DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko landed a left-hand knockout punch five seconds from the end of the fight to beat challenger Eddie Chambers and retain his WBO, IBO and IBF belts on Saturday.
Ukrainian Klitschko, 33, rattled the 27-year-old American in ...
Paul Pierce scored 29 points for the Atlantic Division leading Celtics, who won their fourth successive game, while Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas, the Southwest Division's top team, with 28 points.
A win would have lifted the Mavericks past Denver into second place behind the Los Angeles Lakers in the ...
Nikolai Kulemin also scored in the shootout for Toronto, who won for the sixth time in seven games.
Leafs netminder Jonas Gustavsson wrapped up the victory when he saved Brian Gionta's third round shot for Montreal.
The injury occurred during the third quarter of the Lakers' 104-96 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday and a scan on Saturday revealed the extent of the injury.
"It's not a torn Achilles," Phil Jackson said on the team's website (http://www.nba.com/lakers). "We just ...
Duke's Blue Devils, the top seed in the South Regional, crushed Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73-44, while Syracuse, the number one team in the West Regional, defeated Vermont 79-56.
"We wanted to set the tone for the tournament," Duke guard Jon Scheyer told reporters. "It was good to get a ...
HARRISON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Major League Soccer's (MLS) New York Red Bulls beat Brazil's Santos 3-1 on Saturday to inaugurate the Red Bulls' new stadium.
The friendly was played just hours after MLS and the players' union announced a new collective bargaining agreement to avert a strike that ...
The former U.S. Open champion birdied three of the last nine holes for a four-under-par 67 and an 11-under total of 202 at the Innisbrook Resort.
South Korean KJ Choi fired a matching 67 to share second place with South African Retief Goosen, Swede Carl Pettersson and long-hitting American Bubba ...
The small forward accomplished the feat at 25 years, 79 days in his team's 92-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Bryant was 27 years, 136 days old when he reached the mark with the Los Angeles Lakers.
With 29 points in Friday's game, James has now scored 15,026 points in his more than six years in ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Ivan Ljubicic played the match of his life to upset third seed and holder Rafa Nadal 3-6 6-4 7-6 on Saturday and reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP tournament.
The big-serving Croat, seeded 20th, recovered from a set down before crunching a forehand down ...
Financial terms of the contract were not released but ESPN reported the deal to be worth $17.5 million with a maximum value of $24.5 million.
The 32-year-old is expected to step into the starting role held by free agent Chike Okeafor, who is not expected to return.
