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Meralco's Allen Durham powers his way to the basket against San Miguel Beer's Terrence Watson and Arwind Santos in Sunday night's PBA Governors' Cup thriller at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

September 24, 2017

Meralco stuns SMB to grab top seed

MANILA — The Meralco Bolts erased an 18-point third-quarter deficit to score a stunning 104-101 victory over the San Miguel Beermen Sunday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum to emerge as the top seed at the end of the PBA Governors Cup elimination round. The Bolts now head to the quarterfinals with a 9-2 win-loss card. TNT (8-3) wound up as the second seed, with Ginebra (8-3) at third and Star (7-4) ...

Sampdoria's Ricardo Alvarez celebrates after scoring against AC Milan during their Italian Serie A match at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa Sunday. — AP

September 24, 2017

Milan loses at Sampdoria

MILAN — AC Milan's problems with consistency continued as a poor performance saw it lose 2-0 at Sampdoria in Serie A Sunday.Milan didn't even have a shot on target as late goals from Duvan Zapata and substitute Ricky Alvarez condemned the Rossoneri to its second defeat of the season."Samp was superior to us and deserved the victory," Milan coach Vincenzo Montella said. "We didn't perform. We were insufficient on a ...

England's Moeen Ali celebrates his century against West Indies during their third One-Day International match in Bristol Sunday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

England beats Windies as Ali smashes ton

BRISTOL, England — Moeen Ali hit the second fastest One-Day International century in England's history to set up a win over West Indies by 124 runs Sunday.Victory gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the third of the five-match series after the second game was washed out last week.Joe Root with 84 and Ben Stokes (73) were the other main contributors to an imposing total of 369-9 off 50 overs. ...

India's Hardik Pandya celebrates his half century against Australia during their third One-Day International match at Indore Sunday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

India clinches series with third win

INDORE, India — All-rounder Hardik Pandya celebrated his promotion in the batting order with a breezy 78 to help secure India's series-clinching five-wicket victory in the third One-Day International against Australia Sunday.Three of India's top four batsmen scored 70 or more as the hosts chased down a 294-run victory target with 13 balls to spare for their third successive victory in the five-match series.Earlier, Aaron Finch smashed 124 on his ...

Marcedes Lewis of the Jacksonville Jaguars scores a touchdown against Baltimore Ravens in the NFL International Series at the Wembley Stadium in London Sunday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

Jaguars rout Ravens in London

LONDON — The Jacksonville Jaguars are finally starting to feel at home at Wembley Stadium.Marcedes Lewis caught three of Blake Bortles' four touchdown passes as the Jaguars routed the Baltimore Ravens 44-7 Sunday in their fifth game in Britain's capital.Allen Hurns and Leonard Fournette also scored touchdowns for the Jaguars (2-1), who have won each of their last three games played at the venue.This one, by far, was the easiest. ...

Peter Sagan of Slovakia displays his gold medal after winning men’s Elite Road Race at the UCI 2017 Road World Championship in Bergen, Norway, Sunday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

Sagan takes third straight title

BERGEN, Norway — Peter Sagan stayed quiet all day before timing his effort to perfection in the final sprint to become the first rider to claim three road race world championship titles in a row Sunday.The Slovakian surged ahead with less than 50 metres left and pipped local favorite Alexander Kristoff to the line. Australian Michael Matthews took third place."It was not easy. It came down to a sprint, that ...

Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez greets from his bike after winning the Moto Grand Prix of Aragon at the Motorland circuit in Alcaniz in Spain Sunday. — AFP

September 24, 2017

Marquez wins Aragon MotoGP

ALCANIZ, Spain — Marc Marquez won the Aragon MotoGP Sunday for his second straight victory, taking the outright championship lead with four races to go.Marquez rode his Honda to victory after starting fifth on the grid, finishing comfortably ahead of fellow Spaniards Dani Pedrosa of Honda and Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati.Pole-sitter Maverick Vinales ended fourth, just ahead of Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi, who was racing for the first time since ...

Barcelona’s Luis Suarez (R) celebrates scoring their third goal against Girona during their Spanish league football match in Girona Saturday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

Barca maintains perfect start

MADRID — Barcelona opened up a four-point gap at the top of La Liga, maintaining its 100 percent start as it cruised to a 3-0 victory at Catalan rival Girona Saturday.An own goal either side of the break and a Luis Suarez strike in his 100th league appearance for the club 21 minutes from the end were enough for Ernesto Valverde’s team to secure the points in the first-ever league ...

Roger Federer (L) and Rafael Nadal of team Europe in action against Jack Sock and Sam Querrey of team World in Prague Saturday. — Reuters

September 24, 2017

Nadal, Federer widen Europe’s lead

PRAGUE — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal took care of business in their singles matches before teaming up in an eagerly anticipated doubles pairing to extend Europe’s lead over players from the rest of the world in the inaugural Laver Cup Saturday.The new team tennis event, kicking off in Prague and moving to the United States next year, was a first chance for the world’s top two players to play ...

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark poses with the winner’s plate after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament in Tokyo Sunday. — AP

September 24, 2017

Wozniacki retains Tokyo crown

TOKYO — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki romped to a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sunday to win her third WTA Pan Pacific Open.The Danish former world No. 1 needed only 75 minutes to complete the rout under the Tokyo sunshine, capturing her first title of the year after losing in six finals.Third seed Wozniacki stormed through the first set in just 22 minutes, blazing winners past a stunned ...

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