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Play begins Sunday in Paris. Williams is defending women’s champion. The French Open was 2015’s only major Djokovic did not win. Stan Wawrinka is defending men’s champion. MORE: American winners | Roger Federer pulls out | Turning grunts into tunes Williams will get another attempt to equal Steffi Graf’s open-era record of 22 Grand Slam titles in Paris. She is expected to ease past Slovakian outsider Rybarikova in the opener....

Chaturvedi told Sportskeeda that all the eleven other participating teams will start arriving in India in the final week of September, “We are expecting all the teams to start arriving in our country for the World Cup from 25 September onwards.” The tournament gets underway on 7 October and the final will take place on 22 October at The Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad. The Kabaddi World Cup was first scheduled to take place in Punjab last year but had to be postponed due to the social unrest in the state and will now be held next month....

The I-40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas was shut down indefinitely on May 11 after inspectors found a crack in one of two 900-foot horizontal beams critical for the structural integrity of the bridge, the Associated Press reported. River barge traffic under the bridge reopened on May 14 while road traffic was rerouted to the nearby Interstate 55 bridge. Repairs are expected to begin this week but could take months, officials said....

Riding on the tons of Jay Bista and Siddesh Lad in the first innings, Mumbai lapped up the meagre 60-run target in no time, with teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw completing a half-century in the process. Mumbai 421/8 dec & 64/0 beat Tripura 195 & 288 by ten wickets. Maharashtra, on the other hand, also completed a victory against Assam at Pune, with Naushad Shaikh’s century forming the bulk of their 216-run chase....

LeBron, of course, IS that max level talent. The first time he’ll be repping the Purple and Gold in a game of consequence is their regular season opener against the Trail Blazers at the Moda Center on 18th October. Lawrence Tanter will announce his name for the first time at the Staples Center 2 days later. There are a number of interesting questions that the season’s schedule poses to onlookers before the start of the season....

This season projects as a golden opportunity to make their first Finals series in 9 seasons, all things considered. The Eastern Conference is wide open for the first time in over a decade, and on paper, they have the best roster in all of basketball other than the Golden State Warriors, who really should be awarded the championship trophy and the rings given the seismic move they made of signing DeMarcus Cousins to the taxpayers’ mid-level exception....

While fans of every team will get an opportunity to see how their team has progressed since the end of last season, Louisville and Florida State fans might be paying extra attention to their respective sides. Both schools will have to recover from major personnel losses: Lamar Jackson leaving Louisville for the NFL, and Jimbo Fisher leaving Florida State for Texas A&M in the SEC. MORE: Top 10 must-see spring games for 2018...

MORE: How to watch the Open | Men’s draw | Women’s draw Djokovic cut last season short due to an elbow injury which forced the former world number one to retire from his Wimbledon quarter-final against Tomas Berdych. The 12-time major champion revealed his elbow is not 100 percent but he is “fine and adequate” to play at Melbourne Park, where he will face Donald Young in the first round....

With the continuous changes we see throughout the MLB offseason, Fantasy Alarm’s Living Draft Guide is updated daily to reflect everything from free agent player movement, MLB trades, roster changes and position battles won and lost during spring training. New articles are released daily to ensure the most current data and information, while all articles that have already been published are continuously updated accordingly to reflect any changes which may have occurred....

It’s important to remember that it can be a slow burn for rookies. Very few play well from the opening tip on opening night. Some take time to earn minutes, while others might go in and out of the rotation as they learn from their early-season struggles. If you don’t have patience, you probably shouldn’t draft many, if any, first-year players. 2018-‘19 RANKINGSPoint Guard | Shooting Guard | Small Forward | Power Forward | Center...

Of the top five teams in Westgate’s preseason odds to win the Stanley Cup, only one – the Tampa Bay Lightning – remains within the Top 5 at the halfway point of the NHL season. The Lightning opened at 12/1, tied for the third-best odds to win it all behind the defending Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers, who were 6/1 and 9/1 respectively back in September. At midseason, the Lightning have the best odds to win the Stanley Cup at 5/1 – no surprise since the Bolts sit atop the league with 31 wins and 65 points....

Possible ingredients not mentioned on various Mr. Wok Foods packaging includes milk, wheat, soy, peanuts, and oysters, all of which are known allergens. The Las Vegas, Nevada, company’s product labels also neglected to mention that there may be traces of MSG, sesame products and sulphites in the products. The issue was found during a routine review by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. Frozen items recalled include Tempura Fried Chicken Nuggets, Tempura Fried Pork Nuggets, Kung Pao Chicken, Sliced Chicken Breast, Pork with Bulgogi Sauce, Pork with Moo Ping Flavor, Chicken Curry, Pork with Mushroom Shui May, Chicken Meatballs Buffalo, Sliced Beef, Chicken Fajita Strips and more....

Hamilton, Feb 1 (PTI) Back in 1999, 16-year-old schoolgirl Mithali Raj was simply happy wearing the India colours for the first time and not much changed even after two decades as the coveted milestone of 200 ODIs “is just a number” for the 36-year-old legend. Mithali made her ODI debut against England in Milton Keynes in January 1999 and on Friday became the first woman to complete in 200 matches in the 50-over format....

Morhaime went over numbers showing Starcraft 2 had a record breaking launch and stated that Blizzard games dominated PC sales at the end of July: Morhaime also discussed sales in Korea for StarCraft 2 saying: Preliminary sales numbers have begun to roll in, and I’m pleased to say that StarCraft II is already the fastest-selling strategy game of all time. We sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide in the first two days of release, making StarCraft II the best-selling PC game so far this year....

There were many claims to fame en route to the highly-awaited finales, the choicest of which can be documented as such: Maria Sharapova and her love of Bagels The Russian may have faltered on her semi-final hurdle, but that lapse certainly doesn’t take any limelight away from the number of bagels she served out to her opponents in the initial rounds. Olga Puchkova and Misaki Doi bore the brunt of the Russian in the initial two rounds, as did Kirsten Flipkens in their pre-quarter final....

Nominations and finalists for the CVAs are chosen from triple-A and indie games developed primarily in Canada. Mark of the Ninja came in with the most nominations at 11 (see the full list of finalists here) and ended up winning two on the night. The big winner however, was Far Cry 3 which took home the most awards, followed by Mass Effect 3. Read on for the full list of winners and some thoughts....

Seeds were released Wednesday for the first tennis grand slam event of 2014 Open. Reflecting the lack of strength in American men, Isner is the only Yank in the top 32. Williams is joined by Sloane Stephens at No. 13 and Jamie Hampton at No. 27. Rafael Nadal tops the men's field, followed by Novak Djokovic, Devid Ferrer and Andy Murray. Canada has two men among the seeds: Milos Raonic at No....

Here’s the wrap-up of the three games on Saturday night: (1) Indiana Pacers vs (8) Atlanta Hawks (Indiana won 92-80, win series 4-3 and advance to Conference Semis) Never has an eighth seeded team won a series against the first seed in a Game 7, and that record was kept intact by the Indiana Pacers with a performance very similar to their play in the early part of the season....

(Note: Records include playoff games; Niners have played two, Seahawks one) MORE: SN’s picks | Ross Tucker picks | Troy Aikman Hot Reads | AFC matchup Opening line — Seahawks by 3; learn more via The Linemakers | Fantasy Source Record vs. spread — San Francisco 12-5-1, Seattle 11-6 Series record — Tied 15-15 Most recent meeting — 49ers beat Seahawks 19-17, Dec. 8, 2013 Last week — 49ers beat Panthers 23-10; Seahawks beat Saints 23-15...