Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday overcame a sluggish start and finished with a flourish to successfully defend his Indian Wells men’s singles crown with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 win over Daniil Medvedev.The win ends a title drought for the world No. 2 that stretched back to last year’s Wimbledon and makes him the f
Amad Diallo on Sunday scored deep in extra-time after Marcus Rashford made amends for a bad miss to lift Manchester United to a breathless 4-3 victory over archrivals Liverpool and into the FA Cup semi-finals.United’s victory at Old Trafford kept alive their only hope of silverware this season and s
Florian Wirtz on Sunday scored after 84 seconds as Bayer 04 Leverkusen made it 38 games unbeaten in all competitions with a 3-2 victory at SC Freiburg.Leverkusen’s seventh league win on the bounce kept them 10 points clear of serial champions Bayern Munich with eight games to play in their quest for
Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins has renewed his contract with the Taiwan Beer Leopards in the T1 League, the Taoyuan-based team announced yesterday.The former NBA player, nicknamed “Boogie,” initially played on a four-game contract with the Leopards in January.As No. 15 on the team’s roster,
Damian Lillard on Sunday delivered with teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo out due to a hamstring injury, scoring 31 points and distributing 16 assists in Milwaukee’s 140-129 triumph over Phoenix.Reserve Bobby Portis added 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucks, who improved to 44-24 and tightened thei
‘LIKE HELL’: After Gatland offered to resign following Wales’ loss, the country’s rugby head told him it was the last thing she wanted, and ‘what I’m really afraid of’
Ireland on Saturday retained their Six Nations title with a hard-fought 17-13 win over Scotland after Warren Gatland offered to quit as Wales boss following a home defeat by Italy that condemned his side to a tournament whitewash.France finished in second place after edging England 33-31 in a thrill
Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying on Saturday crashed out of the All England Open Badminton Championships, falling to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the women’s singles semi-final.World No. 3 Tai and Marin are now even in head-to-head matchups (12-12), with the world No. 5 Spaniard beating the fifth
A half-century ago, two skinny brothers named Walter and Arturo Perez started lifting stones in their rural Nicaraguan town. Now, they are local legends and TikTok sensations known as the “Hercules brothers” and the “Bodybuilding Grandfathers.”Because both are deaf, Walter Perez, who is 61, and Artu
For Mikaela Shiffrin, the award for the best slalom skier this season is different from the 15 crystal globes the American star won earlier in her career.This one, for a change, does not feel like the end of a season.Shiffrin on Saturday capped her campaign that was marred by a recent six-week injur
TABLE TENNISTaiwanese exit SingaporeTaiwanese paddlers Cheng I-ching and Li Yu-jhun on Saturday crashed out of the women’s doubles final at the Singapore Smash. The world No. 5 pairing, who had together won the women’s doubles title at last year’s WTT Contender Amman title, lost 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 to
Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen, right, cycles to cross the finish line ahead of Team Jayco-AlUla’s Australian rider Michael Matthews, center, and UAE Team Emirates’ Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar, left, during the Milan-San Remo one-day classic race, between Pavia and San Remo in
CONTRASTING SEMIS: Iga Swiatek took 69 minutes to clinch her return to the championship match, while Maria Sakkari faced rain breaks and a three-set battle
Maria Sakkari on Friday needed three sets and four match points to get past US Open champion Coco Gauff, setting up a title clash with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters.In a match halted twice by rain, Greece’s ninth-ranked Sakkari squandered three match points in the secon
The ACT Brumbies yesterday turned in an improved second-half performance to beat the Otago Highlanders 27-21 in Super Rugby Pacific for the third win of the season by an Australian team over New Zealand opponents.The Brumbies trailed 11-7 after a frenetic first half, but took the lead for the first
Michael Hayes stood in the drizzle outside of the gym on Friday, about 30 minutes after his final US college basketball game of the season, contemplating one of the weirder seasons for any team in recent memory.The journey for the Antelope Valley Pioneers — college basketball’s team who lost their c
Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying on Friday defeated her Chinese opponent to advance to the semi-finals in the women’s singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships.She was to play world No. 5 Carolina Marin of Spain in the semis after press time last night.The Taiwanese world No. 3 bes
SOCCERMatching socks delay startA top-of-the table English Women’s Soccer League (WSL) game between Arsenal and Chelsea with a crowd of nearly 33,000 had a delayed kick-off on Friday because the teams had matching socks, forcing referee Rebecca Welch to delay the start. Arsenal Women ended up going
EYEING TOP SPOT: A victory in today’s final against Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova would return 38-year-old Hsieh Su-wei to the world No. 1 ranking
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on Thursday secured a spot in the women’s doubles finals at the BNP Paribas Open after dispatching Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) at Indian Wells.Hsieh and her Belgian partner Mertens, who won the Australian Open
Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates yesterday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week.Ohtani, wearing a black training suit and a cap backwards, was the first Dodgers player who showed up at the arrival gate of Inch
Liverpool on Thursday scored four times inside 14 minutes in a 6-1 thrashing of Sparta Prague to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League as Bundesliga leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen needed two stoppage-time goals to eliminate Qarabag.AC Milan, Olympique de Marseille, AS Roma and West Ham Uni
Jaylen Brown on Thursday scored 37 points as the Boston Celtics unleashed a dominant offensive performance to blow past the Phoenix Suns 127-112.Boston’s big three of Brown, Jayson Tatum and Al Horford combined for 87 points in a dazzling performance against a Suns team looking to avenge last Saturd