Football: Brighton bounce back to beat 10-man Manchester City

BRIGHTON (REUTERS) – Brighton & Hove Albion scored three times in the second half to fight back from two goals down and beat Manchester City 3-2 at home on Tuesday (May 18) in a thrilling Premier League encounter in which the champions lost Joao Cancelo to an early red card. Ilkay Gundogan struck in the... » read more

Tennis: Djokovic outlasts Sonego to set up Rome final with Nadal

ROME (REUTERS) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will clash for the Italian Open title after the top two seeds advanced to the final of the Masters tournament on Saturday (May 15). Djokovic, who beat Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6 7-5 7-5 in a rain-delayed quarter-final earlier in the day, was also stretched to... » read more

Tennis: Nadal downs battling Nishikori to reach Barcelona quarter-finals

BARCELONA (AFP) – Rafael Nadal needed to go the distance for the second successive day in Barcelona before beating Japan’s Kei Nishikori to make the last-eight and stay on course for a 12th title at the tournament. The world number three triumphed 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 over 2014 and 2015 champion Nishikori and next faces Britain’s... » read more

Sluggish Djokovic faces crunch decider against Zverev
Sluggish Djokovic faces crunch decider against Zverev

LONDON • World No. 1 Novak Djokovic admitted that he needs to play cleaner tennis if he is to stay on course for a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title. The Serb lost for just the fourth time this year when fourth seed Daniil Medvedev beat him 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to leave his hopes of... » read more