Coco Gauff said on Wednesday she will pretend the French crowd “are cheering for me” when she faces home favourite Lois Boisson in the Roland Garros semi-finals.The second seed battled past her fellow American Madison Keys 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-1 in a tense last-eight clash littered with 14 double-faults and a whopping 101 unforced errors.Gauff …
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World record-holder Katie Ledecky booked her place at the World Swimming Championship on Tuesday with a women’s 800-meter freestyle victory on the opening day of the US national championships at Indianapolis.Nine-time Olympic champion Ledecky, who has won 800 free gold at the past four Olympics and 1,500 free gold in the past two, is a …
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Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday shrugged off concerns about his decision to return to boxing at the age of 46 as he prepares for next month’s world welterweight title comeback against Mario Barrios.The charismatic Filipino boxing icon stunned the sports world last month after announcing he would take on World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Barrios on …
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Powered by young star talent and deep rosters, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers open the NBA Finals on Thursday, each trying to bring their city a first-ever crown.Oklahoma City, fancied by oddsmakers after an NBA-high 68 regular-season wins, will host game one in the best-of-seven championship series.Both teams are fast-paced squads with young star …
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Jim Marshall, a defensive end who played 270 consecutive games for the Minnesota Vikings in a 20-year NFL career, died Tuesday at age 87, the club announced.Marshall, who had been hospitalized for an extended stay, recovered 30 fumbles, the most by any NFL defensive end, but his wrong-way run with one of them became a …
Tom Thibodeau was fired as coach of the New York Knicks on Tuesday, three days after his team was ousted from the NBA playoffs by the Indiana Pacers.The Knicks, who have not won the NBA title since 1973, fell to Indiana in six games in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals, falling short of reaching the …
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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani led the tributes to Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima following his death on Tuesday aged 89.Known as “Mr. Pro Baseball”, Nagashima starred for Japan’s most popular team, the Yomiuri Giants, winning nine straight Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973.He formed a lethal partnership with Sadaharu Oh, who holds …
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A tension-packed Canada-United States rivalry reaches an emotional high starting Wednesday when the Edmonton Oilers try to become the first Canadian club since 1993 to win the Stanley Cup.The Oilers, powered by superstar Connor McDavid, will face defending champion Florida in the NHL’s best-of-seven championship series in a rematch of last year’s final, won by …
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Mexico’s Cruz Azul smashed the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Sunday for a record-equalling seventh time.Angel Sepulveda scored twice for Cruz Azul, who led 4-0 at half-time in Mexico City and equal rivals Club America’s record of seven CONCACAF titles.Sepulveda finished as the tournament’s top-scorer with nine goals while the …
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Maja Stark captured her first major title in impressive style Sunday, carding an even-par 72 to win the 80th US Women’s Open by two strokes over top-ranked Nelly Korda and Rio Takeda.Sweden’s Stark put on a clinical display on the imposing Erin Hills course in Wisconsin, where back-to-back bogeys to finish her round proved inconsequential …
