Rome (Reuters) - Serena Williams crushed Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 to book her place in the Italian Open final and extend her winning streak to 23 matches on Saturday. World number one Williams, who is chasing a fourth consecutive tour title, will face Victoria Azarenka in Sunday's final after the third seed …

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce sent out a warning to the club's fans not to expect too much next season after the Londoners' successful campaign this time around.

Williams extends winning streak to reach Rome final Rome (Reuters) - Serena Williams crushed Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 to book her place in the Italian Open final and extend her winning streak to 23 matches on Saturday. World number one Williams, who is chasing a fourth consecutive tour title, will face Victoria …

The Bavarians are on course to claim a historic treble this season but their former left-back believes they are some way off from being regarded as the finest iteration

World number one Serena Williams said she hoped to improve her game for the French Open after easing into the Rome Open final with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Simona Halep which ended the qualifier's dream week in the Italian capital.

The Schwarzgelben's failure to add to their lead was marred by two late Hoffe penalties, as the visitors will now face Kaiserslautern in a relegation play-off

Jupp Heycknes saw his side come out on top in a topsy-turvy encounter in what was his final league outing as the Bavarians' coach, with Franck Ribery the star of the show

The 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia had to be trimmed by 12km on Saturday due to snow at Sestriere, organisers said.

Die Knappen saw off the Breisgau outfit thanks to a fine display by the young German playmaker and secured their spot in the Bundesliga top four as a result

By Ed Osmond LONDON (Reuters) - Jonathan Trott and Joe Root shared a patient unbroken third-wicket partnership of 55 to lift England to 91 for two at tea on the third day of the first test against New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday. The pair came together after openers Alastair Cook and Nick Compton both fell with the total …

PARIS (Reuters) - Heavy rain forced the postponement of the Ligue 1 match between Nice and Olympique Lyon, due to kick off on Saturday at 1900 GMT, until Sunday. "Because of unfavourable weather conditions, the Nice v Lyon game on Saturday May 18 has been postponed to Sunday at 1500 (1300 GMT)," Nice said on their website …

Jonathan Trott and Joe Root steadied England's second innings after New Zealand struck twice with the new ball on the third day of the first Test at Lord's on Saturday.

On Saturday morning Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Toronto Raptors were hot to trot for Denver Nuggets personnel chief Masai Ujiri, which is a smart trot to be hot for, considering that Ujiri once worked for the Raptors, … Continue …

The 58-year-old believes his side have exceeded expectations in their first season back in the Premier League following promotion via the Championship play-offs last term

Spain's championship leader Marc Marquez will start on pole in Sunday's French MotoGP on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans after coming out on top in Saturday's qualifying.

The 51-year-old has been in charge of the Partenopei since 2009 but is out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with moves to Inter and Roma

The Moscow outfit lift their first domestic championship since 2006 as a goalless draw with Kuban Krasnodar put Zenit out of sight in the title race

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce sent out a warning to the club's fans not to expect too much next season after the Londoners' successful campaign this time around.