British sprinter Matthew Brennan yesterday swept to victory in the final stage as Jay Vine survived a high-speed collision with a straying kangaroo to win his second Tour Down Under.Brennan, 20, coming off a breakthrough season with 14 wins for Team Visma-Lease a Bike last year, finished a misfiring
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki yesterday won his second straight tournament to take his meteoric rise in the ancient Japanese sport to new heights.The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, triumphed at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo for the second title of his fle
Justin Gaethje on Saturday night opened the Paramount era with a bang, dominating rising star Paddy Pimblett to win the interim UFC lightweight title by unanimous decision at UFC 324 at T-Mobile Arena.Gaethje’s win gave him his second career interim lightweight championship and sets up a unification
Luka Doncic on Saturday night walked toward the wrong locker room at halftime before a quick U-turn by the Lakers star in his second trip to Dallas since the shocking trade that sent him to Los Angeles almost a year ago.At least he was not weeping on the bench before the game against the Mavericks,
French skipper Thomas Coville set a new record for the fastest sail around the world, improving the previous mark by more than 12 hours when he yesterday won the Jules Verne Trophy.Coville and teammates Benjamin Schwartz, Frederic Denis, Pierre Leboucher, Leonard Legrand, Guillaume Pirouelle and Nic
Taiwan’s Li Yu-hsiang performs in the men’s free skating at the ISU Four Continents Championships at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing yesterday. Li finished 18th overall, with 134.94 points in free skate and 63.33 points in Saturday’s short program.
OSAKA, STAN OUT: Taylor Fritz beat Swiss veteran Stanislas Wawrinka, while Naomi Osaka pulled out of the tournament ahead of her match against Maddison Inglis
Extreme heat yesterday triggered the suspension of matches on outside courts at the Australian Open and briefly held up champion Jannik Sinner of Italy before he battled into the last 16.Players and spectators roasted on day seven at Melbourne Park, where temperatures were forecast to soar to 40°C.T
The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo on Friday said that he will probably be out for an extended period after hurting his right calf again after a similar injury caused him to miss eight games earlier this season.Antetokounmpo had his right calf wrapped in the first half of their 102-100 loss
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel said that his side have “nothing to lose” in next month’s T20 World Cup as they target more famous upsets and a place in the tournament’s Super Eight second phase.The Himalayan nation stunned two-time T20 World Cup winners the West Indies last year for their first series w
RUGBY UNIONAmatosero suspendedNSW Waratahs forward Miles Amatosero yesterday was slapped with a four-game ban for punching a teammate and leaving him with a facial fracture ahead of the Super Rugby season. The incident happened during a training session this month with the big lock unleashing on Ang
NSN rider Ethan Vernon, front, center, crosses the finish line to win the fourth stage of the UCI Tour Down Under in Adelaide yesterday. Vernon won a shortened stage in brutal heat, while Jay Vine remained on track to win the overall title. Decathlon CMA CGM’s Tobias Lund Andresen, second left, was
Taiwanese FORTUNES: Wu Fang-hsien and Hsieh Su-wei both advanced to the last 16 of the women’s doubles, but Ray Ho was ousted in the men’s doubles
Carlos Alcaraz yesterday stepped up his quest to win a maiden Australian Open as he overwhelmed showman Corentin Moutet to reach the last 16, while Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien and Hsieh Su-wei both advanced to the last 16 of the women’s doubles.Three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev battled through on day s
Aston Villa on Thursday secured their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League with a 1-0 win at Fenerbahce, while Nottingham Forest slid to a costly defeat away to SC Braga.Celtic blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Bologna and leave their qualification hopes hinging on next week’s final ro
Powerhouse Australian sprinter Sam Welsford yesterday stormed home from well back for his seventh stage win in the Tour Down Under as Jay Vine remained the overall race leader.Welsford looked out of contention back in the peloton as the dash to the finish line developed in Nairne at the end of the 1
The Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 36 points from Tyrese Maxey and a triple-double from Joel Embiid, on Thursday beat the Houston Rockets 128-122 in an NBA overtime thriller.Cameroonian big man Embiid scored 32 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and handed out 10 assists, posting the ninth triple-double of
Sri Lanka’s spinners on Thursday turned the screws to script a hard-fought 19-run victory over England in the opening one-day international at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium.Set 272 for victory, England appeared to be cruising at 129-1 with Ben Duckett and Joe Root stroking the ball sweetly and the
NATURE LOVER: Serbian Djokovic, eyeing a 25th Grand Slam title, prepared for his second-round victory by hugging his oldest friend in Melbourne, a Brazilian fig tree
Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien and Japanese partner Eri Hozumi yesterday survived Russians Alexandra Panova and Irina Khromacheva to advance to the second round of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while Taiwan’s Ray Ho and German Hendrik Jebens won their men’s doubles opener.Wu and Hozumi beat th
A record 10 athletes across seven sports are to represent Taiwan at the upcoming Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, including the nation’s first-ever women’s bobsled team, the Ministry of Sports announced on Wednesday.The athletes include men’s figure skater Li Yu-hsiang, women’s speed sk
Diana Flores started playing flag football on dusty fields where women were not even allowed on the main pitch. Two decades later, the Mexican quarterback has led her country to back-to-back World Games gold medals and is on a mission to prove her sport deserves recognition as more than just footbal
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