Football

Bayern Munich thrashed Schalke 8-0 in their Bundesliga season opener.

Basketball

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named NBA’s most valuable player for second straight year.LA Lakers beat Nuggets 126-114 in Western conference Finals opener.

Chess

P Harikrishna stunned world champion Magnus Carlsen but then lost four times in the day to slip to sixth place at St.Louis Rapid and Blitz online chess tournament.

Tennis

India’s Rohan Boppanna and Dennis Shapovalov bowed out in quarterfinals of Rome Masters on Friday after losing to Chardy and Martin in a close encounter.

Golf

Tiger Woods missed the cut at US Open after carding second round 77 on Friday.He said he is looking forward to the future.Phil Mickelson and defending champion Gary Woodland also missed the cut.

Cycling

Primoz Roglic retains the lead at Tour de France with two stages remaining.

By Shailesh Padhye