SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) France's first match at its home ground since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris ended with a 4-2 victory over Russia in a friendly game at the Stade de France on Tuesday. N'Golo Kante celebrated his 25th birthday with his first international goal, putting the hosts in front with a clean finish after being set up by Antoine Griezmann. Andre-Pierre Gignac, Dimitri Payet and Kinglsey Coman scored France's other goals while Aleksandr Kokorin and Yuri Zhirkov were on the...
Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to a 1-0 defeat in Egypt in their Group G match on Tuesday. With just one game remaining and only the group winners to qualify, Nigeria cannot make up their five-point deficit to...
A city official says he intended to treat Flint's drinking water with anti-corrosive chemicals after the switch to the Flint River but was overruled by a state regulator. ......
Byung Ho Park sat at his locker in the Minnesota Twins' spring training clubhouse, sipping a cup of iced coffee, oiling a first baseman's glove and interacting with teammates. ......
Matt Harvey said he will start on Opening Day against the Royals, even after a tortured few days of battling a mystery ailment, which he revealed on Tuesday morning to be a bladder infection that caused a blood clot that needed to be passed. ......
Cricket Australia's introduction of the Dukes ball for use in the Sheffield Shield has met a lukewarm response from Australia's players union amid concerns the domestic competition is being used as a "trialling ground for unproven initiatives". As reported by Fairfax Media, the...
Perception counts for plenty in the heat of the battle, but surprises can lurk in the detail. Such is the case with the Swans, who conjured an image of seasoned professionalism in their round-one dismantling of Collingwood. By comparison, Carlton – Sydney's opponent on Sunday in Melbourne – are seen...
