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National Football League relaxes rules on celebrations - but no twerking allowed
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To put things into perspective, there have been 83 overtime games since 2012, 22 of which lasted more than 10 minutes. For years now, the National Football League has reduced what celebrations are legally allowed seemingly every season. [Full Article...]
NBA Finals: Buckle up for Cavs-Warriors 3.0
And they're doing this without their head coach. "Well, I think collectively you take away what elite looks like, because I think we saw it first hand, especially in these home games", Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. That same bet on Cleveland would win $220. Meanwhile, J.R. Smith and Kyle Korver helped spread out Boston's defenders by connecting on several wide-open scoring opportu... [Full Article...]
Proud Wenger hails Arsenal's "spectacular" FA Cup win
Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring at Wembley with a controversial goal having appeared to handle the ball in the build-up to his effort - which had originally been chalked out for offside before referee Anthony Taylor overruled his assistant. [Full Article...]
NBA Finals: Warriors strong favorite over Cavs (latest odds, schedule)
After stomping out Boston in Game 5 Thursday to reach his seventh straight Finals, James said he wasn't in the right frame of mind to talk about the Warriors because "they're too stressful." But people may want to be careful, because I think right now you're witnessing greatness. [Full Article...]
Petra Kvitova to play at French Open
She is seeded 15th in Paris . Little wonder that her press conference was packed when she arrived to talk of her return. But the former world No.2 beat the odds to come back one month ahead of schedule. With time, it's better. Every month I went there, he gives me some exercises which I was doing at home with my hands but still was in Czech Republic. [Full Article...]
Takuma Sato wins Indianapolis 500
Takuma Sato became the first Japanese victor of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when he denied Helio Castroneves a record-tying fourth victory as the two traded the lead in the closing laps. He said his 2014 Team Penske auto was stronger, and at the end of Sunday's race the vehicle was pushing in the corner. Despite not taking the checkered flag, Alonso told reporters that he still didn't mis... [Full Article...]
Bonifacio's hit caps Royals' rally in 6-4 win over Indians
Perhaps the defending AL champions play better that way. The win Friday was the third time in their last 16 games that the Royals came back from a deficit of four or more runs to win a game. Francisco Lindor homers to left field. 18 pitches and the based loaded with nobody out. The left-hander remained in the game, but was pulled after allowing singles to Santana and Edwin Encarnacion . [Full Article...]
Japan's Takuma Sato wins Indianapolis 500
One of his more memorable wrecks came in the 2012 Indy 500, when Sato couldn't complete his bold pass of Dario Franchitti with three-quarters of a lap to go. Takuma Sato capped off another thrilling Indianapolis 500 that featured a record number of drivers leading the race. "The Shell Fuel Rewards Chevy team nearly got it done today", said Castroneves, attempting for the eighth straight year t... [Full Article...]
Kvitova delights in 'special' comeback win
Kerber, who ended Serena Williams' stay atop the WTA rankings previous year, was gone from Roland Garros by lunchtime on Day 1, putting up little resistance while being beaten 6-2, 6-2 by 40th-ranked Ekaterina Makarova of Russian Federation. [Full Article...]
Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix and cuts into Sebastian Vettel's lead
It was the 64th pole of Hamilton's career, lifting him to within one of his childhood hero Brazilian Ayrton Senna, on 65, and four from German Michael Schumacher on 68. Matters were made worse by the fact Hamilton has chosen to drop his drinks bottle to save some weight, meaning he's unable to replace any of the roughly 2kg of fluid a driver loses throughout a race. [Full Article...]
I Loved Playing at White Hart Lane - Heung-Min Son
Club greats were welcomed onto the pitch one by one after Tottenham had beaten Manchester United 2-1 in their last game at the Lane , Spurs' home of 118 years, which is being demolished and rebuilt. Manchester United , on the other hand, now find a top four place out of reach, with success in the Europa League final against Ajax their only chance of booking a place in next season's Champion... [Full Article...]
IPL Qualifier 1 2017
Pune have no ready replacement available for Stokes and will either go with Australian batsman Usman Khawaja who hasn't played yet or New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson . However, both these players won't be with the team at their most important juncture due to national committments, which has left Pune with a lot to think about in terms of combination. [Full Article...]
8am Round-Up: Sergio Garcia aces iconic 17th at Sawgrass
Wenger retains top-four belief after Sunderland win
Mesut Ozil produced a standout display as Arsenal maintained their late push to secure a place in next season's Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland this evening. Calls for Wenger's resignation from fans have grown louder and louder since the Gunners Champions League qualification became uncertain. "Ask Arsene, not me", he said. [Full Article...]
Monaco Grand Prix: Vettel wins to extend lead over Hamilton
Hamilton told Sky Sports News HQ at the Spanish GP he expected Ferrari to employ a team hierarchy in his battle with Vettel for the Drivers' Championship and, after seeing how the battle at the front played out in Monaco , he reckons they are now clearly behind Vettel. [Full Article...]
What Jose Mourinho told his four debutants before Crystal Palace win
With this in mind, Mourinho needs to pick a confident attacking line up that will remind United's opponents of exactly what they are up against and set the tone for how they plan to approach the game. The Portuguese made a decision to heavily rotate the team ahead of Wednesday night's big showdown with Ajax in the UEFA Europa League final and it paid off as they ran out comfortable 2-0 win... [Full Article...]
Now I can put the demons to bed — George Groves
Groves failed in his last three attempts to capture a world title - with two knockout losses to Carl Froch and a close decision to Badou Jack. Groves said: 'I don't know what to say. That weight has been lifted now. It is a truly wonderful feeling. "I feel as though I'm the best in the division now". "I am going to be such a better, rounded human being as as well as a better fighter now". [Full Article...]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces changes to celebrations policy
They'll be allowed to celebrate on the ground - in instances such as snow angels - and will also be able to celebrate in groups once again. After years of limiting how - and how much - players could celebrate following touchdowns, the league chose to loosen up its rules, allowing players to again use the football as a prop , celebrate as a group and roll around or flap their arms like snow an... [Full Article...]
Ricciardo third in Monaco GP
Raikkonen, 37, the 2007 world champion, resisted all invitations to condemn Ferrari , but made clear he was unhappy to be deprived of a possible victory. "It's very, very special to win here", Vettel said. Now it is impossible to make predictions for tomorrow, all we have to think about is the start, the pace, the strategy, and then try to put everything together. [Full Article...]
Ready with bagful of new tricks for Champions Trophy: Ashwin
He promised to play free cricket in the tournament. "A lot of players from other countries have echoed the same feeling about how much talent India is throwing up from IPL and it will continue to happen". England open their campaign against Bangladesh on 1 June at The Oval, before travelling to Cardiff to face New Zealand on 6 June. "The first challenge is to not think about the fact that ... [Full Article...]