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VALLOIRE, France: Giovanni Visconti won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia yesterday after a mountain finish in the snow following a 149km ride from Cesana Torine

INDIANAPOLIS: Ed Carpenter upstaged IndyCar’s biggest names and teams on Saturday to grab pole for the 97th Indianapolis 500.

BALTIMORE: Amid the fawning over Orb’s Kentucky Derby victory and the feverish talk of a Triple Crown, Shug McGaughey, the colt’s sage trainer, cautioned on

LE MANS, France: Honda’s Dani Pedrosa won the French MotoGP at Le Mans yesterday from Cal Crutchlow to take the lead in the world championship standings.

INDIANAPOLIS: Indiana moved into the NBA Eastern Conference finals with a 106-99 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday, with a Roy Hibbert block sparking a late 11-2 run that sealed a 4-2 series vi

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo says coach Carlo Ancelotti has asked to leave to join Real Madrid.

KUALA LUMPUR: China thrashed India 5-0 in the Sudirman Cup on Sunday, but the defending champions were given a tough workout by their unfancied opponents while Taiwan managed a surprise win against Ma

ROME: Rafa Nadal beat Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open final on Saturday with a dominant performance that he described as emotional afte

MADRID: Atletico Madrid won their 10th King’s Cup on Friday night when they beat bitter city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra-time in a match which saw both Jose Mo

PARIS: North Korea saw off a spirited comeback by South Korea to claim the mixed doubles title in a politically-charged final at the World Table Tennis Championships in