Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka overcame 30 unforced errors and saved 11 break points to defeat qualifier Timofey Skatov in the first round of the Bucharest Open in Romania on Tuesday.

Stan Wawrinka will celebrate his 40th birthday in the most familiar of ways - on the tennis court. The three-time Grand Slam champion turned in a vintage performance on the ATP Challenger Tour to ...

The Grand National is now less than a month away, and fans are already gearing up to get their bets on at the Aintree Racecourse. Once again, the three-day event will feature an opening day ...

Zheng Qinwen didn't have to think much when asked if she would rather win a Grand Slam or reach the world No. 1 title as the 22-year-old admitted that as a kid she only dreamed of lifting a Major ...

China's tennis ace Zheng Qinwen revealed on Sunday night that winning a Grand Slam title was her childhood dream after she reached the last 16 of the WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells, the US for the ...

The red hot Red Sox outfielder hit a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the eighth, capping off a massive eight-run comeback in what wound up being a 9-8 walk-off loss. It was Thompson’s fifth ...

Ireland's Grand Slam dreams are over, blown to smithereens by a ruthless and emphatic France, who now look destined to win the Guinness Six Nations title. Not even the loss of Antoine Dupont on 26 ...

15 Hugo Keenan: As solid as ever in the backfield and Ireland’s most dangerous attacker, gaining well over 100 metres with ball in hand. He tried his utmost in all facets of the game but Ireland were ...

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Zheng Qinwen has finally clinched her first win since the Australian Open as the Chinese tennis star ousted two-time Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-4 in her Indian Wells opener.

Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll declared that France 'put Ireland to the sword' in their dominant 42-27 win at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes were comprehensively ...

All week in France, this highly-anticipated showdown had been billed as ‘Le grand défi’ – the big challenge – and it was Les Bleus who passed a major test by almost certainly ending ...