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Scottish Football - St Mirren beat Hearts to lift League Cup St Mirren lifted their first major cup title for 25 years after an impressive turnaround saw the Buddies defeat Hearts 3-2 in a thrilling League Cup final at Hampden. Goals from Esmael Goncalves, Conor Newton and Steven Thompson...

Alpine Skiing World Cup Hirscher assured title as Maze, Svindal claim globes Austrian Marcel Hirscher was assured his second Alpine skiing overall World Cup on Thursday after fog, wind and snow ****** organisers to cancel men's and women's super-G races at the season's finals. The decision...

Basketball - Zalgiris cap horrendous week with defeat Zalgiris Kaunas ended a miserable week in the Euroleague with a 70-61 loss at CSKA Moscow several hours after two of their fans got life bans for attacking Real Madrid guard Rudy Fernandez in their last match. Twins Nauris and Normunds...

Alpine Skiing World Cup Svindal and crocked Vonn win downhill titles as fog cancels Lenzerheide races Fog on the piste ****** organisers to cancel the men's and women's downhills in Lenzerheide, handing Aksel Lund Svindal and Lindsey Vonn the discipline's crystal globes. Conditions on the...

Gaudin wins Grand Prix de Cholet-Pays de Loire Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar) outsprinted two rivals to take a breakaway win at the Grand Prix de Cholet-Pays de Loire. Gaudin got the better of Marcel Wyss (IAM Cycling) and Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) in a sprint finish after the three men had left...

Euroleague - Basketball fans get life ban for attacking player Two Zalgiris Kaunas fans who assaulted Real Madrid guard Rudy Fernandez last week have been ****** for life from attending Euroleague matches, the competition's ruling body said on Friday. "Euroleague Basketball has decided to ban...

Slovakia government backs joint 2022 bid with Poland Slovakia's government has officially backed a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbours Poland, Prime Minister Robert Fico said. Slovak officials will meet with Polish partners by the end of the month to discuss details. The two...

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Liga - Griezmann double helps rampant Sociedad up to fourth French winger Antoine Griezmann scored twice, the second a sensational volley, as Real Sociedad battered Real Valladolid 4-1 at home to go fourth in La Liga on Saturday. The club from San Sebastian extended their unbeaten run to 10...

Nadal delivers another winning chapter in comeback Looking as though he had never been away, Rafa Nadal gave the tennis world a stark reminder of what they had missed for seventh months last year with a superb display at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday. In only his fourth match on hard courts...

Ski Jumping World Cup Schlierenzauer and Zyla share victory in Oslo Gregor Schlierenzauer ended Kamil Stoch's run of back-to-back World Cup victories as he picked up his first in six weeks in Oslo although he had to share it with maiden winner Piotr Zyla. Schlierenzauer claimed his second...

Liga - Deportivo boost survival bid by beating Celta Bottom club Deportivo La Coruna boosted their hopes of avoiding relegation by beating 10-man Celta Vigo 3-1 in the Galician derby, a first victory in 10 La Liga outings. The two teams were promoted last season but are in serious peril of...

Ski Jumping World Cup Hendrickson ends season with another defeat of Takanashi World champion Sarah Hendrickson sent a message out to Sara Takanashi as the curtain closed on the women's ski jumping World Cup season with a third successive victory over her Japanese rival. Since being stripped...

Sharapova ready for Wozniacki variety in final Plenty of lobs, subtle changes of pace, marathon baseline rallies - Maria Sharapova is preparing for all of that and more when she faces Caroline Wozniacki in Sunday's final at the BNP Paribas Open. Denmark's Wozniacki, like Sharapova a former...

Italian Serie A - Juventus move closer to title with win at Bologna Serie A, Stadio Dall'Ara – Bologna 0 Juventus 2 (Vucinic 62, Marchisio 74). Second-half strikes from Mirko Vucinic and Claudio Marchisio gave Juventus a 2-0 win at Bologna to move 12 points clear at the top of Serie A with...

Nordic Combined World Cup Lamy Chappuis wins last race of season Jason Lamy Chappuis may have finally surrendered the Nordic combined overall World Cup title after three successive wins but he had the final say of the season in Oslo. The 26-year-old officially handed over the World Cup crown...

