The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Boston Celtics launched their NBA playoff campaigns with big wins on Sunday as Orlando shocked the Detroit Pistons. The Thunder, trying to become the first team since Golden State in 2017 and 2018 to…

AC Milan and Juventus both took a big step towards qualification for next season’s Champions League with respective victories over Verona and Bologna on Sunday. Adrien Rabiot swept home the only goal in Milan’s 1-0 win at Verona, giving his…

Second seed Ben Shelton won the ATP 500 clay-court tournament in Munich for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over the Italian Flavio Cobolli who had such an impressive win over Alexander Zverev in the semis. One year…

Up-and-coming Frenchman Arthur Fils beat Russian Andrey Rublev 6-2, 7-6 (7/2) to lift the Barcelona clay-court title on Sunday with Roland Garros just a month away. The 21-year-old Fils returned from an eight-month injury absence in February and has been…

Harry Kane scored his 32nd goal of the campaign as Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-2 home win over Stuttgart to claim a record-extending 35th Bundesliga title. Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson and Alphonso Davies joined Kane on the scoresheet, while…

Manchester City beat stumbling Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday to take charge of the Premier League title race as Liverpool strengthened their push for a Champions League place. Mikel Arteta’s Gunners have been in pole position for months but are wobbling…

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers eased past the Houston Rockets 107-98 on Saturday as the Denver Nuggets held off Minnesota in a bruising battle to open the NBA playoffs. The Nuggets, fueled by Nikola Jokic’s 25-point triple-double and…

Real Sociedad edged Atletico Madrid 4-3 on penalties to win the Copa del Rey for a fourth time in the club’s history after a 2-2 draw in a gripping final on Saturday in Seville. After Alexander Sorloth and Julian Alvarez…

Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal are “more than capable” of landing a knockout blow to Manchester City in the Premier League title race when the top two meet on Sunday. The Gunners hold a six-point lead ahead of their visit to…

Matheus Cunha fired Manchester United towards the Champions League with a 1-0 win at Chelsea on Saturday, while Tottenham remain in the relegation zone after twice blowing the lead to draw with Brighton. Chelsea failed to take advantage of a…

Colombian Brayan Leon was the match-winner again for Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa on Saturday, scoring in a 1-0 CAF Champions League semi-final second leg win over Esperance of Tunisia. Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa will meet FAR Rabat of…

Orlando Pirates regained top spot in the South African Premiership on Saturday by defeating fourth-placed AmaZulu 3-0 in Soweto. Pirates have 58 points with five matches to play, two points more than Mamelodi Sundowns, who have two games in hand…