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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retired athletes voiced their support for four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday after she said she would take a break from tennis having lost her enthusiasm for comp...

By Bart H. Meijer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) - Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for his home Dutch Grand Prix in front of 70,000 ecstatic fans on Saturday, with Formula One rival and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Highlights of the sixth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Saturday (times in GMT): 1510 PLAY UNDERWAY Sixth seed and 2019 ch...

By Bart H. Meijer ZANDVOORT (Reuters) - As 70,000 Max Verstappen fans made their way to the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at the small beach resort of Zandvoort this weekend, COVID-19 and social distan...

(Reuters) - Israel Start-Up Nation cyclist Dan Martin has announced he will retire from professional cycling at the end of the season after 14 years in the peloton. The 35-year-old Irishman has won fi...

(Reuters) - Wales captain Gareth Bale on Saturday called for countries whose fans are repeat racism offenders to be banned from international football after reported abuse towards England's Raheem Ste...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Naomi Osaka and third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas became high-profile casualties in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday as two 18-year-olds announced themsel...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Frances Tiafoe pulled off a remarkable comeback to upset fifth seed Andrey Rublev 4-6 6-3 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1 in a see-saw encounter to move into the fourth round of the U.S. ...

Marcus Semien hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a come-from-behind win, 11-10 win over the visiting Oakland A's on Friday. Mark Canha had hit a t...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dan Evans came through a punishing four-hour contest to triumph over Alexei Popyrin in a five-setter on Friday but the Briton had more than one Australian to contend with, compari...