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By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Seventh seed Elina Svitolina began slowly but finished strongly to beat Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-4 6-0 and reach the quarter-finals of the Fre...

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea proved that dreams have no expiry as she beat China's Wang Xinyu 6-3 7-6(4) at the French Open on Sunday to reach her first Roland Garros quar...

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Highlights of the eighth day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT): 1603 ZVEREV BEATS DE JONG Former finalist Alexander Zverev overcame early nerves to beat Jesper De Jong...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek's 25th birthday celebrations turned sour at the French Open on Sunday when the former champion lost to 15th seed Marta Kostyuk in the fourth...

Seattle slugged four solo home runs and Bryan Woo pitched seven scoreless innings as the host Mariners downed the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory. Julio Rodrig...

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Matteo Berrettini said he finally feels like he can compete at a high level again after beating Francisco Comesana at the French Open to reach the fourth round of a Grand Sla...

May 31 (Reuters) - Chris Richards' hopes of playing for the United States in the World Cup on home soil hang in the balance because of an ankle injury, with coach Mauricio Pochettino leaving the defen...

Claude Lemieux's family said Saturday that the four-time Stanley Cup champion's brain will be donated to CTE research following his death at age 60 on Thursday. Lemieux committed suicide, according to...

Luke Kornet returned to the bench a hero. The San Antonio Spurs backup big man had just turned in perhaps the biggest defensive play of Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, coming in for a stretch...

Dennis Hull, a five-time All-Star forward for the Chicago Blackhawks and the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, died on Saturday, the team announced. He was 81. No other details were ...