Shuttler Lin Chun-yi yesterday kept Taiwan on the board as they faced their first major challenge of the group stage after marching into the last eight at the Sudirman Cup Finals in Xiamen, China.Taiwan were losing 3-1 to South Korea as of press time last night, with only the men’s doubles match rem
Shohei Ohtani’s “dad strength” finally kicked in on Tuesday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger hit his first home run since the birth of his daughter to jump-start a 15-2 victory over the Miami Marlins.“It was a good home run to get back on the board for this game,” Ohtani said through an int
An unheralded Norwegian team from a tiny town north of the Arctic Circle have become one of the fairy-tale stories of European soccer, making a historic run to the semi-finals of this season’s UEFA Europa League.For Bodo/Glimt, the transformation has been underpinned by a fighter pilot who developed
TENNISHsieh advances in MadridTaiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Latvian partner Jelena Ostapenko yesterday advanced to the women’s doubles semi-finals at the Madrid Open, in their return to the court after a power outage on Monday forced the delay of numerous matches. Third seeds Hsieh and Ostapenko beat Br
FOCUS: ‘We came out here with a goal in mind ... to keep our foot on their throat and on their neck, and continue to play 48 minutes of basketball,’ Donovan Mitchell said
The Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday thrashed the Miami Heat to cruise into the next round of the NBA playoffs as the Golden State Warriors battled past the Houston Rockets 109-106 to move to the brink of a series victory. After pounding Miami 124-87 in game three on Saturday, No.1 Eastern Conference s
Taiwan bagged 25 gold medals at the World Sport Stacking Championships in Switzerland, ranking third in the overall medal haul among the 23 participating nations. The tournament, which welcomed 411 competitors, was organized by the World Sport Stacking Association from Friday to Sunday last week. Ta
As the Women’s Super Basketball League (WSBL) season goes on, Marie Gulich, a Taiyuan Textile player, has stood out. Standing 1.95m tall, she easily towers over everyone in the WSBL except for 1.93m Australian Cayla George of the Cathay Life Tigers, the team the Textile would look to dethrone in the
CTBC Brothers pitching coach Wang Chien-ming on Monday served as a guest pitching coach for a day to help Palau’s national baseball team get ready for an upcoming regional multi-sport event that includes baseball. The Palau team are in Taiwan as part of a training program organized by National Taiwa
Lin Yu-mao, a 104-year-old badminton player from Taiwan, would compete in the upcoming World Masters Games in Taipei and New Taipei City, the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism announced on Monday. The department made the announcement at a news event to promote the 10th edition of the quad
Leeds United players celebrate promotion to the English Premier League after their Championship game against Bristol City at Ellen Road in Leeds, England, on Monday.
TRIUMPH: Liverpool coach Arne Slot on Sunday repaid last year’s compliment by Klopp as he took the microphone to sing: ‘Juergen Klopp. Na-na-na-na-na’
Five years after COVID-19 restrictions prevented Liverpool fans from celebrating at Anfield their team’s first top-flight title triumph in 30 years, Reds faithful wasted little time on Sunday getting the party started on another English Premier League success. With Anfield filled to the brim, Liverp
Anthony Edwards scored 43 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves outgunned the Los Angeles Lakers down the stretch to win a pulsating NBA playoff clash 116-113 and take a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference first-round series. Luka Doncic scored 38 points and LeBron James added 27 for the Lakers, wh
Flag football, a non-contact version of football, is spreading like wildfire among US girls drawn by the prospect of its inclusion in the 2028 Olympics, its popularity even sparking plans for a professional league. “It’s the youth version of pickleball, the fastest growing adult sport,” Michael Colt
Inter’s defense of their Italian Serie A title was hit with a setback on Sunday as they lost 1-0 at home to AS Roma, while Scott McTominay netted a brace as SSC Napoli beat Torino 2-0 to go top of the table. No fixtures were played on Friday or Saturday because of the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome
Japan’s Mao Saigo on Sunday birdied the first extra hole to win a five-woman playoff and capture her first major title at the LPGA Chevron Championship. Saigo sank a tension-packed birdie putt on the 18th hole in regulation to fire a final-round two-over par 74 at Carlton Woods and finish 72 holes o
HOLDING STRONG: Taiwan, who have never won a Sudirman title, showed they could go far in the biennial tournament despite lacking former world No. 1 star Tai Tzu-ying
World No. 7 Chou Tien-chen yesterday fought back to victory over Brian Yang as Taiwan downed Canada 4-1 to open their Sudirman Cup Finals campaign in Xiamen, China.Taiwan, who are aiming for their first Sudirman Cup title, and four-time champions South Korea grabbed unsurprising opening wins in thei
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa yesterday set a women’s only world record of 2 hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds as she won the London Marathon, while Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe put a star-studded men’s field to the sword.For 28-year-old Assefa it was ample compensation for finishing runner-up in London and the Par
A commentator yelled excitedly as hundreds of spectators stood glued to a video of a racecourse — but the athletes they were rooting for were tiny sperm cells.The unusual sport was invented by 17-year-old high schooler Eric Zhu, who raised more than US$1 million to organize the event to call attenti
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds said it felt like an “impossible dream” when fellow Hollywood A-lister Rob McElhenney first floated the idea of buying soccer club Wrexham, along with a pitch for a documentary. The ultimate goal was reaching the Premier League.Four years after they purchased the north W
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