WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND—According to at least one sports-history book, tennis and soccer share a link that dates back to medieval Europe. The theory goes that while the rest of the continent kicked and ...

Reading’s League One match against Port Vale was abandoned after hundreds of home fans invaded the pitch to protest against the club ownership of Dai Yongge. The game had already been held up for ...

This was not like stepping on the court inside Arthur Ashe Stadium for a night match. It was far more nerve-wracking for Simona Halep. The world No. 2 threw out the first pitch before Tuesday night’s ...

Ceremonial first pitches historically have been everything from embarrassing, to wild, to emotional to boring. Tennis star Monica Puig put her own twist on the first pitch tradition and used a tennis ...

Since Universal Tennis formed a partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations last February, 19 states have signed up to use UTR (Universal Tennis Ratings) to rank their ...

At Lafond and Snelling avenues, tennis has been upstaged by futsal. With funding from Minnesota United, Target and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, St. Paul Parks and Recreation recently replaced an aged ...

The game was up and a collective patience snapped. It began with two Oldham Athletic supporters invading the pitch from the Joe Royle Stand and soon enough, there were 50 or so more bringing a ...

Tennis Channel has come of age, and at the perfect time: during a Grand Slam event, with the whole world watching. It has been a remarkable thing to witness. At this early stage of the French Open, TC ...

Tennis balls aren’t usually found on a football pitch – but it was a whole new ball game during Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund’s German Cup quarterfinal Tuesday. Players had to become ball-boys after ...

Tennis legend John McEnroe, a Queens native and noted New York Mets fan, was invited out to throw the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Mets' game against the Yankees, and boy did he not disappoint.

South African skipper Aiden Markram blamed a 'sticky' pitch with 'steep tennis-ball bounce' for his team's batting collapse ...