Bolstered by a ￡100 million (US$135.7 million) spending spree ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, Manchester City are determined to erase the memory of a disappointing season by returning to winning ways.For the first time in eight years, City ended the domestic campaign without a major trophy as Pep
Lionel Messi drew vast crowds and showed flashes of his brilliance when his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless draw by African giants Al-Ahly as the revamped FIFA Club World Cup got off to a festive start on Saturday.Fans showed up en masse for the Group A clash at the Hard Rock Stadium, home
Shohei Ohtani hit two homers against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night, emphatically ending the three-time Most Valuable Player’s longest homer drought since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers.Ohtani led off the game with his 24th homer, hammering Landen Roupp’s fourth pitch 419 feet deep into
The dog days of summer arrived on Saturday at Nationals Park in Washington.Bruce, a 21-month-old golden retriever, fetched a bat during a ceremony before the Washington Nationals’ game against the Miami Marlins as part of a Pups in the Park promotion. He retrieved bats the past two seasons with the
SOCCERTaremi stuck in IranInter Milan forward Mehdi Taremi has been left stranded in Iran after failing to get a flight out of the country amid its conflict with Israel, with Italian media reporting the 32-year-old is to miss the FIFA Club World Cup. Iranian airspace was closed after Israel launched
SURPRISE WINS: Zheng showed a marked improvement after changing her shoes mid-game, while top seed Rybakina was knocked out by No. 86 Tatjana Maria
Top seed Zheng Qinwen beat home favorite Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-4 to move into the semi-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships on Friday, while 37-year-old Tatjana Maria upset 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina to reach the last four.In an entertaining battle at the Andy Murray Arena, Zheng show
Brazil has four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup that kicked off yesterday in the US, but for SE Palmeiras, the competition holds a special meaning: winning it would provide some redemption.Under coach Abel Ferreira since 2020, Palmeiras lifted two Copa Libertadores
Jeremy Lin has etched his name into the history books of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) by being named the nascent league’s Most Valued Player (MVP) in its inaugural season, the league announced yesterday.Lin secured the honor with a weighted score exceeding 50 percent, including 1
Lexi Thompson was back in contention going into the weekend in her beloved Meijer LPGA Classic, a year after a playoff loss at Blythefield County Club.Making her sixth start of the season in a part-time tour schedule, Thompson birdied three of the last four holes in breezy afternoon conditions for
Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said his team would need to “circle the wagons” to resurrect their NBA Finals campaign after stumbling to a 111-104 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday.The Pacers looked poised to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after surg
Aiden Markram’s magnificent century guided South Africa to a five-wicket win over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s late yesterday as the Proteas finally ended their decades-long wait for a major global cricket trophy. South Africa, set 282 to win, finished on 282-5 before lun
Spain’s Dennis Gonzalez Boneu, bottom right, and Mireia Hernandez Luna compete in the mixed duet technical event during the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2025 Super Final in Xian, China, yesterday.
HISTORIC COMEBACK: The Oilers became the first road team to rally from three down to win a game in the Final since the Canadiens against the Metropolitans in 1919
Falling behind three goals after 20 minutes, the Edmonton Oilers scored three of their own over the next 20 to erase their deficit. They took the lead, only to give up the tying goal to the Florida Panthers in the final seconds of regulation to send another game between the heavyweights to overtime.
Taiwanese baseball star Chen Chieh-hsien on Thursday said that he would not attend Taiwan Day at the Chicago White Sox, with the Uni-President Lions saying they would send their squad of cheerleaders instead.Chen is heading the Lions’ bid to seize top spot in the CPBL standings — they have a 2.5-gam
Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday hired Brentford’s Thomas Frank as their new head coach, as the Dane replaced the sacked Ange Postecoglou.Frank agreed a three-year contract with Spurs and becomes the north London club’s fourth permanent head coach since June 2021.“We are delighted to announce the appoi
Emma Raducanu on Thursday cruised into the quarter-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships in London with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Rebecca Sramkova, but fellow Britons Katie Boulter and Heather Watson were knocked out.The stands at the Andy Murray Arena were packed for Raducanu’s victory as she beca
Will Jordan yesterday scored two tries as the Canterbury Crusaders recovered from an early deficit to edge reigning champions the Auckland Blues 21-14 and reach a 17th Super Rugby final in a match of rare intensity.The Blues hammered away at the home try-line for more than six minutes after the hoot
RESERVE POWER: Mathurin had been counting down the days until he could play after an injury, and he did not disappoint, scoring 27 points for Indiana
The Indiana Pacers, fueled by a near triple-double from Tyrese Haliburton, on Wednesday outdueled the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.Haliburton scored 22 points with nine rebounds and 11 assists to spearhead a tremendous collective effort that included a career pl
Taiwanese shooters Yang Kun-pi and Liu Wan-yu on Wednesday won the gold medal in the trap mixed team event at the Asian Shotgun Cup in Linfen, China.Yang and Liu outshot Iran’s mixed team of Beyranvand Mohammad and Parvaresh Nia Marziyah.Over three matches during the main competitions of the mixed t
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