Erik ten Hag's genius plan with benched player will pay off for Manchester United
There has been scant praise for Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag this season.
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Djokovic's shaky season opens window of opportunity at Roland Garros
Defending champion Novak Djokovic's erratic form, Rafa Nadal's fitness woes and untimely injuries to top-ranked youngsters have set up an uncertain French Open men's tournament with players on the fringe of Grand Slam success sensing a golden opportunity.
Headaches aplenty for Djokovic before French Open title defence
Novak Djokovic will hope to shake off a freak head injury and get his bumpy season back on track at the French Open, where the out-of-form Serb faces a daunting task to defend his title and retain his world number one ranking.
Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Tuesday’s four meetings, including Huntingdon Nap
MOSTLY SUNNY (6.40, nap) is expected to shine for Dan Skelton at Huntingdon in the My Pension Expert Your Trusted Advisers Maiden Hurdle on Tuesday. The five-year-old was a useful handicapper on the Flat for Heather Main, winning a Class 4 race at Kempton in January over a mile and a half before being sold for 32,000gns. On his hurdles debut for Skelton at Southwell over two miles a fortnight ago, the son of Zarak travelled well and was strongly in contention before making a bad mistake at the last. My selection then rallied gamely in the last 110 yards but failed by a half a length to reel in Aquitaine Boy. With that experience under his belt, he should take all the beating in the hands of Harry Skelton, granted a decent round of jumping.
Timberwolves rally to knock defending champion Nuggets out of NBA playoffs
LOS ANGELES: The Minnesota Timberwolves authored a stunning second-half comeback to beat the Denver Nuggets 98-90 on Sunday (May 19), knocking the defending champions out of the NBA playoffs.
Manu Bhaker Emerges Most Successful Shooter in Olympic Selection Trials
Olympian shooter Manu Bhaker emerged as the most successful athlete in the Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, winning the women's 10m air pistol OST T4 match on the concluding day of the exercise in Bhopal on Sunday. Overall, this was Manu's fourth win in the trials across two events, the other being the women's 25m sports pistol. Manu shot 240.8 in the OST T4 10m air pistol final at the MP State Shooting Academy ranges, leaving Hangzhou Asian Games champion Palak a huge 4.4 points behind in second. Rhythm Sangwan took the third spot.
Wolves storm back to knock out defending champ Nuggets in Game 7 - ESPN
DENVER — Minneapolis is going to party like it's 2004. For the first time in two decades, the Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the Western Conference finals.
Villarreal's Sorloth scores four in thrilling 4-4 draw with Real Madrid
VILLARREAL, Spain :Villarreal forward Alexander Sorloth struck four times in 17 minutes to help his side fight back and snatch a 4-4 home draw against champions Real Madrid on Sunday as the Norway international became LaLiga's top scorer.