French Open, no less - she was asked what her expectations are.
LONDON - Marcus Willis, who briefly captured headlines at Wimbledon last year, is hoping to obtain a wild card for this year's tournament.
Britain's Johanna Konta is not going to burden herself with expectations at Wimbledon and would rather focus on giving her best during next month's grass-court Grand Slam.
Retired banker now devotes life to teaching ancient skills to new generation
TEHERAN - Iran became the second team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup by blanking Uzbekistan 2-0 on Monday, sparking celebrations in the streets.
Three Chinese-backed teams battled it out as the Formula E electric car racing championship, which is also partially China-owned, hit Berlin last weekend.
Durant named Finals MVP after leading Warriors over Cavaliers
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