Kendrick suffered the injury after catching a fly ball on the warning track, and immediately went down on the ground in pain.
Howie Kendrick injury update: Nationals left fielder leaves game with apparent leg injury
NBA Draft 2018: Luka Doncic wins EuroLeague MVP at age 19
Doncic became the youngest player ever (18) to win a monthly MVP award, and he is now the league MVP at only 19.
Preakness Stakes 2018: Live updates from Pimlico Race Course
Can Justify continue his quest for horse racing’s Triple Crown with a win at the Preakness Stakes?
Adonis Stevenson sends message to those who question his resume
While some criticize Adonis “Superman” Stevenson when it comes to his record and level of opponents, he feels that he’s done enough to earn respect and credibility in the light heavyweight division.
Fast facts before you ‘Justify’ picking a horse in the 2018 Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Justify has a great shot to win the Preakness, the second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown.
Chelsea v Manchester United: 2018 FA Cup final – live!
- Live updates from the 5.15pm BST kick-off at Wembley
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86 min: Hazard and Fabregas take the ball for a walk down the right. Their perambulations eat up 60 seconds or so.
85 min: Sanchez sends a low fizzer wide left from 20 yards. He wants a corner for a deflection – he is livid – but he’s not going to get it.
Continue reading…Chris Froome speeds to stage victory as Simon Yates extends Giro d’Italia lead
• Yates takes bonus for second place and extends overall lead
On the top of what is billed as the hardest climb in World Tour cycling, the Giro d’Italia entered its final week with the standings finely poised after a dramatic comeback from Chris Froome put the quadruple Tour de France winner back in the frame.
Simon Yates successfully held the pink jersey, gradually opening a gap on the defending champion, Tom Dumoulin, but his advantage does not look decisive. Not yet.
Continue reading…Owen Farrell steers Saracens to Premiership final in blitz over Wasps
• Saracens 57-33 Wasps
• Farrell kicks 27 points to back up Saracens’ try spree
Normal service has been resumed. Saracens are back in the Premiership final. The mischievous had wondered whether they were a fading force, surrendering their Premiership title last season and suffering an unprecedented slump in the middle of this, but they have played their way back into form. Wasps were unable to cope.
The visitors managed five tries, some spectacular in a predictably exhilarating festival of running rugby, but they were 20-0 down in the first quarter and 30-5 down at the start of the second half, unable to deal with a Saracens masterclass. None was more masterful than Owen Farrell, who kicked 11 from 11 for a haul of 27 points, a record for a play-off. It was good news all round for Eddie Jones.
Continue reading…Rafael Nadal battles past old foe Novak Djokovic into Italian Open final
• Djokovic looked back to near his best despite defeat
Almost a year to the day since the 50th match of their rivalry – the longest in the Open era – Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic collided gloriously again under a beating sun in Rome, and the Spaniard was stretched to the limit to preserve his aura on clay a week before the French Open.
If Nadal wins his eighth Italian Open title on Sunday he will be back at No1 in the world; if he loses, the absent Roger Federer will stay at the top until 24 June – two days before the Wimbledon seedings are announced.
Continue reading…Brilliant Ben Barba guides St Helens to battling win over Widnes
• Widnes 18-38 St Helens
• Regan Grace and Ryan Morgan touch down twice for St Helens
This performance by St Helens will hardly be remembered as the most eye-catching of Justin Holbrook’s first year in charge but, on the anniversary of his arrival, it perhaps best illustrated the transformation of the club under his tenure.
The opening Super League game of the Magic Weekend will hardly take up too much time on the highlights package, but for the Super League leaders it underlined the vital trait of being able to win even when they are not playing to their potential.
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