A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, ended with Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on Sunday, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams. It was about as much fight as
Beneath the towering, neon-lit billboards of Times Square, six of the world’s top long jumpers are soaring through the air, turning one of New York’s most iconic streets into an unlikely athletics stage. Thursday night’s eye-catching spectacle marked the one-year anniversary of Athlos, the women-onl
Scotland on Sunday ground out a 2-1 home win over Belarus to stay in contention for automatic qualification to the FIFA 2026 World Cup, while the Netherlands closed in on securing their berth at the tournament with a win over Finland. Steve Clarke’s Scotland sit joint top of Group C with Denmark, af
Taiwanese badminton ace Chou Tien-chen was crowned the men’s singles champion at the Arctic Open on Sunday, after defeating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-11, 13-21, 21-19. The 35-year-old Chou, who is ranked world No. 5, and the 24-year-old Vitidsarn, ranked world No. 3, battled it out for one h
HOMETOWN ZERO: Fans relished the fall of former Brewer-turned-Cubs manager Craig Counsell, as Milwaukee braces to face the Dodgers, who in 2018 denied them a pennant
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy has referred to his team as the “Average Joes,” a nod to their small-market status and lack of big names, but after they beat rivals the Chicago Cubs 3-1 in the decisive fifth game of their National League Division Series (NLDS) on Saturday night, Murphy decided
It might not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable.Schauffele yesterday shot a seven-under 64 to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his Taiwan-born mother grew up and where he has many connections.Schauffe
They might have come from around the world to the French Riviera, but the only views they were interested in were on computer monitors inside a hangar-like exhibition space.Players and fans of top-selling fighter video games — think Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter — converged on Nice over the weeke
Taiwanese fencer Chen Chih-chieh on Saturday secured a narrow victory at the Singapore Foil Satellite tournament to take the men’s championship title.The 24-year-old Chen defeated Singaporean Tan Raphael Juan Kang 15-14 in a thrilling final, as the Taiwanese returned to international competition aft
The NBA last week brought star-studded lineups to Macau for the league’s return to China after six years, but many of the biggest wins happened off the basketball court, industry insiders and experts said.Thousands of fans on Friday cheered as the Phoenix Suns — led by four-time NBA All-Star Devin B
BADMINTONChou wins Finland titleTaiwan’s former world No. 2 Chou Tien-chen last night edged Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn to win the men’s singles title at the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland. Chou, seeded second in the Super 500 tournament, handily took the first game 21-11, before losing 21-13 to t
The Rakuten Monkeys’ Huang Tzu-peng pitches against the Uni-President Lions in Game 3 of the CPBL Playoffs at Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung last night. Huang pitched five innings in the Monkeys’ 9-3 victory over the Lions, the pitcher’s first win as a starter since June. Taoyuan lead
EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS: Northern Ireland kept alive their dream of appearing at their fourth World Cup, while North Macedonia are close to qualifying for the first time
Four-time winners Germany on Friday cruised past 10-man Luxembourg, and Kylian Mbappe helped France see off Azerbaijan in FIFA World Cup qualifying before going off with a sore right ankle. Captain Joshua Kimmich’s double inspired Germany to a 4-0 win over Luxembourg and to the top of Group A on goa
Jorge Polanco on Friday belted the walk-off single in the 15th inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in a scintillating winner-take-all showdown to advance in the MLB playoffs. The Mariners survived an epic performance from Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal then held on to re
Mexico’s teenage playmaker Gilberto Mora has lit up the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as he basks in the limelight afforded by the absences of Barcelona and Real Madrid stars Lamine Yamal and Franco Mastantuono. “I don’t know if I’m the biggest star, and I’m not really interested in that. I think you
Taiwan’s Wu Kun-lin and Hsieh Chia-chen on Thursday made history when they won the first Men’s Doubles 10-Ball World Championship in Bali, Indonesia. Wu and Hsieh, nicknamed “the Beast” and “the Dark Knight” respectively, defeated Canada 3-0 to take the inaugural title at the event, which was organi
‘IT’S BASEBALL’: In just the second error to end a post-season series in the MLB, the Phillies reliever fumbled a comebacker and threw to home, despite the signal
Eyes red, Orion Kerkering on Thursday received words of support from his Philadelphia Phillies teammates.“Just keep your head up. It’s an honest mistake. Just, it’s baseball,” he remembered hearing. “You’ll be good for a long time to come,” they added.“It’s not my fault, then. We had opportunities t
Matthew Boyd on Thursday pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning as the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory that pushed their National League Division Series to a decisive Game 5.Ian Happ, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch homered for Chicago, delighting a rollicking Wrigle
The San Diego Padres club on Thursday announced that it had signed 18-year-old Taiwanese right-hander Su Lan-hong.Su has been assigned to the Padres Brown, the team’s affiliate in the Dominican Summer League, and is to wear the No. 11 jersey — the same number as Padres star pitcher Yu Darvish, who T
Nadine de Klerk on Thursday hit 84 not out off 54 deliveries as South Africa upset hosts India by three wickets at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.De Klerk, who stroked five sixes and eight fours, put on vital lower-order partnerships after skipper Laura Wolvaardt hit 70 off 111 balls to help Sout
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