World Sports

Wildcard Denis Istomin has shocked the tennis world by dumping Novak Djokovic out of the Australian Open. The world number 117 showed incredible stamina to go the full five-set distance and win 7-6, 5-7, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 against the six-time champion. It was clear from the outset that Istomin would not allow the Serbian megastar’s presence on court rattle him and the first game lasted a full 16 minutes. Read…

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Hulu is preparing to launch a live TV service, which will compete with cable and be priced at “under” $40 per month. The service will work much like a regular cable or satellite TV package, except that it will be delivered over the internet to your smart TV, phone, tablet, and so on. It will also be “sports-centric,” Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins revealed in a new interview…

BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Bags and Rock and Pudge are heading to Cooperstown. After a vote that could prove to be a turning point how Steroids Era stars are viewed, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens could be joining them in the next few years. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, earning the honor as Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero fell just…

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Hulu is preparing to launch a live TV service, which will compete with cable and be priced at “under” $40 per month. The service will work much like a regular cable or satellite TV package, except that it will be delivered over the internet to your smart TV, phone, tablet, and so on. It will also be “sports-centric,” Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins revealed in a new interview…

BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Bags and Rock and Pudge are heading to Cooperstown. After a vote that could prove to be a turning point how Steroids Era stars are viewed, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens could be joining them in the next few years. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, earning the honor as Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero fell just…

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Hulu is preparing to launch a live TV service, which will compete with cable and be priced at “under” $40 per month. The service will work much like a regular cable or satellite TV package, except that it will be delivered over the internet to your smart TV, phone, tablet, and so on. It will also be “sports-centric,” Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins revealed in a new interview…

Baseball’s Hall of Fame opened its door to three new members on Wednesday, with Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez earning induction by getting at least 75 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Several other players came close, including Trevor Hoffman (five votes short) and Vladimir Guerrero (15 votes short). And others, such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, saw a sizeable uptick…

Imagine: You are sitting at a basketball game, see an awesome play or a quick, confusing turnaround or scuffle, what do you do? You look up at the monitor to watch the replay and try to make sense of what just happened or when it’s sheer greatness you just witnessed, you momentarily re-live the play in all its glory. You stand up, cheer and high-five the strangers around you — and…

The former England women’s cricket captain and vice-president of Wolverhampton Wonderers Rachael Heyhoe Flint has died aged 77, the football club has announced. Heyhoe Flint died early on Wednesday morning after a short illness. She was a trailblazer for women’s cricket, captaining the national side in a career spanning two decades and in which she led the side to victory in the 1973 world cup, which she had also organised….

Netflix just had its biggest quarterly subscriber growth ever behind the strength of series like “The Crown” and the continued adoption of internet TV, but the streaming giant has no plans to wade into one of traditional pay TV’s few remaining moats — live sports. On a Wednesday afternoon webcast discussing the company’s fourth-quarter earnings, CEO Reed Hastings responded to an analyst’s question about how Netflix has been able to…

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Hulu is preparing to launch a live TV service, which will compete with cable and be priced at “under” $40 per month. The service will work much like a regular cable or satellite TV package, except that it will be delivered over the internet to your smart TV, phone, tablet, and so on. It will also be “sports-centric,” Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins revealed in a new interview…

Thousands of people were camping on a beach in southern India on Wednesday demanding a ban be lifted on the traditional sport of bull-taming. The sport of jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who attempt to grab it and ride it. It is popular in Tamil Nadu state but was banned by India’s top court in 2014 after animal rights groups argued it was cruel to…

After about six weeks of discussion, evaluation and arguing, we’ll find out Wednesday which players will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. The BBWAA voting results will be announced at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network (more how to watch info here). With the great reveal coming soon, it’s time to put ourselves out there and offer up predictions. Now, these aren’t quite as fun as…

The former England women’s cricket captain and Wolves vice-president Rachael Heyhoe Flint has died aged 77, Wolves have announced. Heyhoe Flint died early on Wednesday day morning after a short illness. She was a trailblazer for women’s cricket, captaining the national side in a career that span two decades and in which she led the side to victory in the 1973 World Cup which she had also organised. Heyhoe Flint…

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RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie said: “This commitment from Sky Sports reflects what an exciting time it is for women’s rugby and the ongoing growth of the game. “This is an excellent opportunity for any fans unable to attend games to get behind the Red Roses as they build towards the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland later this year.” The Six Nations games add to an exciting line-up of women’s rugby…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…

<!– Lewis Hamilton (right) finished five points behind world champion Nico Rosberg last season Wednesday, 18 January US media conglomerate Liberty Media says its shareholders have voted to approve the buyout and takeover of Formula One. (NBC Sports) Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton will get a “run for his money” from new team-mate Valtteri Bottas. (Daily Express) World champion Nico Rosberg says Bottas and Mercedes are a good…

Media playback is not supported on this device Joel Matip: Jurgen Klopp frustrated by Cameroon row Liverpool have chosen not to include defender Joel Matip for Wednesday’s FA Cup third round replay at Plymouth as the row over his eligibility continues. The Reds failed to get clearance from Fifa on whether he could play for his club during the African Cup of Nations. Matip, 25, ‘refused to play’ for Cameroon…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…