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ROME, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan's long-awaited victory was ruined by Antonio Candreva as the ex-Inter player's stunner in the dying minutes helped Salernitana draw the Nerazzurri 1-1 in Serie A on Friday.

Jaden Ivey had 29 points and nine assists and the visiting Detroit Pistons snapped an 11-game losing streak by defeating the Indiana Pacers 122-115 on Friday night. Both lottery-bound teams were playing their second-to-last game of the season. Killian Hayes supplied 28 points, six assists and four steals, while Cory Joseph contributed 18 points and five assists. Marvin Bagley III added 14 points and Jalen Duren, Jared R

Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green scored 26 points apiece and the visiting Houston Rockets held off the Charlotte Hornets for a 112-109 victory Friday night in a matchup of two teams near the bottom of the NBA standings. Kenyon Martin Jr. and Alperen Sengun both posted 14 points and Jabari Smith Jr. had 13 points for Houston (21-60), which broke a six-game road losing streak and won for only the seventh time this season o

Daniel Gafford collected 22 points and eight rebounds to lift the host Washington Wizards to a 114-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday. Gafford made his first nine shots from the floor for the Wizards (35-46), who snapped a four-game losing skid and locked the Heat (43-38) into seventh place in the Eastern Conference and a spot in the play-in tournament. Corey Kispert scored 19 points and rookie Johnny Davis added

PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1 standings after Friday's match (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Top-seeded Jessica Pegula and two past Charleston Open champions advanced to the semifinals of the South Carolina event with wins on Friday. Pegula, who spent part of her childhood in South Carolina, downed 12th-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (6). Her semifinal opponent will be fourth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, the tournament's reigning champion. Bencic defeated seventh-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of R

Isaac Paredes' grand slam highlighted a six-run second inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays homered five times to improve to 7-0 with a 9-5 victory over the visiting Oakland Athletics on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. Harold Ramirez, Manuel Margot, Christian Bethancourt and Wander Franco each clubbed solo home runs, while Paredes added two singles for Tampa Bay, which is off to the majors' best start since Baltimore went

Two teams off to slow starts meet up Saturday night when the Portland Timbers visit the Vancouver Whitecaps. Portland (1-3-2, 5 points) won its opening game of the season and is winless in its last five matches. Vancouver (1-2-3, 6 points) went winless in its first five matches before getting into the victory column last Saturday. The Whitecaps scored just five goals in their first five matches before exploding for a 5-

The Calgary Flames have reached that stage in the season where every game is more important than the last so they are grateful to have two days of preparation to get ready for another clash with the Vancouver Canucks. Calgary (37-27-15, 89 points) is fighting for its playoff lives and brings a three-game road win streak into Saturday's matchup with Vancouver (35-36-7, 77 points). It will be the second game in nine days

The Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings will soon be headed to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but they're trending in opposite directions with just a week left in the regular season. The Avalanche (47-24-6, 100 points) have won 12 of their past 14 games to climb into a tie for first with the Dallas Stars atop the Central Division standings. Colorado owns the tiebreaker heading into Saturday because it has played one few

Salvador Perez belted the 224th home run of his career, Vinnie Pasquantino hit his first of the season and the Kansas City Royals opened a six-game trip with a 3-1 victory Friday afternoon, spoiling the San Francisco Giants' home opener. Nicky Lopez added an RBI single and right-hander Brad Keller (1-1) threw 5 2/3 innings of one-run, three-hit ball, helping the Royals snap a three-game losing streak with just their seco

Noah Lolesio slotted all seven kicks and marshalled his men well in a fine response to a Wallabies squad snubbing as the ACT Brumbies ended a Brisbane hoodoo.

Trainer Neville Parnham is confident Demolish will defy his sprinting pedigree and run a strong 2400m in Saturdays Group 2 WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot.

Jack Crisp isnt the only nervous AFL player after leaked explicit videos, writes The Snitch.

Residents with a passion for soccer and those looking to make some extra cash are encouraged to take up the whistle, as more referees needed ahead of the upcoming season

Four-times major champion Brooks Koepka is on track to become LIV Golf's first Masters winner after taking a four-stroke lead at Augusta National.

Australia's golf aces have been left to play weekend catch-up after lightning and forecast rain forced the suspension of the second round at Augusta National.

The Seattle Sounders host St. Louis City on Saturday night in a meeting of the top teams in the Western Conference standings. Last season, the Sounders couldn't even make the playoffs and City weren't even in the league. Still, Seattle (4-1-1, 13 points) has reached four MLS Cup finals, winning two championships since 2016, and in May 2022 became the first MLS team to win the CONCACAF Champions League. Meanwhile, St. L

They've tried their best to avoid it, but the Seattle Kraken can now start thinking -- and talking -- about the playoffs. The Kraken clinched a Western Conference wild-card berth with a 4-2 victory against the visiting Arizona Coyotes on Thursday. They have four regular-season games remaining, starting with Saturday night's home game against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Kraken (44-26-8, 96 points) also set an NHL record

The Minnesota Wild will try to snap a three-game winless streak and improve their playoff positioning when they host the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night. The Wild (44-24-10, 98 points) slipped into third place in the Central Division behind the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche during their 0-2-1 downturn. Minnesota is coming off of a 4-1 loss at Pittsburgh to the Penguins, who were fighting for their playoff lives.

Real Salt Lake will look to snap a four-match losing streak when it hosts Charlotte FC on Saturday night in the clubs' first-ever MLS meeting. Things have gone from bad to worse for Salt Lake (1-4-0, 3 points) over the last month. The Claret and Cobalt have failed to score in the last 248 minutes they've played, and only have one goal through this four-match slide. And it's been even worse recently on defense, where the

Two teams looking up at the rest of MLS have a chance to earn points -- or make their seasons worse. Sporting Kansas City (0-3-3, 3 points) will host the Colorado Rapids (0-3-3, 3 points) on Saturday night in Kansas City, Kan., in a matchup of the teams with the two worst records in MLS. The Rapids are listed in last place in the Western Conference standings because of a worse goal differential (minus-6 to SKC's minus-5

AFL: The Carlton Blues were simply too strong for the North Melbourne Kangaroos, as they kicked away early in the third and didn't look back.

AFL: Brad Scott has backed Dyson Heppell despite his form slump to start 2023.

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson admitted it was hard subbing out club champion Ben Cunnington during the third quarter of their Good Friday loss to Carlton at Marvel Stadium.