PHILADELPHIA-- Despite losing All-Star Joel Embiid to a facial contusion early in the second quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers pulled away in the second half Wednesday night to hand the New York Knicks a 118-101 loss at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

FLORIDA- - Big-serving American John Isner overcame second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(0) 6-3 at the Miami Open on Tuesday to advance to the quarter-finals, where he will face South Korean Chung Hyeon, who dominated Joao Sousa 6-4 6-3 earlier in the day.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia- - Paul Pogba scored one goal and set up another to inspire France to a 3-1 friendly win away against World Cup hosts Russia on Tuesday.

GENEVA-- European champions Portugal suffered a first-half collapse and had Joao Cancelo sent off just past the hour in an embarrassing 3-0 World Cup warm-up defeat by the Netherlands on Monday.