French hope Lucas Pouille reached an ATP top-level tour final for the first time in his career thanks to a 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 win over Federico Delbonis of Argentina in Bucharest on Saturday.

The 22-year-old, ranked 72nd in the world, reached the round of 16 at Monte Carlo last week as he opened his claycourt season leading up to the French Open, which starts in Paris in late May.

LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love combined for 66 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers took a 3-0 stranglehold lead over the Detroit Pistons with a 101-91 playoff win on Friday.

Kyrie Irving scored a team high 26 points as all three of the Cavaliers stars reached double figures by halftime in the road victory.

Golden State star guard Stephen Curry, sidelined by an ankle injury as his Warriors fell to the Houston Rockets, expects to be back for game four of their NBA playoff series on Sunday.

Curry has missed two games with a sprained right ankle, but said he would be "very surprised" if he doesn't return on Sunday and is prepared to play through the pain barrier if need be.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri finally conceded on Friday that his top-of-the table side can win the Premier League title.

The Italian manager has spent the entire campaign downplaying the Foxes' remarkable ascent, initially declaring the aim was 40 points before adjusting his targets to qualifying for the Europa League and then subsequently the Champions League.

A Syrian athlete who lost his leg in a bombing and who found refuge from war in Greece will carry the Olympic flame through an Athens refugee camp, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

Ibrahim al-Hussein, 27, will carry the torch on Tuesday through Eleonas camp, where some 1,500 asylum seekers have found temporary shelter as Europe struggles with its worst migrant crisis since World War II.

Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo suffered only a thigh strain after limping off in Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Villarreal in midweek, the club confirmed on Friday.

"Following tests carried out today on Cristiano Ronaldo in the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital, he has been diagnosed with a muscle strain in his right thigh," Madrid said in a statement.

James Harden drained the game winner on a turnaround jumper with two seconds left as the Houston Rockets clipped the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors 97-96 in a first-round NBA playoff contest.

Harden's clutch basket Thursday allowed the Rockets to cut the Warriors series lead in the Western Conference tussle to two games to one.

MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo insists his focus is still on retaining his title despite deciding to leave Yamaha at the end of the season for new adventures with Ducati.

Lorenzo trails Spanish compatriot Marc Marquez by 21 points after the first three races of the season ahead of their return to action on home soil at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez this weekend.

Having scored four and provided three assists as Barcelona roared back into form with an 8-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna in midweek, Luis Suarez has refused to contemplate any other outcome than Barca retaining their La Liga title.

The Catalan giants lead Atletico Madrid solely thanks to their superior head-to-head record with Real Madrid just one point back in third with four games to go.

His exploits with Leicester City have alerted Hollywood scriptwriters, but an on-pitch indiscretion by Jamie Vardy has compromised his unheralded team's extraordinary bid for the Premier League title.

With 22 goals in the season to date, Vardy has become the symbol of a football fairytale, but his dismissal during last weekend's 2-2 draw with West Ham United leaves Leicester in the lurch.