World number 16 Venus Williams has withdrawn from the United States Fed Cup team to face Italy on Saturday and Sunday for personal reasons. The seven-time Grand Slam champion, 34, has been replaced by Lauren Davis. Venus’s sister Serena Williams, the world number one, Alison Riske and...
[caption id="attachment_4879" align="alignleft" width="300"] England’s Gary Ballance sweeps a Sulieman Benn delivery on day four of the first Test at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on Thursday, yesterday. (PHOTO: WICB MEDIA/RANDY BROOKS)[/caption] NORTH SOUND, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) -- England worked themselves into a...
[caption id="attachment_4855" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Nets' Thaddeus Young goes up for a shot against the Magic.[/caption] NEW YORK — Joe Johnson thought about so many missed chances by the Nets this season, unsure whether he would play another game this season. He will -- starting Sunday right...
NEW ORLEANS — After Anthony Davis' final flurry of clutch shots, blocks and rebounds ensured the Pelicans' first postseason berth since before he was drafted, the 22-year-old All-Star known as the "unibrow" was ready to admit how much it meant to him. "Honestly, I know I...
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC) — West Indies were staging a gutsy fight-back against England at stumps on the second day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (SVRCG) here Tuesday. Veteran Shiv Chanderpaul and Jermaine Blackwood crafted an unbeaten half-century partnership as...