■ Baseball
Man charged for death
A man has been charged in the death of Cincinnati Reds rookie outfielder Dernell Stenson, and police said they were seeking a second suspect. Reginald Riddle, 19, also was charged Thursday with armed robbery and kidnapping, police said. Early Wednesday, Stenson's body was found in a street in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. He had been shot, then run over and apparently dragged some distance by his own SUV. Riddle is the half brother of Kevin Riddle, 43, who was found driving Stenson's SUV about two hours after the body was found. Kevin Riddle was charged earlier with possession of stolen property, police said. Authorities are seeking a third man, David Griffith, 20, who police said should be considered armed and dangerous. Stenson, 25, made his major league debut with the Reds this year, batting .247 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 37 games. His last home run accounted for Cincinnati's final run of the season.
■ Soccer
Qaddafi Jr on dope charge
Libya leader Muammar Qaddafi's son Saadi was suspended from Italy's top soccer league on Thursday pending a counter analysis after a positive doping test. Saadi Qaddafi's faces a ban of up to two years if the second test is also positive. Qaddafi's, who signed with Serie A club Perugia in June, was found to have an excessive amount of a performance-enhancing steroid in his system after a 0-0 draw with Reggina on Oct. 5. He did not play in that game or any other since joining Perugia. Players are randomly chosen for testing after every match, regardless of whether they take the field. Perugia officials said Qaddafi's likely tested positive due to a medicine he took for his ailing back.
Four-time NBA all-star DeMarcus Cousins arrived in Taiwan with his family early yesterday to finish his renewed contract with the Taiwan Beer Leopards in the T1 League. Cousins initially played a four-game contract with the Leopards in January. On March 18, the Taoyuan-based team announced that Cousins had renewed his contract. “Hi what’s up Leopard fans, I’m back. I’m excited to be back and can’t wait to join the team,” Cousins said in a video posted on the Leopard’s Facebook page. “Most of all, can’t wait to see you guys, the fans, next weekend. So make sure you come out and support the Beer
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was