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Match reports, transfers, and analysis. Latest stories first using each publisher’s original timestamp.

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Thunder top Lakers for 3-0 NBA series lead, Cavs claw back against Pistons

The defeat push Lakers to the brink of elimination in the NBA playoffs

ESPC

'It hurts' - worry lines at DC as Kuldeep's sorry lines (and lengths) continue

Kuldeep Yadav has been well off his best this season, and that's one of the reasons DC have had a disappointing year

GDN

Tennis slams’ refusal to discuss money is slap in face for players who are right to threaten boycott | Tumaini Carayol

Wealthy players asking for more money may feel wrong but the big four tournaments are not sharing the revenue fairlyAt some point in the quiet buildup to her opening match at the Italian Open, Aryna Sabalenka decided to attack one of the most contentious subjects in her sport with the same force as ...

GDN

Into the Ronaldo-verse: sludge of content is eating up sport and the adults are to blame | Barney Ronay

Footballer has 664 million followers but his boring presence is a reminder of how reel-life destroys what it touchesBuy the backpack airlines hate. Fawn strangely at a child athlete. This TV presenter drank olive oil for a month and absolutely nothing happened. The streets (no actual streets involve...

ESPC

Confidence and clarity make Anukul Roy 'a really good package' for KKR

"It's good that guys like Anukul are getting opportunities because you could easily get overlooked for the next flashy toy," says Mitchell McClenaghan

BBC

From cricket to 'bosh' queen - England prop Muir

England prop Maud Muir discusses her childhood cricket days and love for pottery and "boshing" defenders.

ET

Awais shines as Pakistan fight back against Bangladesh

The young opener struck an unbeaten 85 as the visitors reached 179-1 at stumps

ET

Wembanyama powers Spurs past T-Wolves

They secured a 115-108 win to take 2-1 lead in NBA playoffs

ET

Crusaders hail Fainga'anuku's switch

It was a third successive start in the pack

ET

Im leads Fleetwood by one at Quail Hollow

He fired a two-under par 69 to seize a one-stroke lead

ET

Djokovic falls to early Italian Open exit

He slumped to an early elimination against Dino Prizmic

ESPC

IPL Orange and Purple Cap race: watch out for Sooryavanshi, Rabada and Archer

Not much changed after the DC vs KKR game, but a lot could look different on the IPL 2026 Orange and Purple Cap tables after Saturday night

ESPC

'It's always going to be the second half' - KKR not out of playoffs race yet

"A lot of pitches or venues which have been used so far are getting a little tired, where spinners' role become that much more important," says Deep Dasgupta

DAWN

Trump says he would not pay $1,000 to watch US at World Cup

NEW YORK: President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Thur­sday that he would not pay the $1,000-plus ticket price for the United States’ first World Cup match, piling pressure on FIFA over its sky-high costs. “I did not know that number,” the billionaire Trump told the New York Post, a...

DAWN

Najmul’s century puts Bangladesh in command as Pakistan toil on opening day

DHAKA: Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto struck a superb attacking century to guide Bangladesh national cricket team out of early trouble as the hosts finished the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan strongly placed at 301-4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. Asked to ba...

DAWN

70,000 youngsters to take up hockey under PHF programme, says ad-hoc president Mohyuddin

LAHORE:Ad-hoc president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani on Friday claimed that around 60,000 to 70,000 youngsters would soon take up hockey across the country under a programme being launched in collaboration with provincial education boards. Speaking to reporters at the Natio...

ESPC

Abell, Thomas fifties shore up Somerset against buoyant Glamorgan

Teenager Tom Norton takes three-for on debut as home side chip away

ESPC

James Taylor six-for limits Gloucestershire after Ben Charlesworth 85

Hosts lose last five wickets for addition of just 16 runs as Kent bowlers finally gain their reward

ESPC

Hose mans pumps as Raine reigns in the rain

Stokes claims two wickets in successful return from injury

ESPC

Shaky RR brace for GT challenge as race for top four heats up

A win for GT will catapult them from five to two on the points table; a big enough win for RR means they can even go top

ESPC

Carson, Robinson star but Sussex rue dropped catches

Holland and Scriven make half-centuries to rescue visitors' innings

ESPC

Lehmann, Brown resist as Cook, Mulder fire for Essex

Hampshire hit back with late breakthroughs on 12-wicket day

ESPC

Clarke century steers Notts as Worrall takes five

Haynes 82 keeps champions in strong position against familiar rivals

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Higgins, Roland-Jones lead line as Jennings battles for Lancashire

Middlesex seamers make most of conditions before James Anderson strikes twice to lift home side