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SOFIA, May 8 (Reuters) - Grigor Dimitrov has been hailed as Bulgaria's new sports hero by local media after the 21-year-old pulled off a stunning upset over world tennis number one Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. Dimitrov, the youngest of...

LONDON — You rarely ever see it, but you did on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Olympics. But there atop the swimming medal stand, was no Michael Phelps. In the first shocking result of the Games, Phelps finished fourth in the 400...

BASKETBALL Women Group A China 66, Czech Republic 57 Turkey 72, Angola 50 United States 81, Croatia 56 Group B Russia 58, Canada 53 France 73, Brazil 58 Australia 74, Britain 58 SOCCER Women Group E Brazil 1, New Zealand 0...

TV SPORTS Tennis--French Open, 4 a.m. (ESPN2) College Softball--World Series, South Florida vs. Oklahoma, Noon (ESPN2); Louisana State vs. California, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Tennessee vs. Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Oregon vs. Arizona State, 8:30 p.m....

TV SPORTS College Softball--World Series, 6 and 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 6 p.m. (FXSP); Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 p.m. (WGN) NBA Basketball--Playoffs, Miami Heat at Boston...

PARIS -- Rafael Nadal continued his untroubled progress towards a seventh French Open title with a 6-1 6-3 6-4 defeat of Argentine qualifier Eduardo Schwank on Saturday to reach the last 16. Second seed Nadal, who dropped only nine games in his first two...

TV SPORTS Hockey-IIHF World Championships, Pool Play, United States vs. France, 4 a.m. (NBCSN) NBA Basketball-Playoffs, Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 6 p.m. (TNT); Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m. (TNT) NHL Hockey-Playoffs,...

TV SPORTS Cycling--Tour de Romandie, Stage 2, same-day tape, 4 p.m. (NBCSN) College Softball--Texas at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey--Playoffs, Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers or New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN)...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Wake Forest at Duke, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Vanderbilt at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); William & Mary at Virginia Commonwealth, 7 p.m. (ESPNU); North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m. (ESPN); Illinois at Penn State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Cincinnati at Connecticut, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Seton Hall at Villanova, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Indiana at Nebraska, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas at Kansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU);...

TV SPORTS Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, 300 Miles of Courage practice, 1 and 5 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Bank of America 500 practice, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2), pole qualifying, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Texas Rangers at Detroit...

TV SPORTS Cycling-Tour de France, Stage 16, 7 a.m. (VERSUS) WNBA Basketball-Seattle at Chicago, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Region 1A at Brookings...