Sport

Brighton Goalkeeper Lends The Assist For TWO Norwich Goals
- April 22, 2017

Not that manager Chris Hughton , the manager Norwich sacked in April 2014, will be too anxious. Twice they rebounded off the woodwork to go in off Stockdale's back. It arrived in nearly identical fashion to the first too, with another Pritchard strike this time striking the post before bouncing back against Stockdale and over the line once again. (more...)

LeBron James says Cavs 'right there on turning the switch'
- April 22, 2017

James passed Kobe Bryant for number three on the league's career playoff scoring list and tied another National Basketball Association record by winning his 20th consecutive first-round game. Irving put an exclamation point on the period by sinking a three-pointer over Indiana's Lance Stephenson , before trash-talking the famously loud-mouthed Pacers star. (more...)

U.S., Mexico, Canada issue joint bid for 2026 World Cup
- April 22, 2017

Following the end of a controversial reign over Federation Internationale de Football Association by Sepp Blatter, the organization announced last May a new four-phase process for World Cup bidding. According to Fifa's new World Cup bidding process, announced as part of a wider package of reforms a year ago, countries interested in staging 2026 have until December 2018 to prepare their bids. (more...)

Oilers vs. Sharks live stream, Game 4
- April 22, 2017

Thornton started the game on a line with captain Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson as his wings. The dramatic nature of tonight's victory may cast just a little bit in the minds of a young Oilers team that has generally played well in this series, save for Tuesday's performance in Game 4. (more...)

Raptors, Kyle Lowry look to recover from latest slow start
- April 22, 2017

Lowry also attacked the rim aggressively, taking on contact and getting to the free throw line 9 times, as compared to 1 free throw the first game. Yet, if you're a full-fledged, card-carrying member of Milwaukee Bucks Nation, you have to be ecstatic right now about your favorite team. (more...)

Game 1 Recap: Jazz lose Gobert, but win thriller
- April 22, 2017

Joe Johnson drained the game-winning shot at the buzzer and the Utah Jazz shocked the Los Angeles Clippers, 97-95, in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on Saturday night. Or in the case of George Hill - " hey guuurl " smirks. Gordon Hayward is going to have a hard time in this series. Blake Griffin retaliated with a whopping 26 points, seven rebounds and three assists coupled with Chris Paul's performance of 25 points, seven rebounds, and 11 assists. (more...)

Jose Mourinho fears worst after Ibrahimovic and Rojo injuries sour European win
- April 22, 2017

Rashford, Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba were all held guilty for the major misses they made which gave out a picture of Manchester United lacking their "killer" touch. United do not yet know the full extent of the injuries, but Mourinho is not optimistic and is certain neither will feature in Sunday's Premier League clash against Burnley. (more...)

Bulls guard Rajon Rondo out indefinitely with broken thumb
- April 22, 2017

Asked about the Bulls losing Rajon Rondo to a fractured thumb, Stevens replied: "Rondo has had a really good series but they have really good players on the court next to him". "It's tough when any of your soldiers go down, man", Butler said. "I'm sure they did some things that they want to improve on and they can do better at, but we have too, so we'll take it". (more...)

Vettel - The key was to 'upset' Mercedes early on
- April 22, 2017

Hamilton apologised to Mercedes for damaging his own chances by earning a five-second penalty for deliberately slowing Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo as they pitted for fresh tyres under a safety vehicle early in the race. I was a bit down after qualifying because the gap to Mercedes was so big and we could have been a bit closer. Pole-sitter Bottas finished third after struggling with a generator problem on the grid, leaving him with tyre pressure issues. (more...)

Giants eager to get home, on track after rough opening week
- April 22, 2017

Walker threw a 94-MPH fastball that hit Posey, but manager Bruce Bochy categorized his former MVP backstop as being "fine right now" after Monday's game. Jeff Mathis fielded the ball behind the plate and fire the ball past Walker at the plate, allowing Joe Panik to score. In his second start of the season Miller went five innings and surrendered three runs. (more...)

