And the hard yards at Carrington seem to be paying off as the striker has stepped up in the last week following Marcus Rashford’s injury. Instead of sulking, the 25-year-old has chipped in with four vital goals in his last two games. A midweek double at Selhurst Park was followed up by another brace at Old Trafford, including a late […]

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 19 shots to earn his second straight shutout and lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Fleury moved within one victory of tying Jacques Plante for eighth on the NHL’s all-time wins list. It was his second straight 3-0 shutout, after beating Anaheim on the road Friday. Fleury also […]

Alex Ovechkin is so good he scored Sunday’s winning shootout goal without putting the puck in the net. Ovechkin finished Washington’s fourth straight victory with an unusual play, and Braden Holtby made 22 saves in the Capitals’ 3-2 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The 33-year-old Ovechkin was skating to his right in the fourth round of the […]

TAMPA, Fla. — During the idle time of spring training, Miguel Andujar pulls out his cellphone and calls up a video. He has seen this footage already, but if he wants to fulfill his dream of becoming one of baseball’s elite third basemen, he needs to keep watching and emulating. Andujar, who turned 24 on Saturday, wants to field like […]

Darts player Andy Jenkins has been fined and given a suspended three-month ban for using homophobic language towards a match official. The 47-year-old – nicknamed ‘Rocky’ – has been issued the punishment by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) for an incident that occurred during a Challenge Tour match on November 11 last year. The Hampshire-based World Championship semi-finalist of 2007 […]

COLORADO SPRINGS — The last thing Morgan Stickney remembers from before her lower leg was amputated is lying on a hospital gurney waiting for the anesthesia to take hold. With a debilitating fear racing through her mind, she asked her surgeon to hold her hand. They talked about swimming until she passed out. “It’s the last moment I had with […]

One 40-yard dash got the NFL world buzzing, Odell Beckham Jr. defending and one prospect shooting up draft boards. At 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, Montez Sweat made some noise. The edge rusher from Mississippi State set a modern record (since 2003) for a defensive lineman at the combine, registering a blazing 4.41 40, besting the previous record of 4.44 by […]

Tina Hannon scored a goal and six points and was named player of the match for the second year in succession as Slaughtneil completed a remarkable AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship three-in-a-row while the snow fell at Croke Park, beating St Martin’s 1-9 to 0-7. And though the landmark has been achieved by four clubs on five previous occasions, Kilkenny […]

The Liverpool forward, 26, made just 13 Premier League appearances for the Blues before he was shipped out on loan to Italy. Mourinho, who was in charge of Chelsea at the time, did not think the Egyptian ace was ready for the Premier League when he arrived from Basel. Speaking on beIN sports, he said: "He arrived at Chelsea coming […]

After signing LeBron James over the summer, it seemed like there was good reason for the Los Angeles Lakers to be heavy favorites in Las Vegas to make the playoffs. But after a 118-109 loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, the view in Vegas is worse than ever. The Lakers now have +600 odds (a $100 wager […]