Djokovic's unbeaten run ends against Del Potro World number one Novak Djokovic's unbeaten run of 22 matches came to an end when he was upset 4-6 6-4 6-4 by Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in the Indian Wells Masters semi-finals. Australian Open champion Djokovic squandered a 3-0 lead in the...

Serie A - Napoli stay second with win over Atalanta Goran Pandev’s late winner gave Napoli a 3-2 success over Atalanta which keeps them second in the Serie A table. Edinson Cavani had twice put the hosts in front at Stadio San Paolo, with his first coming after just four minutes from the...

Nordic Combined World Cup Frenzel sprints to win, secures world title Eric Frenzel claimed the overall Nordic combined World Cup title in style in Oslo, outpacing Akito Watabe on the home straight to become the first German for five years to achieve the feat. The 24-year-old only needed to...

Nadal beats Berdych to reach Indian Wells final Looking as though he had never been away, Rafael Nadal continued his impressive comeback with a high-quality 6-4 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters. The Spaniard, who returned to the ATP circuit only...

Serie A - Balotelli hits brace as Milan beat Palermo Serie A, San Siro - AC Milan 2 (Balotelli 8 (pen), 66), Palermo 0 A coolly-taken brace from the imperious Mario Balotelli handed Milan a hard-fought 2-0 win at the San Siro to see the Rossoneri remain hot on the heels of second-placed...

Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Johaug takes dominant victory in 30km Therese Johaug led from start to finish to take victory in the cross-country skiing World Cup 30km freestyle mass start in Oslo, racing alone at the front for more than two thirds of race. The 24-year-old Norwegian claimed...

Wozniacki to meet Sharapova in Indian Wells final Former champion Caroline Wozniacki battled through a marathon encounter to upset fourth-seeded German Angelique Kerber 2-6 6-4 7-5 and reach her third BNP Paribas Open final in four years. The eighth-seeded Dane, winner at Indian Wells in 2011...

Premier League - Handball controversy as Norwich hold Sunderland Premier League, Stadium of Light - Sunderland (Gardner 40 pen) Norwich City (Hoolahan 26) Norwich City survived a first-half red card shown to goalkeeper Mark Bunn and two controversial handball decisions to hold on for a 1-1...

Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Legkov takes World Cup lead with 50km victory Alexander Legkov put himself into contention for the overall cross-country skiing World Cup title after an impressive victory in the 50km freestyle mass start in Oslo. The 29-year-old Russian was a contender for...

Del Potro downs Murray in Indian Wells quarters Erratic serving cost Andy Murray dearly as the world number three was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals 6-7 6-3 6-1 by Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro. Though the US Open champion three edged a close first set 7-5 on the...

Chelsea thump Juve to make NextGen semi-finals Chelsea booked their place in the semi-finals of the NextGen Series with a 4-1 victory over Juventus at Griffin Park. The game exploded into life in the 11th minute when Chelsea captain Lewis Baker struck a thunderbolt into the top corner from...

Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Johaug's absence hands Kowalczyk fourth World Cup crown Justyna Kowalczyk won the overall World Cup cross-county skiing title once again after claiming sprint victory in Drammen, Norway. The Pole recorded three consecutive World Cup titles between 2009 and...

Djokovic pummels Tsonga in last eight Novak Djokovic was barely tested as he demolished Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-1 in the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals to extend his unbeaten run to 22 matches. The top-seeded Serb delivered a ruthless display against the eighth-seeded Frenchman at the Indian...

Championship - Cardiff back on track with Wednesday win Cardiff got their Championship title tilt back up to full speed at the expense of former boss Dave Jones's Sheffield Wednesday, winning 2-0. Don Cowie's first goal since September on the stroke of half-time and Matthew Connolly's...

Ski Jumping Worl Cup World champion Hendrickson wins in Trondheim Sarah Hendrickson claimed victory in the first ski jumping World Cup event since she was crowned world champion, ending rival Sara Takanashi's run of four straight wins on the circuit in the process. The 18-year-old took her...

Ailing Federer outmuscled by Nadal Roger Federer's title defence at the BNP Paribas Open came to a surprisingly abrupt halt when he was hammered by his long-time rival Rafa Nadal 6-4 6-2 in the quarter-finals. While Nadal's fitness on hard courts had been in some doubt on his return to the ATP...

