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Maria Sharapova survived a sticky start to move into the second round of the WTA Madrid Open on Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania.
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Maria Sharapova survived a sticky start to move into the second round of the WTA Madrid Open on Monday with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania.

A lawyer involved in the landmark Bosman ruling 18 years ago lodged a European Commission complaint on Monday against UEFA rules aimed at limiting the spending of top clubs.

Juventus clinched their second successive Serie A title on Sunday with a controversial 1-0 win over Palermo to secure the Antonio Conte-coached team's 29th league crown with three rounds remaining.

Brett Rumford is one round away from becoming only the third Australian to win back-to-back tournaments in the 41-year history of the European Tour.

Asia's new football boss backed FIFA chief Sepp Blatter for a controversial fifth term on Friday as the veteran Swiss dropped a strong hint that he may break promises to step down in 2015.

Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain has won a landslide victory to be elected president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), replacing the disgraced former head, Mohammed bin Hammam.

Borssia Dortmund qualified for their first Champions League final since 1997 despite losing 2-0 to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, where they prevailed 4-3 on aggregate on Tuesday.

On the eve of Asian football elections, FIFA is looking to see if former president Mohamed bin Hammam breached his life ban by lobbying for his friends against an old rival.

NBA veteran centre Jason Collins has become the first active player in any US major professional sports leagues to reveal that he is gay, doing so to Sports Illustrated in a major cover story released on Monday.

The San Antonio Spurs completed a first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-82 victory in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday, while the Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals with a 115-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
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