The Americans may have created a bad omen when they selected Asheville, North Carolina as the venue to take on Australia in this weekend's world group first round Fed Cup tie. Australia's tennis darling, Ash Barty, turned Melbourne into "Ashville" during last month's run to the Australian Open quarter-finals and if her form continues, she will fittingly be queen of […]

Remember the polar vortex and those subzero temperatures that plagued vast swaths of the United States last week? While much of the country was hibernating with hot cocoa, 146 athletes were competing in a 135-mile race in northern Minnesota. The temperature at the start line, in International Falls, Minn., was minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chills reaching 55 below. […]

Brisbane: The Melbourne Stars must quickly put Friday night’s savage beating in Brisbane behind them ahead of what the team has labelled a "quarter-final" at the MCG on Sunday. The Stars needed to win just one of their final three home-and-away games to qualify for a seventh semi-final in eight seasons but after blowing their first chance in Perth last weekend, […]

Phil Mickelson was part of a five-way tie for first place Friday when play was suspended because of heavy rainfall during the second round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Northern California. Mickelson posted a four-under-par 68 at Spyglass Hill, for a 10-under score over all, before the rain began, accompanied by high wind. Lucas Glover, Scott Langley and Paul […]

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Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson is to hold a meeting with players following the failed attempt to trade some of them for New Orleans star Anthony Davis. The Lakers offered two first-round draft picks to the Pelicans, along with players Lonzo Ball, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Ivica Zubac. Zubac and Michael Beasley were subsequently traded on […]

Now he is urging his players to bolster their fragile confidence by battering rock-bottom Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium tomorrow. Arsenal have taken just two points from their last six Premier League games on the road since their 22-match unbeaten run was ended in December. Successive away defeats at Liverpool, West Ham and Manchester City have seen them drop […]

The Premier League team may face disciplinary action from Fifa if they don't pay the French club the money they were expecting. Sala's plane crashed over the Channel last month with the Argentine en route to Wales. Last night, it was tragically confirmed the body pulled from the plane crash wreck was Sala – with tributes pouring in for the footballer. […]

League Two Oldham have targeted the Manchester United legend to be their new boss after sacking Frankie Bunn in December. But their attempts to bring in the 44-year-old into his first managerial role met with problems with EFL regulations. Scholes is part-owner of National League side Salford City, who are attempting to win promotion to football's fourth tier this season. […]

Former ESPN host Jemele Hill deleted a tweet in which, describing what a Democratic lawmaker should say at President Trump’s State of the Union address, she jokingly referenced a phrase uttered by an assassin before Malcolm X was gunned down in 1965. It all started when Showtime’s Desus Nice tweeted that he would like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to interrupt Trump’s […]