Elena Baltacha took all of three sets to come through her first qualifying match at the BNP Paribas Open in California against an opponent ranked 500 places below her.

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John Maguire has shed interesting insight into his hastily arranged welterweight bout with Matt Riddle at UFC 154, revealing he called the UFC to ask for the fight. Maguire has filled in on three ...

1886 Ty Cobb was born. Even after Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio and Hank Aaron, even after Babe Ruth, this is still baseball's No.1. Tyrus Cobb set 90 Major League records or thereabouts, some of ...

Another shark devouring a minnow in Far East rugby. On the same date in 1999, Japan also won a World Cup qualifier, beating Taiwan 134-6 in Singapore. Japan ran in 20 tries. Three players scored three ...