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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini backed Wigan to avoid relegation following his side's 1-0 win over the Latics.
Was this the end?
California investors made a formal offer to purchase the Sacramento Kings basketball team, the NBA said on Wednesday, in the hopes of staving off a competing bid that would move the team to Seattle.
The Los Angeles Lakers secured a playoff spot even before taking the court, then needed overtime of their own game to learn where they were seeded.
Stephen Kiprotich, who overcame childhood illness and the might of the Kenyans on his way to winning marathon gold at the London Olympics, now seeks to inspire young athletes in his native Uganda.
Lance Armstrong returned four samples with traces of banned corticosteroids in the 1999 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday, although the governing body added it did not handle them as positive tests.
Baseball
Golden State's Stephen Curry (pictured) broke the record for 3-pointers in a season when he hit his 270th in the second quarter of the Warriors' game on Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.
London Marathon men's champion Wilson Kipsang plans to work with his Kenyan colleagues on Sunday in a bid to keep the title in the east African country.
The bomb attack on the Boston marathon was a tragedy and a warning to sports organisers to increase security, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday.
New York Knicks forward Rasheed Wallace announced his retirement from the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Wednesday after injuries ruled him out of this season's playoffs.
Lance Armstrong returned four samples with traces of banned corticosteroids in the 1999 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday, although the governing body added it did not handle them as positive tests.