SPORTS

Liverpool are now monitoring the status of River Plate promising youngster Manuel Lanfini after club president Rodolfo D'Onoforio declared that he is available for a summer move.

Arsenal are tipped as favourites to land Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, from whom the Los Blancos hierarchy aim to amass funds to support a Luis Suarez bid.

The battlecry “F--- Brooklyn!” didn’t quite work for the Toronto Raptors. The Brooklyn Nets visited the North and promptly invaded it with a stirring Game One win to steal the homecourt advantage in this best-of-seven series.

Manchester United have made official the sacking of manager David Moyes after taking the helm at Old Trafford for almost nine months.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers was all praises over his midfielder Raheem Sterling following their 3-2 victory against Norwich last Sunday in the Premier League.

Boston has been continuously referred to as "changed forever" after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But it seemed that after the runners kissed the finish line during this year's marathon, a new state of Boston emerged.

Pere Guardiola, the agent of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, is reportedly in talks with Real Madrid involving the latter's possible £90million move this summer.

NBA's season 2013-2014 is already done. For the teams that didn't make the playoffs, it's an early rest. For the ones playing, it's like a battle to the death. The Playoffs has already started, and the first few game results are full of homecourt upsets, and surprises. Here are the results of the games that happened lately in the NBA.

Chicago Bulls star center Joakim Noah is the NBA’s 2013-2014 Defensive Player of the Year. Not a surprising choice for a defensive stalwart who anchors one of the top defensive teams in the NBA.

The New York Knicks have already made their first major move under the Phil Jackson era on Monday after firing Mike Woodson and his entire coaching staff. After years of futility, the Knicks are all set to make some noise around the association, and it will all start with their pursuit of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant.

The Memphis Grizzlies did not allow the Oklahoma City Thunder to a fast start in Game Two then held them off in the extra period to net the 111-105 victory and tie the best-of-seven series of their first round match-up in the Western Conference NBA Playoffs.

American welterweight fighter Timothy Bradley saw his immaculate record ruined after bowing to eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao in their WBO championship match 2 weeks ago. However, there are reports that Bradley is not happy to learn that his opponent's mother casted a spell on him during the fight.

Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young and girlfriend Iggy Azalea couldn’t seem to get enough of each other as seen in one of the Aussie-singer-rapper’s latest Instagram posts.

Who would have thought that Maria Sharapova could pass for a German?

With a huge 109-105 road victory in the series opener, the Golden State Warriors now have stolen homecourt advantage in their best-of-seven affair against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Khloe Kardashian sure knows how to tell the world she has completely moved on from her failed marriage with Lamar Odom.

What is good in a National Basketball Association (NBA) contract if you aren’t sure if you will play basketball?

As former Formula One (F1) racing champion Michael Schumacher remains in a medically induced coma and continues to fight for his life, the issue regarding immediate care that emergency responders gave him at the time of his accident is now being questioned.

The Houston Rockets could potentially use point guard Jeremy Lin and swingman Chandler Parsons as trade chips in their attempt to acquire another superstar this offseason, according to several NBA insiders.

Woodson’s firing is expected to be the first of many changes in the Knicks camp under Jackson, who has led the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to multiple titles in the 1990s and 2000s.

The Oklahoma City Thunder took the first game of their Western Conference First Round series against the Memphis Grizzlies last Saturday. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the Thunder hope to duplicate the feat and get the 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven affair.

Despite Canadian pop star Justin Bieber being a well-known friend of unbeaten American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr, the singer of Baby appears to be a secret fan also of eight-division titleholder Manny Pacquiao who won back on April 12 the WBO welterweight title from Timothy Bradley. The Filipino boxing champ bumped into the controversial teen idol while shopping with his team at upscale shopping mall The Grove in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, April 16. He reportedly paid $20,000 buying ...

It’s a Texas tiff in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs with Game 1 between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs set on Sunday (Monday 3:00 am AEDT).

The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs opened as huge 9.5-point favourites when they face the Charlotte Bobcats and Dallas Mavericks, respectively on Sunday.

For the first three games of the 2014 NBA Playoffs, ALL the road teams won marking an opening day ruled by underdogs.

The last time the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder met in a playoff series was in 2013 when the Marc Gasol-led squad drubbed Kevin Durant’s team in six games to advance to the West Conference Finals.

Both the Pacers and Hawks have literally crawled to the finish line at the end of the 2013-2014 NBA regular season. Still, it was enough for Indiana to bag the first seed (over the Heat) and for Atlanta to nail the last spot in the conference (over the Knicks).

Chelsea are reportedly getting close to sealing a deal to acquire forward Diego Costa from Atleco Madrid.

Liverpool have held discussions to re-acquire Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano as Brendan Rodgers looks to add depth to his squad.