BARCELONA- - Formula One world champions Mercedes predicted a three-way title battle as the second pre-season test started on Tuesday with Ferrari and Red Bull showing their pace.
LONDON--Manchester United's Nemanja Matic volleyed a stunning added-time winner as they fought back from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 3-2 at Selhurst Park and climbed to second place in the Premier League on Monday.
DURBAN- - Captain Steve Smith and opener David Warner both scored fifties on Thursday as Australia reached 225 for five before poor light brought play to an early close on the opening day of the first test against South Africa.
BIRMINGHAM, England- - Poland's unheralded 4x400m relay men caused the biggest sensation of the entire world indoor championships in the final track event on Sunday -- and even astonished themselves when they set the event's only world record at the last gasp.
LONDON- - Fernando Llorente's hat-trick helped fire Tottenham Hotspur to a crushing 6-1 victory over third-tier Rochdale on Wednesday in an FA Cup fifth-round replay packed with contentious decisions that thrust the VAR system back into the spotlight.
