KOLKATA: Experienced all-rounder Jacques Kallis struck his second consecutive half-century to help Kolkata Knight Riders score a nine-run victory over Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament on Monday.
MILAN: Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been banned for three of AC Milan's six remaining Serie A matches this season for insulting a linesman.
MADRID: Pep Guardiola faces a delicate balancing act away to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, making sure to guard against unpleasant surprises while a double-header against Real Madrid looms on the horizon.
WASHINGTON: Tom Gores, a billionaire Palestinian-American who emigrated to the US from Nazareth as a young boy, is the newest owner of the Detroit Pistons, a 24- ranked NBA team that has won an abysmal 29 of 80 games in the 2010-11 regular season schedule.
MADRID: Pep Guardiola faces a delicate balancing act away to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, making sure to guard against unpleasant surprises while a double-header against Real Madrid looms on the horizon.
LONDON: Fortress Old Trafford, Chelsea's flat form and a welter of statistics point to Manchester United advancing to the semifinals of the Champions League on Tuesday — yet one goal changes the whole tie.
ATLANTA: Cole Hamels combined with two relievers on a five-hitter and Shane Victorino capped a big series with three hits, including his first homer, to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Sunday.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota: Antti Miettinen’s goal early in the third period against his former team gave Minnesota the lead and kept Dallas out of the playoffs, with a 5-3 season-ending win by the Wild over the Stars on Sunday.
LONDON: With Barcelona, Real Madrid and Schalke holding emphatic leads, Manchester United and Chelsea are likely to provide all the drama in the Champions League quarterfinals this week.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Michael Phelps had a disappointing finish in the Michigan Grand Prix, finishing second in the 200-meter individual medley and 100-meter freestyle Sunday.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: First, Caroline Wozniacki broke Jelena Jankovic’s serve. Then the world’s top-ranked player broke her opponent’s spirit.
LONDON: Arsenal resisted a second-half fightback from struggling Blackpool to win 3-1 at Bloomfield Road on Sunday and close the gap on Manchester United at the top of the Premier League to seven points.
MANILA: Air21 survived two knockout games in the elimination round to make the playoffs.
With a bigger stake this time, the Express registered another.
MILWAUKEE: Prince Fielder drove in four runs with a career-high three doubles, Chris Narveson pitched seven shutout innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Saturday night.
BERLIN: Bayern Munich have fired coach Louis Van Gaal after Saturday's 1-1 Bundesliga draw against Nuremberg increased the chances of Germany's biggest club missing out on next season's Champions League.
OTTAWA: The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach Cory Clouston and two assistants after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Michael Phelps won his third event at the Michigan Grand Prix, beating Ryan Lochte in the 100 backstroke in a pool record 54.15 seconds Saturday.
SEPANG, Malaysia: There was movement on the grid before the Malaysian Grand Prix even started as positions were swapped after an agreement between the drivers.
OTTAWA: The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach Cory Clouston and two assistants after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Michael Phelps won his third event at the Michigan Grand Prix, beating Ryan Lochte in the 100 backstroke in a pool record 54.15 seconds Saturday.
KOCHI/HYDERABAD: Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded comfortable away victories to open their respective campaigns in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.
LONDON: Manchester United enjoyed a stroll in the spring sunshine on Saturday as they eased to a 2-0 home win over Fulham to open a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
MILAN: Inter Milan bounced back from two devastating losses to beat Chievo Verona 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday with second-half goals from Esteban Cambiasso and Maicon.
BARCELONA: Kaka scored a penalty in each half to lead Real Madrid to a 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao, keeping the pressure on Barcelona before the Spanish league leader's game against Almeria late on Saturday.
BOSTON: The Red Sox ended their worst losing streak to start a season since World War II as Dustin Pedroia homered and drove in three runs to lift Boston to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees in the 100th home opener at Fenway Park on Friday.
