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Today is Independent Australia's eighth birthday. Congratulations from history editor Glenn Davies and the team at Independent Australia to managing editor David Donovan, who has nurtured his baby to

HOUSTON -- It was yet another example of what the Houston Astros look like when their lineup depth flashes, their fourth win in their final at-bat this season offering a glimpse of potential even when

NEW YORK - There's no better indicator of the different directions in which the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets are headed than the main topic of conversations following Saturday night's game, w

West Indies 132 for 5 (Dowrich 60*, Holder 33*, Rajitha 2-36, Lakmal 2-42) v Sri Lanka

BOSTON -- Their five-game losing streak over, the Seattle Mariners send seven-game winner Marco Gonzales to the mound against Red Sox ace Chris Sale in the deciding game of a three-game series at Fenw

It's a steep rise in the level of play from Massachusetts to Auburn, but graduate transfer Jack Driscoll appears to be making a seamless transition. Although Driscoll has only been able to participate

The Baltimore Orioles go for their first series sweep of the season against an unlikely opponent. The O's, who entered the weekend with the worst record in the American League, will try to take three

Bartolo Colon goes for a spot in the history books Sunday afternoon when he takes the mound at Target Field where the Texas Rangers will face the Minnesota Twins. Colon (4-4, 4.91) snapped a tie with

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians will attempt to run their winning streak to a season-high seven games Sunday against the slumping Detroit Tigers in the final game of a three-game series. For the I

MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Braun will be back in the starting lineup Sunday when the Milwaukee Brewers wrap up their four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park. Braun left the team ahead of

It was unheard of not that long ago, but now it has become somewhat commonplace: pitchers by committee. A manager begins a game not with a starting pitcher but a reliever -- and with more relievers t

WASHINGTON -- Having already won their first series at Nationals Park since April 2016, the Philadelphia Phillies will go for the sweep of Washington on Sunday night. Phillies right-hander Nick Pivet

The adjustments have come both ways and Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder Austin Meadows is doing better at them than opposing pitchers. Through the first three games of a series against Arizona t

DENVER -- In the rubber game of their series Sunday, the Miami Marlins for the third straight game will start a pitcher against the Colorado Rockies who has never taken the mound at Coors Field. The

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The New York Yankees are the only team in baseball yet to lose three games in a row this season, but that could end Sunday with a sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays. Tam

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Diego Padres will put a franchise-record streak on the line with an overworked bullpen Sunday afternoon when they wrap up a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants.

The Oakland Athletics will go for a series victory when they face the Chicago White Sox in the finale of a four-game set Sunday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. Oakland (40-37) rallied for a 7-6 v

Soccer's international governing body says it has initiated an investigation into reports of apparent politically tinged celebrations by two ethnic-Albanian members of Switzerland's World Cup squad

Odell Beckham Jr. insisted a week ago that he will be in attendance when the New York Giants open training camp next month, but an SNY report suggests that the mercurial wide receiver could still be a

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini walks off the field after striking out swinging in the seventh inning against the Miami Marlins on June 15 in Baltimore. [PATRICK SEMANSKY/THE ASSOCIATED P

LIVE: Germany v Sweden, World Cup 2018, Group G The reigning champions need to bounce back with a win in Sochi this evening after losing out to Mexico. ...

How high do the 2018 Fifa World Cup's upsets -- Mexico's win over Germany and Japan's defeat of Colombia -- rank in the tournament's history? And which is the World Cup's b

MOSCOW >> American soccer fans: Iceland's prime minister wants your support. The United States is absent from the World Cup for the first time since 1986, which means up to 325 million A

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