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Penguins G Alex Nedeljkovic (lower-body injury) back with team
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, who has missed the start of the season because of a lower-body injury, joined the team Saturday for its four-game road trip.,Nedeljkovic was recalled from a conditioning loan with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, where he was assig...
Jannik Sinner denies Novak Djokovic 100th title, wins in China
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner captured his ATP tour-leading seventh title of the season with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.,Sinner recorded eight aces and 22 winners to dispatch Djokovic in one hour, 37 minutes. The 23-year-old Ita...
Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic set for Shanghai showdown
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner fended off Czech Tomas Machac with a 6-4, 7-5 win in the semifinals Saturday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, setting up a finals showdown with Novak Djokovic. ,Sinner will be playing in his first championship match in Shanghai. He moved to 44-4 on the hardcourts this season ...
Novak Djokovic rallies to reach Shanghai semifinals
Novak Djokovic kept his quest for title No. 100 alive on Friday by rallying for a three-set win against Czech teenager Jakub Mensik in the quarterfinals of the Rolex Shanghai Masters.,The fourth-seeded Serbian star survived a 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 scare from the 19-year-old Mensik before advancing in tw...
No. 2 Alexander Zverev ousted in Shanghai as other top seeds advance
David Goffin of Belgium upset No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-5 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in China on Wednesday, a day that saw other top seeds advance to the quarterfinals in straight sets.,Despite eight aces, Zverev couldn't count on his serve when he needed it most. Goffin converted four o...
Novak Djokovic coasts into 4th round at Shanghai Masters
Fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic recorded a 6-1, 6-2 win over 28th-seeded Flavio Cobolli on Tuesday to breeze into the fourth round of the Shanghai Masters.,Seeking his 100th career ATP Tour-level title, Djokovic fired three aces and won 20 of 24 first-serve points to dispatch the 22-year-old Italian in...
F1 star Max Verstappen punished over bad word
Formula One points leader Max Verstappen was ordered to "accomplish some work of public interest" after uttering an inappropriate word Thursday at the news conference ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.,The punishment was handed down by the FIA -- the governing body of F1 -- after stewards reviewed t...
Bye-bye Boban: Marjanovic heading to EuroLeague
Veteran NBA center Boban Marjanovic has reached an agreement to join Turkish power Fenerbahce, multiple outlets reported.,The 7-foot-4 fan favorite played nine seasons with six NBA teams, averaging 5.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 331 games (25 starts) with the San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, Los ...
Report: Clippers, C Ivica Zubac agree on 3-year, $58.6M extension
The Los Angeles Clippers and center Ivica Zubac agreed on a three-year, $58.6 million extension, ESPN reported Friday.,With the extension, Zubac is guaranteed $70 million over the next four years. The veteran big man scored a career-high 11.7 points on 64.9 percent shooting from the floor last seaso...
Novak Djokovic earns U.S. Open win as opponent retires
Four-time U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round in New York on Wednesday when his opponent retired in the third set.,Djokovic, seeded second, led 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when his Serbian countryman, Laslo Djere, was forced to retire due to an apparent abdominal injury.,Djere led 4-2 in...
2024 U.S. Open: Carlos Alcaraz popular favorite to claim second title
Carlos Alcaraz is coming off a second-round loss in Cincinnati and halted a practice session on Saturday due to an ankle injury, but the Spaniard was still the popular favorite to win the men's draw as the U.S. Open got under way on Monday.,Alcaraz won his first grand slam title at the 2022 U.S. Ope...
U.S. Open men's, women's draws released
The next showdown between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain could come in the semifinals of the U.S. Open.,The men's and women's singles draws for the final Grand Slam event of the season were released on Thursday, and Sinner and Alcaraz are on the same side of the bracket as the No...
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upsets Daniil Medvedev in Montreal
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hit 24 winners and recorded a huge upset when he took down third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open at Montreal.,It marks the first time Davidovich Fokina has defeated Medvedev in five meetings. It also is his th...
Gold medalist Novak Djokovic pulls out of Cincinnati Open
Gold medalist Novak Djokovic withdrew from next week's Cincinnati Open, tournament officials said Thursday.,Djokovic, the World No. 2, is the defending champion of the tournament in Mason, Ohio, and has won it three times. His other titles were in 2018 and 2020.,Djokovic won his first gold medal on ...
Reign sign Swiss F Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic through 2025
The Seattle Reign announced the signing Monday of forward Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic through the 2025 season.,The 33-year-old Swiss veteran returns to the NWSL, arriving from Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed transfer fee.,She previously was in the league from 2018-19, tallying six goals and four assis...
'For Serbia': Emotional Novak Djokovic wins elusive Olympic gold medal
PARIS -- Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in a memorable Olympic men's singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.,After heartbreak in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Djokovic simply would not be denied the one ...
Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz, wins elusive gold medal
PARIS -- Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in a memorable Olympic men's singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.,After heartbreak in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Djokovic simply would not be denied the one ...
Croatia celebrates, Irish dominate, Brits find redemption at Olympic regatta
PARIS -- Croatia's Valent Sinkovic celebrated his 36th birthday with another gold medal in the men's pair and Ireland's Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy secured a dominant victory as the curtain came down on the Olympic lightweight sculls era at the Paris Games on Friday.,Sinkovic and his brother ...
Top-ranked US women's doubles out; Novak Djokovic advances to quarters
PARIS -- Favorites continue to fight misfortune in the women's draw at the 2024 Games with the top-seeded doubles team of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula being eliminated by Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova after a three-set tiebreak.,"Both of them just played a better tiebreak," Gauff sa...
Novak Djokovic advances to fourth Olympic quarterfinal; Tommy Paul joins
PARIS -- Novak Djokovic reached the Olympic singles quarterfinals for a record fourth time by beating Germany's Dominic Koepfer 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday.,The top-seeded Serbian star looked in the mood to go much deeper in the tournament.,For all his 24 Grand Slam titles and countless other accolades, t...