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Japan earned its first World Cup victory on foreign soil Monday when Keisuke Honda scored in the first half for a 1-0 victory over uninspired Cameroon in Group E of the World Cup.

Seventh-seeded Samantha Stosur used a power game to topple the No. 1 women’s seed of the French Open.

There will be a Grand Slam semifinal without Roger Federer for the first time in six years.  French Open upset specialist Robin Soderling struck again Tuesday, rallying past defending champion Federer in a rainy quarterfinal, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Women's roundup: While No. 1 seed Serena Williams enjoyed a relatively easy fourth-round win, four-time French Open champion Justine Henin was upset by Sam Stosur.

Venus Williams has been beaten in the fourth round of the French Open, falling 6-4, 6-3 to Nadia Petrova.

Andy Roddick was bounced out of the French Open in the third round by a qualifier ranked 114th in the world. Russia’s Teimuraz Gabashvili, 25, beat the sixth-seeded Roddick in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

The Boston Celtics sent LeBron James and the Cavaliers back to Cleveland to admire all of their regular-season accomplishments and ponder their future....

Tim Duncan had a miserable 34th birthday and Manu Ginobili looked as bad at times as his bandaged-up nose. But George Hill scored 29 points and San Antonio beat the Mavs 92-89 on Sunday night to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round series.

Ali Farokhmanesh’s 20-footer stretched a 1-point lead to 4, and the Panthers held on for a surprise upset.

The Dallas Mavericks had the most lopsided victory in franchise history when they beat the New York Knicks by 50 points in the teams’ last meeting nearly two months ago.