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MIKI, Japan — Johanna Konta has levelled Britain’s Fed Cup World Group playoff against Japan with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Kurumi Nara on Saturday. After taking a 3-0 lead in the second set, Konta broke Nara to lead 5-2 …

STUTTGART, Germany — Petra Kvitova defeated Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Germany in their Fed Cup World Group semifinal. Goerges lasted only an hour with 23 unforced errors against the 10th-ranked …

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers didn’t make it easy on Max Scherzer. In the end, though, he was just better than Clayton Kershaw. Scherzer allowed one run over six innings in the 13th all-time meeting of three-time Cy Young Award …

The Toronto Maple Leafs will need a win to avoid elimination from the NHL post-season when they travel to Boston for Saturday’s Game 5 clash with the Bruins as +165 underdogs on the NHL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. …

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mitch Moreland hit a grand slam, Jackie Bradley Jr. added a three-run homer and the streaking Boston Red Sox won their eighth in a row, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Friday night. Boston kept up the …

Welcome to the second Saturday of the NHL post-season. We’ve got three games on tap today, down from the originally scheduled four – thanks, Golden Knights – and we’ll start with the lone evening game. HNIC Game of the Night: …

BARCELONA, Spain — Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will play at the Barcelona Open next week. Event organizers made the announcement on Friday, a day after the Serb was beaten by Dominic Thiem in the Monte Carlo Masters third round. …

LOS ANGELES — Shaquille O’Neal has dubbed himself “The Big Baryshnikov” and “The Big Socrates.” He can now add “The Big Shakespeare.” The basketball Hall-of-Famer is adding poetry to his resume as one of the stars of the new public …

Philadelphia Flyers centre Sean Couturier will be a a game-time decision for Friday’s Game 5 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Hakstol confirms that … drum roll … Couturier is a game-time decision. — Shelly Anderson (@_ShellyAnderson) April 20, 2018 Couturier missed …

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens will open play for the U.S. against Pauline Parmentier of France in the Fed Cup semifinals. France No. 1 Kristina Mladenovic and CoCo Vandeweghe will follow on Saturday in the second singles …

Bill Peters has officially resigned from his position as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, the team announced Friday. [NEWS] Bill Peters Resigns Position as Head Coach The team will immediately begin its search for a new head coach. : …

It has been the most contentious coaching rivalry in the 26-year history of the Premier League, with their verbal barbs in news conferences even spilling over to physical confrontations on the touchline. Yet Jose Mourinho chose the day Arsene Wenger …

INDIANAPOLIS — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tryonn Lue expects injured forward Kevin Love to play Friday in Game 3 at Indiana. Love hurt his left thumb late in Wednesday’s victory that evened the series at 1-1. He did not return but …

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tyler Myers says he will return to the lineup for Friday’s Game 5 against the Minnesota Wild. Tyler Myers will play tonight. — luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) April 20, 2018 Myers missed Game 4 after suffering a lower-body …

The WHL final is still a series away, but we already know the Ed Chynoweth Cup will be awarded to a team that either hasn’t won it before or has gone a generation since its last victory. The Everett Silvertips …

This weekend Manchester United has a chance to lift another trophy. The FA Cup is a small consolation to another uninspiring performance in Europe and being left in the dust in the Premier League by their noisy neighbours Manchester City. …

The turbulent last five years at Manchester United should act as a cautionary tale to the board at Arsenal as the club looks to hire a new manager for the first time this century. Just as Alex Ferguson had his …

Marc Bergevin is being given another chance. A second lease on life as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. A golden opportunity to do the one thing he hasn’t been able to do since being appointed to his role in …