The win was Cleveland’s sixth in 34 games since July 27. Texas entered with a four-game lead in the AL West over Oakland and lost for just the fifth time in 16 games. Gomez worked 5 2-3 innings. Joe Smith, Esmil Rogers and Vinnie Pestano finished. Pestano allowed two hits over 1 1-3 innings for his first save. Pestano has been Chris...

Zimmermann gave up a career-high eight runs in his shortest start of the season and the Washington Nationals lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 Saturday. “The offense did a great job, you have to tip your cap to those guy, they give you six runs,” Zimmermann said. “You do all you can to keep the team in the game and you can’t hold...

Martin Harnik gave Stuttgart the lead, but Bayern replied with three goals in a 12-minute spell before halftime, and added three more in six minutes after the break, as the visiting defence did little more than stand and watch. Thomas Mueller scored twice with Toni Kroos, Luiz Gustavo, Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger sharing the others for the...

NEW YORK (AP) — No. 4 seed David Ferrer saved five set points in a first-set tiebreaker Sunday and went on to defeat 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the third round of the U.S. Open. After saving the fifth set point, Ferrer scrambled from side to side at the net to pick up back-to-back volleys by Hewitt, then angled off a backhand...

Forward Sebastian Giovinco, back at Juve after two seasons with Parma, scored twice for the Serie A champions, who have now won their first two games of the new campaign, having gone unbeaten in the league last season. Brkic was controversially dismissed after clattering into Giovinco as he ran on to a long Andrea Pirlo pass. Chile midfielder...

Double faulting is absolutely the worst way to lose a point in tennis. In theory it is still only worth one point, like missing a routine forehand from the middle of the court, but it carries far more emotional baggage with it and greatly effects the flavor of the points immediately following it. A server has to lose at least four points to have their serve broken,...

Four months after gaining plaudits for guiding Premier League newcomers Swansea City to 11th place with an eye-catching brand of football, the Northern Irishman has plenty of problems to solve if Liverpool are to challenge for a top-four place. The most pressing of them is a lack of goals. Luis Suarez has proved profligate this season and Fabio...

Ramsay shot a 5-under 66 to win the European Masters by four strokes. The 29-year-old Scotsman was in control for most of the final round in the sun-bathed Swiss Alps and finished at 16-under 267. Four players tied for second. “It’s just incredible, the whole day went to plan,” said Ramsay, who thought the win would move his career...