DUBAI- - Switzerland's Belinda Bencic stepped closer to ending a four-year title drought when she squeezed past defending champion Elina Svitolina 6-2 3-6 7-6(3) to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday.
LONDON- - Arsenal and Chelsea put patchy domestic form behind them to reach the Europa League last 16 and they were joined by fellow big guns from Italy on a night of rip-roaring action in the continent's second-tier competition on Thursday.
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany- - Ten-man Manchester City staged a dramatic comeback with late goals from Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling securing them a 3-2 win at Schalke 04 in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg on Wednesday that put the English side in the driving seat.
BARCELONA-- Nico Hulkenberg ended Formula One's first pre-season test in Spain on a high for Renault on Thursday with the fastest lap so far by any of the new crop of cars.
BARCELONA- - Alfa Romeo driver produced the fastest lap so far in Formula One's pre-season testing to push his previous team, Ferrari, off the top of the lunchtime leaderboard on Wednesday.