Goffin downs Djokovic to set up possible Nadal showdown
- April 22, 2017

Cuevas was poor in the first set against Pouille, winning no points on his second serve and failing to save any break points. But the Spaniard rallied to set up a semifinal against Lucas Pouille, who beat Pablo Cuevas 6-0, 3-6, 7-5. "But I can not tell you exactly what's happening", the 29-year-old said. Here I'm playing really good, competing all the points. Murray is still working his way back to top form and fitness following an elbow injury. (more...)

Monte Carlo Masters: Djokovic dumped out by Goffin
- April 22, 2017

The Spaniard continued his dominance at the event with a 6-4 6-4 triumph, setting up a last-four showdown with David Goffin , who beat Novak Djokovic earlier today. After dumping out Murray in the third round the day before, the diminutive Spaniard returned to knock-out mode as he tamed Cilic to surge into the first Masters 1000 semi-final of his career. (more...)

Rondo out indefinitely with fractured thumb
- April 22, 2017

Rondo now has career playoff averages of 14.4 points, 6 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 2 steals in 96 games. The former Kentucky Wildcats star has been great in Chicago's first-round series with the Celtics, but he injured his right hand in Game 2 at Boston on Tuesday night. (more...)

Raptors edge Bucks to even series at 1-1
- April 22, 2017

The eighth-seeded Chicago Bulls, getting a balanced attack led by a vintage Rajon Rondo floor game, cruised by the top-seeded Boston Celtics 111-97 on Tuesday night to take a stunning 2-0 lead in an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series . (more...)

Charley Hoffman hopes to find comfort zone in Texas after Masters disappointment
- April 22, 2017

I'm playing next week with Geoff Ogilvy in New Orleans [at the Zurich Classic]. "So, questions have been coming thick and fast and I think it's been slightly overdramatised". Luke Donald gave an indication last week that his game was in better shape and despite the fact that effort was on a golf course where he has always played well he did finish a solid 13th here last year in his first start in the event for thirteen years. (more...)

Warriors F Kevin Durant out for Game 2 against the Blazers
- April 22, 2017

Perhaps that's why Stephen Curry started out assertively hunting his own shot, going hero ball on a couple of early 3-point attempts. His stocky build allows him to go toe-to-toe with some of the NBA's best big men despite the fact they're taller than he is. (more...)

Serena Williams confirms she is pregnant with first child
- April 22, 2017

Little information was provided regarding the absence of Serena Williams during the spring swing as to her condition or when her return could be expected, but now things make more sense, because on Wednesday, the 23-time Grand Slam victor shared the news of her impending pregnancy. (more...)

Bears 2017 regular season schedule release tracker (Updates)
- April 22, 2017

Miami lost their home game against New England last year by 21 points. For those of you counting at home, their first four opponents had a combined 41 wins in 2016. Luckily for the Bears, they will have two fairly easy games in December against Cleveland and San Francisco. Looking to rebound from last year's 3-13 record won't be easy for the Bears, who are the only National Football League team that will open its season by playing four straight opponents that had winning records in 2016. (more...)

Bruins D Miller returns for Game 4
- April 22, 2017

The Eastern Conference series is tied 1-1 and Game 3 is Monday night in Boston. The captain was absolutely right in his assessment of his team's play through the first two games, as they played well enough to win both but almost came away empty handed as many times. (more...)

Rajon Rondo (thumb) out indefinitely for Bulls vs. Celtics
- April 22, 2017

Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoffs moves to the United Center in Chicago on Saturday, as the red-hot Chicago Bulls face the struggling number 1 seed Boston Celtics. "We need to sit back and relax and just focus on executing a game plan, whatever [coach] Brad [Stevens] prepares for us, and I feel like everything will be fine", Celtics guard Avery Bradley said . (more...)