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Warren Foegele and Nino Niederreiter scored 48 seconds apart early in the third period to rally the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday and a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Petr Mrazek stopped nine of 10 shots he faced before leaving with an injury 6 […]

Cruelly denied by VAR in its agonizing Champions League exit, Manchester City relied on technology to keep its Premier League title charge on course on Sunday. City scraped past Burnley 1-0 thanks to a scruffy strike by Sergio Aguero that needed the confirmation of goal-line technology. The distance over the line? Less than 3 centimeters.

Philadelphia is already in trouble in its Eastern Conference semifinal series against Toronto, and 76ers coach Brett Brown might be one of the biggest reasons why. It’s not that Brown made coaching mistakes in Game 1. Instead, he might have not made enough mistakes in 2012 and 2013. Let’s explain: Kawhi Leonard’s first two years

Neymar appeared to aim a punch at a fan goading him and other Paris Saint-Germain players with provocative language, following the club’s surprise French Cup final defeat to Rennes on Saturday. The Brazil forward was walking up the stairs to collect his losers’ medal at Stade de France when he was involved in an altercation.

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran the second-fastest time ever to win the London Marathon for a record fourth time Sunday, and compatriot Brigid Kosgei swept to victory by almost two minutes in the women’s race. The 34-year-old Kipchoge pulled clear of Ethiopian runners Mosinet Geremew and Mule Wasihun in the final 10 minutes to complete

While Elvis Andrus and Rougned Odor took care of the offense, Mike Minor provided a lift on the mound. Minor struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings, and the Texas Rangers pounded the Seattle Mariners 15-1 on Saturday night to stop a five-game losing streak. Minor (3-2) matched the team record for strikeouts by

Time was winding down and the San Antonio Spurs couldn’t hear their coach screaming for someone to foul over all the noise. That’s one for the Denver crowd. The Nuggets also are making some noise. Nikola Jokic had another triple-double, Jamal Murray hit a clutch floater with 36.8 seconds remaining and the Nuggets held off

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped Patrice Bergeron at point-blank range in overtime. He also made an acrobatic save to stop a 90-foot dump-in that took a bad hop straight toward the net. Whatever the shot, the Blue Jackets goalie was ready. “There’s not many goalies that stop that puck,” said Matt Duchene, who scored at 3:42 of

Charlie Blackmon has been waiting for the Colorado Rockies to show off their power late in a game. “Just because we’re down a run or two doesn’t mean we’re going to lose the game, and I don’t see that from our team,” Blackmon said. “I always see our guys fighting really hard, having good at-bats

Kawhi Leonard scored a career playoff-high 45 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Pascal Siakam added 29 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-95 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Saturday night. Leonard matched his career-best scoring total for any game, set Jan. 1 against Utah. He made 16