PARIS — Serena Williams’ search for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title will extend into another year after an Achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the French Open on Wednesday.

PARIS — Polish teenager Iga Swiatek recovered from a nervy start to outclass Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan (6-3 6-1) and move into the French Open semi-finals on Tuesday.

PARIS — World number one Novak Djokovic reached his 10th French Open semi-final, but suffered an injury scare before beating Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) on Wednesday.

JOSH Allen passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns Sunday night as the Buffalo Bills handed the Pittsburgh Steelers their second straight loss, 26-15 at Orchard Park, NY.

WHEN the US Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to feed and house her two kids during an unprecedented health and economic crisis.

BRUSSELS/LONDON — British and EU negotiators clinched a wide-ranging free trade deal on Christmas Eve, meaning commerce between the trading bloc of 450 million consumers and the sixth-biggest global economy will keep on flowing without tariffs or quotas from Jan. 1.

GOALS from Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega propelled Porto to their first-ever victory over Juventus in the Champions League after they secured a 2-1 win over the Italian champions in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.

BASTAD, SWEDEN -- Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki clinched a 42nd win of the season on Saturday to set up a meeting with...

LOS ANGELES -- The New York Yankees punched their ticket to the playoffs, clinching a American League wild card berth for the second straight year with a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

CHICAGO -- Europe retained their Laver Cup tennis crown here Sunday as Alexander Zverev defeated Kevin Anderson to complete a 13-8 win over the World team.

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to allow graduates of the US military academies to play professional sports before fulfilling their two-year active-duty military requirement.

MELBOURNE — The Australian Open, the country’s oldest and most prestigious golf event, has been postponed from its scheduled staging in November due to COVID-19, organizers said on Tuesday.