Championship - Brighton make light work of Palace Leonardo Ulloa fired Brighton to a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace to deny them the chance to go second in the Championship. The Argentine striker, a January signing from Spanish side Almeria, was compared to ex-Albion favourite Bobby Zamora by...

Ski Jumping World Cup Stoch claims back-to-back World Cup wins World champion Kamil Stoch jumped within a metre of the Trondheim hill record as he became the sixth ski jumper to record back-to-back World Cup wins this season. Stoch took victory at the last round in Kuopio on Tuesday where a...

****** Nadal destroys below-par Federer Rafael Nadal looked close to his best in dismantling Roger Federer 6-4 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The Spaniard, out from last summer until February with a debilitating knee injury, raised eyebrows when electing to...

Championship - Dunn rescues Blackburn in Lancashire derby Club stalwart David Dunn spared Blackburn's blushes deep into second-half stoppage time to extend 10-man Burnley's 34-year wait for east Lancashire derby glory after a 1-1 draw. The former England midfielder, making his first league...

Biathlon World Cup Fourcade closes season with dominant victory Martin Fourcade brought the biathlon World Cup season to a fitting end with victory in the 15km mass start in Russia to complete a clean sweep of every individual title on offer. The 24-year-old had the overall, sprint, pursuit...

Del Potro eager to join party of four No one knows better than Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro how difficult it is to win a Grand Slam title in the era of the "Big Four" of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray. Between them, that elite quartet has scooped up 31 of the...

Triathlon - Stimpson second in Mooloolaba, Hayes eighth Jodie Stimpson revealed her determination to succeed on the World Triathlon Series this year after finishing second in the opening World Cup of the season in Queensland. The 24-year-old completed the 1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run in...

Biathlon World Cup Soukalova completes hat-trick at World Cup finale Gabriela Soukalova brought the curtain down on the women's biathlon World Cup in style in Khanty-Mansiysk, completing a hat-trick of wins with victory in the 12.5km mass start. The 23-year-old has been unstoppable at the...

Azarenka and Stosur withdraw, Wozniacki and Kerber through In a bizarre coincidence, top seed Victoria Azarenka and seventh-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur withdrew from their quarter-final matches at the BNP Paribas Open due to leg injuries. Australian Open champion Azarenka of Belarus...

Scottish Football - Honours even in Dundee derby Dundee were denied their first derby win since November 2004 as Michael Gardyne's late strike ****** a 1-1 draw in the Scottish Premier League clash with Dundee United at Tannadice. John Brown's side were reduced to 10 men when captain Gary...

Biathlon World Cup Sumann wins in Khanty-Mansiysk Christoph Sumann upset overall World Cup champion Martin Fourcade to win his first biathlon World Cup race of the season in the men's 12.5km pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk. Courtesy of his victory in the sprint on Friday, Fourcade had a 40-second...

Spanish Liga - Malaga stunned by Espanyol Malaga's joy at qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time was cut short when Espanyol condemned them to a 2-0 home defeat in their Liga clash at Estadio La Rosaleda. Manuel Pellegrini's side, on their first venture into...

Biathlon World Cup Second straight win for Soukalova Gabriela Soukalova picked up her second straight victory at the final biathlon World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk as Tora Berger equalled the record for the number of podium finishes in a single season. Soukalova, from the Czech Republic, stormed...

Nadal's comeback, so far, smooth amid some concern One of the most charismatic players in the game for nearly a decade, Rafa Nadal has commanded much more attention than usual at the BNP Paribas Open, his first hardcourt tournament in almost a year. Though the Spaniard has made a highly...

Biathlon World Cup Fourcade wins final sprint of year in Khanty-Mansiysk Martin Fourcade demonstrated exactly why he is a multiple Crystal Globe holder this season with victory in the 10th and final sprint race of the biathlon World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. The 24-year-old has been nigh-on...

Snooker - Super Ding fires 147 in classic win over Allen Ding Junhui started his PTC Grand Finals quarter-final against Mark Allen in sensational style with a superb 147 and the quality snooker continued. The Chinese star beat the Northern Ireland potter 4-3 with a break of 108 in the decider...

Federer and Nadal to meet, Murray and Djokovic through Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal set up a mouth-watering showdown in the Indian Wells quarter-finals while Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic also progressed. Four-times Indian Wells champion Federer last played Nadal a year...