Thousands of people flooded one of the world’s great urban boulevards on Saturday, attempting to set a world record for the Mexican wave in the country that gave the beloved stadium ritual its name.The event commemorates the 40th anniversary of the wave’s debut during the 1986 World Cup held in Mexi
In a Tehran neighborhood dotted with shops selling soccer jerseys and sporting goods, 10-year-old Helma was already feeling World Cup fever.“I’m supporting Iran because it’s always the champion” she said, sporting a bracelet in the green, white and red of Iran’s flag. “This year, it will be number o
Clermont’s former New Zealand flyhalf Harry Plummer kicked a late drop goal to deny Bordeaux-Begles a place in the French Top 14 playoffs but Clermont, who won 34-31, also just missed qualifying.Plummer, 27, slotted the three points in the 77th minute, two weeks after the hosts won a second consecut
Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski threw a 166.9kph pitch on Saturday night against the Colorado Rockies, the fastest by a starter since tracking began in 2008.The 24-year-old right-hander’s record-setting pitch was low and outside to Kyle Karros in the third inning.“It’s one of those things: I
EUROPEAN PROMISE: More than a hundred economists responded to the poll, marking France for glory and tapping Brazil to take a fall in the soccer championship
France would beat Spain to lift the World Cup trophy and five-times winners Brazil are expected to be the biggest flops, according to a Reuters survey of economists who said football was still harder to call than inflation.For 160 respondents from around the globe, this poll, conducted once every fo
The Oakland Athletics promoted their No. 4 prospect, Lin Wei-en, to Triple-A on Friday, making the 20-year-old the youngest Taiwanese player to reach that level in US baseball.The Athletics assigned the Taiwanese left-hander to their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators, the day after he was n
US President Donald Trump said he would attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden, but said he does not have much sympathy for ordinary basketball fans who cannot afford sky-high ticket prices to do the same.“They can watch it on television,” Trump said aboard Air Force One
Two elephants trudged across a makeshift soccer field at Mexico’s Guadalajara Zoo in an attempt to divine the score of the 2026 World Cup’s opening game.The creatures’ choice carried the weight of prophecy: munch on the grass on the side marked with a Mexican flag, or opt for the greenery of opposin
Workers at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles on Friday voted in to strike for higher wages, a week before the venue is scheduled to host the US soccer team’s first World Cup match.The measure was approved by 96 percent of Unite Here Local 11 members at the stadium, according to the union, after contract
Australia Capital Territory Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham has apologized after an “embarrassing” Super Rugby playoff capitulation to the Wellington Hurricanes, admitting the team let down their fans.The Canberra-based side had high hopes of upsetting the rampant Hurricanes in Wellington on Friday e
The Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik serves to Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their men’s semi final singles match on day 13 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on Friday.
MAKING HISTORY: The Polish qualifier is to face Mirra Andreeva, who raced into her first Grand Slam final as she beat an erratic Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3
Maja Chwalinska on Thursday made history as the world No. 114 became the first qualifier in the professional era to reach the French Open final, where she is to take on Mirra Andreeva.The Pole downed Diana Shnaider 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in the last four to join Russian 19-year-old Andreeva, a straight-sets
Seth Jarvis on Thursday scored the overtime game-winner as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied for a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights to level the Stanley Cup Final.Jarvis scored on the power play at 3 minutes, 56 seconds of overtime, firing a one-timer past Golden Knights goaltender
Ketel Marte on Thursday hit a homer with one out in the ninth inning after Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll homered in a two-run eighth as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Phoenix to gain a split of a four-game series.Marte hit the first pitch he saw from Tann
Liverpool on Thursday named Andoni Iraola as their new head coach after sacking Arne Slot following a calamitous English Premier League title defense.Iraola quickly emerged as Liverpool’s top target to replace Slot, whose two-year reign came to a shock end when he was dismissed on Saturday last week
KNICKS TAKE LEAD: San Antonio put on a 9-0 run to be up 95-94 with just over 2 minutes to play, but the rest of the game belonged to the New York Knicks
It was past five minutes through the third quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday and the New York Knicks’ 11-game winning streak was in major jeopardy.The Knicks missed nine of their first 10 shots in the early part of the period and trailed the San Antonio Spurs by 14 points. They were f
France defender Ibrahima Konate on Wednesday said that he battled depression following the deaths of Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota and his father while continuing to fulfil his duties as a professional sportsman.Portugal forward Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, died in a car crash in July last yea
After letting another big lead slip with an error-strewn performance at the French Open on Wednesday, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka felt like getting as far away from the courts as possible.“Just want to quit tennis right now,” Sabalenka said after wasting a lead of a set and two breaks in a 3-6, 7-5,
BIG NAMES GONE: Zverev is the clear favorite for a maiden Grand Slam title, reaching semi-finals for the fifth time in six years and finishing second on three occasions
Alexander Zverev on Tuesday breezed past Rafael Jodar to stay on course for an elusive Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Jakub Mensik halted Joao Fonseca’s scintillating run in the quarter-finals. Zverev, the highest-ranked player left in the men’s draw, put an end to Spanish teenager Jodar
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