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Astros second baseman Jose Altuve hit .338 to win his second AL batting title in three years, while Boston teammates Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia finished second at .318. Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo led MLB with 47 home runs this season to become the fourth straight Baltimore player to hit the most homers in a season. Here are the top five statistical leaders in each major category in for the AL: Batting average...

Ultimately a strategy blunder for both Ferraris meant that Vettel had to settle for second place and Raikkonen was in 6th. Williams had a mixed weekend with Valtteri Bottas snatching a well-earned podium but Felipe Massa suffered his first retirement this season. Red Bull looked strong initially but soon faded away. A week later and the Formula One paddock is back in Europe for the European Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan....

It was the Aussies who pushed back from the centre to set the wheels of the 2016 FIH Champions Trophy finale in motion. Having faced each other just the previous day, both the teams looked more confident in their strides and neither could rustle up a clear scoring opportunity halfway into the first quarter. The first penalty corner went Australia’s way in the 9th minute, which opened up the floodgates to allow three more to be taken in front of the Indian goal....

And then the real fun begins. MORE: Sizing up Kevin Durant’s free agency | Young stars forced to wait on paydays That’s because the next free agency period, starting July 1, will be unprecedented in NBA history. Because of an influx of income from the new television deal, the league’s salary cap is projected to spike, from the $70 million of this season to the league’s projected $89 million next season—though many league executives and agents expect it to be even higher, likely around $95 million....

The Sooners (29-7,12-6 Big 12) advanced to the Final Four with an 80-68 victory over No. 1 seed Oregon (31-7, 14-4 PAC-12) on Saturday night. The Wildcats (30-5, 16-2 Big East) advanced to the Final Four with a 64-59 victory over No. 1 seed Kansas (33-5, 15-3 Big 12) later Saturday night. MORE: NCAA tournament live scoreboard | Who needs Duke? When does Oklahoma play Villanova? Oklahoma will play Villanova on Saturday, April 2....

Bridges have burned, alliances were formed and new champions were crowned. Needless to say, the company is in an entirely different world than what many of us may have expected one year ago. I’ll be honest, I never imagined I’d see the day when AJ Styles, Kevin Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura all held a major WWE Title at the same time. That alone is a fact worth celebrating. With Survivor Series at our door, this exciting year of change is quickly coming to a close....

This year’s CFP semifinals will be played on Jan. 1 for the first time since 2014 at the Rose Bowl Game and Sugar Bowl. MORE: Watch college football live and on-demand with fuboTV Sporting News has tracked every accepted bid and even made picks for every bowl game. Here’s the full schedule for all 40 bowl games, including the College Football Playoffs and national championship: College football bowl schedule BOWLS: Rankings | Picks | Pick’em pool advice...

Pre-tournament favourites Tamil Nadu and Mumbai were held to a draw by Tripura and Madhya Pradesh respectively but both the teams somehow managed to take the first-innings lead. There were a lot of fine performances that took place in the second round. Let us take a look at the five best performers of this round. #1 Washington Sundar Along with Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw, one teenager who is being hailed as the future of Indian Cricket is Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington Sundar....

Jalaj Saxena’s all-round show of 11 wickets in the match and a crucial unbeaten 54 in the first innings helped Kerala register a win over last year’s semi-finalists Jharkhand. Six wickets each from Jaydev Unadkat and Shaurya Sanandia in the match helped Saurashtra beat Haryana by an innings and 39 runs and earn a bonus point for the innings victory. Indian discard Suresh Raina tried his best to take Uttar Pradesh home but a batting collapse in the second innings chasing 94 saw his team lose to Railways by 21 runs....

Starting from an overnight score of 150, Jadeja wasted no time as he reached the double-figure mark quickly before he was eventually out for 201. Thanks to his knock and a 156-ball 181 from Sheldon Jackson, Saurashtra managed to post 624/7 in the first innings to which, the visitors were reeling at 103/4 when the day came to an end. After bundling out Tripura for 258 in the first innings, Tamil Nadu batsmen came out all guns blazing as they ended day 2 at 332/2, with a first-innings lead of 74 runs....

But after testing positive twice for performance-enhancing drugs, Ramirez may struggle to make the 5 percent threshold to stay on the ballot despite 555 career home runs (plus a record 29 more in the postseason), a .996 career OPS, 12 All-Star selections and two World Series titles. MORE: The 25 best players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame The newcomer with the best chance to get elected this time would be 13-time Gold Glove catcher Ivan Rodriguez....

Running back is notorious for having players come out of nowhere to be highly ranked guys by the end of the year, and while receiver is a little more predictable at the top, it’s not shocking to see the biggest sleepers be total surprises. Last year, Terrelle Pryor, Tyrell Williams, Rishard Matthews, and Tyreek Hill had pretty low visibility on draft day. Owners were checking for Saints rookie Michael Thomas and maybe Davante Adams, but it’s unlikely anyone was expecting top-10 finishes....

Let us take a closer look at the team who could have ended the Warriors’ reign had they brought even a little below-average three-point shooting percentage in one of the close-out games in last season’s West finals. Off-season activity Losing Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute has raised a lot of eyebrows and although the Rockets have added Carmelo Anthony, James Ennis, Michael Carter-Williams, Brandon Knight, and Marquesse Chriss to fill the void, most observers are quick to argue that Houston have just lost significant depth in their rotation....

After the title in Basel and a spirited show in the Paris Masters, Federer seemed to be in prime form to challenge for a record-extending seventh ATP World Tour Finals title and his hundredth overall. He may still do it here in London. But that prospect has diminished quite a bit after his first two matches, where he was rusty and erratic in one and came out on top in the other, thanks primarily to his opponent over-thinking and over-strategizing, and coming a cropper in the end....

The Golden Boot or the Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer of the World Cup. If there is more than one top goalscorer, then it is awarded to that top goalscorer without a penalty goal. Since 2006, if there is more than one top goalscorer then the award goes to the player who has played the least amount of time. The Golden Boot has been won by many legendary players in the past like Eusebio, Gerd Muller, Kempes, Linekar and Miroslav Klose to name a few....

The Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy in English) is the first of Europe’s three biggest cycling events — alongside the Tour de France and Vuelta a España — and kicks off a summer for all fans of these races to enjoy. This year’s edition of the great Italian race will be the 101st iteration of the event which began in 1909 (the race was postponed during each of the two World Wars)....

A week ago, Stephen Constantine had announced his 30-man probable squad for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in Mumbai. India are joined by Kenya, Chinese Taipei and New Zealand in the four-nation tournament. It kicks off on June 1 with India taking on Chinese Taipei. The national camp has commenced in Mumbai on Wednesday and players of all clubs except Bengaluru FC have already joined the camp....

11 Rounds of the I-League season 2011/12 have been played so far with the league as close as never before with the top seven clubs separated by six points. Dempo SC are back on top of the league with 24 points ahead of East Bengal Club and Churchill Brothers SC both on 23 points ahead of Mohun Bagan AC on 21 points with Air India completing the top five on 19 points....

Tennis, as far as 2012 is concerned, hasn’t really been short on surprises. There have been players who have come of age, just as there have been players who have announced their decision to step back from the sport. A few players, however, lie somewhere in the middle of these two polar sides, for neither did they newly break into the tennis ranks nor did they display any intention of quitting the game for good....