Real Madrid on Saturday earned what manager Carlo Ancelotti said was a “deserved” La Liga title after beating Cadiz 3-0 and Girona sealed it with a stunning 4-2 victory over Barcelona.Ancelotti’s side did their homework by beating Cadiz and after last season’s champions stumbled against Girona, Los
Brian Hernandez Jr will need a minute to digest his signature victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Maybe even more time since the milestone derby capped the best weekend of a jockey career spent mostly under the radar.The Louisiana native rode Mystik Dan to an epic win at Churchill Downs
England’s Kyren Wilson on Saturday cruised into his second World Snooker Championship final and revealed his success at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre has been helped by sessions with a hypnotherapist.Wilson claimed a 17-11 victory against qualifier David Gilbert after taking three of the four frames
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday came through “the most intense and crazy final” she has ever contested to avenge her loss to Aryna Sabalenka in last year’s Madrid Open final with a grueling three hour, 11 minute victory in the Spanish capital.Coming back from 1-3 down in the decider and saving th
Erling Haaland scored four on Saturday as Manchester City closed to within three games of an unprecedented fourth consecutive English Premier League title by thrashing Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 at the Etihad.Arsenal’s 3-0 win over AFC Bournemouth earlier in the day had opened up a four-point lead
OUT AGAINST INDONESIA: Taiwan reached the semi-finals at the tournament for the first time by defeating Denmark, with Chou Tien-chen beating Viktor Axelsen
Taiwan yesterday crashed out of the Thomas Cup team competition in Chengdu, China, but achieved their best result at the top-tier badminton event by reaching the semi-finals.Indonesia were too good in the semis, winning 3-0 to advance to today’s final against China, who eliminated Malaysia 3-1.In th
Luka Doncic had 28 points and 13 assists on Friday, while Kyrie Irving scored 28 of his 30 points after halftime as the Dallas Mavericks finished off the Los Angeles Clippers with a 114-101 victory.Doncic struggled with his shot again thanks to his ailing right knee and Irving spent a bunch of energ
Andrey Rublev on Friday beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Madrid Open final, where he faces Felix Auger-Aliassime.Auger-Aliassime advanced after Jiri Lehecka had to retire at 3-3 in the first set of their semi-final and joined the list of players injured at the event.Eighth-ranked Rublev enter
Pius Suter on Friday scored with one minute, 39 seconds left in Game 6 as the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators.Nashville had a final chance to force overtime with a power play with 33.9 seconds left after Elias Lindhol
RUGBY UNIONMoana lose in TongaMoana Pasifika yesterday were beaten in the first-ever Super Rugby game played in Tonga, losing 28-17 to the Otago Highlanders in atrocious weather. Heavy rain and sodden ground conditions dampened the historic match in Nuku’alofa, along with the hard-working visiting s
Japan goalkeeper Leo Kokubo saves a penalty from Umarali Rakhmonaliev of Uzbekistan during the AFC U-23 Asian Cup final at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Friday. Japan claimed the trophy with a 1-0 win and the stoppage-time save by Kokubo. Substitute Fuki Yamada gave Japan the only goal of the
DATE WITH KNICKS: Indiana are to play New York in the second round after both teams won their series in six games, with the Bucks and the 76ers eliminated
T.J. McConnell and Obi Toppin on Thursday complemented one another’s play perfectly and they were still trading fist bumps long after the Indiana Pacers celebrated a rare series-clinching victory by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98 in Game 6.Toppin scored 21 points, while McConnell added 20 points
Iga Swiatek on Thursday cruised to a straight-sets semi-final win over Madison Keys to reach the Madrid Open final and a rematch against No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka.Top-ranked Swiatek beat No. 20 Keys 6-1, 6-3 and next faces the defending champion Sabalenka, who rallied to overcome fourth-ranked Elena Ryb
Playing soccer and competing for trophies is the best way that many transplanted Hong Kongers and Macanese have found to stay in touch, and to interact with Taiwanese society, said officials at the Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macau Football Friendship Cup, which was held on April 13.Twelve clubs, mostly of pla
William Nylander scored twice, while Joseph Woll made 22 saves on Thursday as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 to force a seventh game in their first-round Eastern Conference series.“We battled and competed,” said Nylander, who sat out the first three games of the series because of
ADVANTAGE: Dortmund’s victory ensured it a place in next season’s Champions League and gives the Bundesliga five teams in the expanded tournament
Niclas Fullkrug scored and Borussia Dortmund earned a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck sent a long pass over the top for Fullkrug to control brilliantly with his first touch before firing it past
Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, beating the short-handed Miami Heat 118-84 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.Boston will face the winner of the Cleveland-Orlando series. The Cavaliers lead 3-2.Brown also had six a
Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed some referees have “got it in for me” after his bid to capture a record eighth world snooker title was crushed by Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals.Bingham, the 2015 champion, came through 13-10 and will face Welsh qualifier Jak Jones for a place in the final.Jones stunn
When 42-1 underdog James ‘Buster’ Douglas shocked ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson 34 years ago at the Tokyo Dome, the result reverberated worldwide. Spectators at the 45,000-plus seater venue witnessed one of boxing’s biggest upsets as unbeaten heavyweight champion Tyson was knocked out in the 10th round by the u
Red Bull Racing on Wednesday confirmed that chief technical officer Adrian Newey is leaving the Formula One team early next year.Newey has designed more championship-winning cars than anyone in F1 history.Newey’s tenure with Red Bull has included seven F1 driver’s championships, six constructors’ ch