DHAKA: Michael Clarke got his captaincy off to a terrific start by smashing a century and leading Australia to a 60-run win over Bangladesh in the first One-Day International in Dhaka on Saturday.
FRANKFURT: Borussia Dortmund needed an injury time goal from substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski to earn a 1-1 draw at 10-man Hamburger SV on Saturday and remain on course for the Bundesliga title.
CHARLESTON: Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki rallied from 4-2 down in the third set to defeat Yanina Wickmayer, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and reach the Family Circle Cup semifinals on Friday.
HOUSTON: Sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan upset top-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States for a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the quarterfinals of the US Men's Clay Court Championship on Friday night.
LONDON: The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has broken with tradition and named only four cricketers of the year for its 2011 edition because of the Pakistan spot fixing scandal, editor Scyld Berry said on Friday.
CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings kicked off their title defense with a thrilling two-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the fourth Indian Premier League on Friday.
LONDON: Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been nominated for England's player of the year award, but Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov was overlooked by his fellow pros despite being the Premier League's top scorer.
DHAKA: Humbled at the World Cup, Australia and Bangladesh have an early chance to put some of the massive disappointment behind them in a series of three One-Day Internationals starting on Saturday.
LONDON: The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has broken with tradition and named only four cricketers of the year for its 2011 edition because of the Pakistan spot fixing scandal, editor Scyld Berry said on Friday.
KARACHI: Pakistan will find it tough to replace Shoaib Akhtar, national coach Waqar Younis said on Friday.
AUGUSTA, Georgia: Charl Schwartzel of South Africa closed with four straight birdies Sunday to win the Masters over a pair of Australians in one of the most dramatic finishes ever at Augusta National.
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Opener Shane Watson hammered a record-breaking 185 to help Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in their second one-day international and secure victory in the series on Monday.
LONDON: American businessman Stan Kroenke has agreed to a full takeover of Arsenal that values the Premier League club at 731 million pounds ($1.2 billion) and should end the long-running uncertainty about its ownership.
SEPANG, Malaysia: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, giving the world champion back to back wins to open the season. The pole sitter led throughout to win by 3.2 seconds from McLaren’s Jenson Button, with Renault’s Nick Heidfeld hanging on for third.
F1 drivers decide to swap sides on Malaysia grid
DENVER: Ty Lawson made his first 10 3-pointers Saturday night and scored a career-high 37 points in leading the short-handed Denver Nuggets to a 130-106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
ROME: Napoli showed its Serie A title credentials on Sunday with a 2-0 win at Bologna, despite missing top scorer Edinson Cavani.
CALGARY, Alberta: Christian Ehrhoff scored at 2:31 of overtime to help playoff-bound Vancouver wrap up the best regular season in franchise history.
BOSTON: Russell Martin hit two of New York’s four homers and the Yankees rebounded for a 9-4 win over Boston on Saturday, one day after becoming the only team to lose to the Red Sox this season.
MADRID: Leaders Barcelona could effectively wrap up the title by beating arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Bernabeu next weekend, Pep Guardiola said on Saturday.
AUGUSTA, Georgia: The crowd followed him eagerly from hole to hole, still buzzing about what happened the previous afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO: Aaron Rowand hit a game-winning single off the left-field wall with the bases loaded in the 12th inning, and the San Francisco Giants celebrated raising the World Series flag with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
CLEVELAND: Carlos Boozer's 24 points and 11 rebounds helped the Chicago Bulls clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 93-82 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA on Friday.
BUFFALO, New York: Thomas Vanek scored 1:16 into overtime to cap a two-goal comeback and the Buffalo Sabres clinched an NHL playoff berth with a 4-3 victory over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
HOUSTON: Ryan Sweeting held off Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to win the US Men's Clay Court Championship for his first ATP World Tour title. The American became the fifth first-time winner on the ATP tour.
BOSTON: Josh Beckett allowed two hits in eight shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Sunday night to take two out of three games from their rivals after opening the season with six straight losses.
