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Thanasi Kokkinakis says he is ready for the challenge of facing "role model" Andy Murray in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday. Home favourite Kokkinakis is ranked 159 but has beaten six top 20 players in his career including Roger Federer in Miami and Andrey Rublev last week...

Emma Raducanu says she is enjoying working under her new coach Sebastian Sachs and is confident of making significant strides in the next six months. The British No 1 looked odds-on to miss the Australian Open having suffered an ankle injury in Auckland less than a fortnight ago. She recovered...

Emma Raducanu falls to a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) defeat against Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open; Raducanu appeared troubled by a problem to her abs as American teenager Gauff fended off late fightback by the former US Open champion to win British No 1 Emma Raducanu pushed teenager...

The Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons square up in Paris this Thursday. The last time the City of Light played host to the Bulls was in 1997, when Michael Jordan's legendary team came to town. Let's take a look back at how that memorable event played out. It was a pre-season tournament, the...

Boston Celtics 130-118 Charlotte Hornets Jayson Tatum racked up a season-high 51 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in the last 54 seconds, as the Boston Celtics defeated hosts Charlotte Hornets 130-118. Tatum shot 15-for-23 from the field, making seven 3-pointers, and connected on all 14 of...

The Memphis Grizzlies are tied atop the Western Conference standings with the Denver Nuggets - a distinction they have never held before. Now riding a nine-game unbeaten run, they possess all the hallmarks of a team capable of dominating the playoff picture. This is how they've done it. The 'Ja...

LeBron James is inching his way closer to Kareem Abdual-Jabbar's all-time points record, having reached 38,000. The 38-year-old has produced his best basketball across franchises, from LA to Miami and in Cleveland. But which will rank in his top five greatest moments? LeBron James has reached...

Australian Open: Women's singles draw as Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu aim for glory in Melbourne The full draw for the 2023 Australian Open women's singles tournament in Melbourne as world No 1 Iga Swiatek aims for third Grand Slam title; Ashleigh Barty won in 2022 before retiring; Emma...

Emma Raducanu takes on Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday (first in the night session on Rod Laver) with the pair meeting for the very first time; We will bring you game-by-game coverage thanks to our dedicated live blog from 8am in the UK Emma Raducanu says she...

Ons Jabeur survived a scare against Tamara Zidansek to make it through to the second round of the Australian Open with a 7-6 (10-8) 4-6 6-1 victory. World No 2 Jabeur, who struggled through the opening set before dropping the second, claimed the final six games to seal victory against the...

Nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic opens with an impressive straight-sets victory against Roberto Carballes Baena I The Serbian was back at Melbourne Park after his visa ban was lifted by the Australian government following his controversial deportation last year Novak Djokovic...

Andy Murray held off a Matteo Berrettini fightback to win a special five-set thriller in the opening round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The five-time runner-up in Melbourne saved a match point in a rollercoaster of a ride on Rod Laver Arena before sealing a famous 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-7 (7-9)...

The final U.S. Open match of the 2022 tournament. We just got blessed with another terrific five-set match between Carlos Alcaraz-Garfia and Frances Tiafoe. The bar for a great match was set high in the semifinal, so can Alcaraz-Garfia and Ruud deliver an even better last match? Here are the...

The Boston Celtics are eyeing a 2021 lottery pick who is on a team President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens has already established a trade rapport with — that being Indiana Pacers guard Chris Duarte. Duarte was the driving force behind Oregon’s 2021 March Madness run to the Sweet 16...

Former Boston Celtics starting point guard Kemba Walker, who was a starter in the NBA All-Star Game his first season with the Cs, will be leaving the states to sign a deal with the Olimpia Milano basketball team Eurohoops reports. Walker was most recently a member of the Dallas Mavericks after...

With the trade deadline approaching in less than a month, the Boston Celtics are experiencing a taste of being forced to rely on depth with a few starters out. Jaylen Brown is dealing with a right adductor strain, Marcus Smart had spotty availability due to knee soreness, and the frontcourt duo...

The Boston Celtics have a big man problem — just as they did in 2019-20 and 2020-21. At last season’s trade deadline, Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens plugged the hole with Daniel Theis, but this past offseason he parlayed the German big man and other assets for Malcolm...

The NFL playoffs are filled with Hall of Fame quarterbacks winning games and glory. But what about those rare times when the tables turned? Nobody believes in Skylar Thompson or Tyler Huntley. Who would? After all, Thompson has one career win. He’s a seventh-round rookie, and in that...