The loudest cheers among Florida Panthers fans at Amerant Bank Arena are always for Sergei Bobrovsky.The “Bob-by” chants lasted well into the early hours of yesterday morning after Bobrovksy led the Florida Panthers to their second straight Stanley Cup championship.Florida fans know how important th
Sergio Ramos on Tuesday outfoxed two Inter players and artfully headed home the first goal for Monterrey at the FIFA Club World Cup.The 39-year-old Ramos slipped through the penalty area for the score just as he did for so many years in the shirts of Real Madrid and Spain’s national team, with whom
Taiwan’s men’s recurve archery team yesterday won bronze at the Archery Asia Cup in Singapore after defeating Bangladesh 5-3 in the third-place playoff.The team, comprising Yang Kai-han, Lin Yu-yang and Liu Tai-yen, have an average age of 19.Coach Kuo Chen-wei said that the Taiwanese team’s performa
BASKETBALLHaliburton being assessedTyrese Haliburton’s status for today’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals was in doubt as the Indiana Pacers guard was undergoing evaluation on Tuesday to determine the extent of an injury to his lower right leg. Part of that evaluation was an MRI exam, according to a person
CALF PROBLEM: The Pacers were left sweating on the health of star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who scored just four points in a disappointing outing
Jalen Williams on Monday erupted for 40 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Indiana Pacers to post a 120-109 victory and move to within one win of clinching the NBA Finals.An enthralling Game 5 battle in Oklahoma saw the Pacers climb out of an 18-point first-half hole to get within two
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani on Monday wobbled through a 28-pitch first inning at home against the San Diego Padres in his first appearance on the mound since August 2023.Scheduled to throw as many as two innings, Ohtani went a single frame while allowing one run on two hits. He di
Chelsea began their Club World Cup campaign on Monday with a 2-0 victory against Los Angeles in a largely empty stadium, as Brazilian giants Flamengo also got off to a winning start and a SL Benfica comeback denied CA Boca Juniors in a stormy encounter.As the inaugural 32-team tournament gradually k
US Salernitana’s fight for survival has veered into chaos, with a bout of food poisoning hospitalizing much of the squad halfway through their relegation showdown with UC Sampdoria.The Serie B side, fighting to avoid dropping to Italy’s third tier, have formally requested a postponement of Friday’s
Frances Tiafoe on Monday fell to a first-round exit at Queen’s Club as veteran Briton Dan Evans rolled back the years, while fourth seed Holger Rune eased through.Evans, who needed a wild card for his place in the draw after sliding to No. 199 in the world rankings, proved too good for the seventh s
NEW RECORD OF 6.28M: Armand Duplantis first broke the world record in 2020 when he surpassed the 6.16m mark set by France’s Renaud Lavillenie
Swedish double Olympic pole vault champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis on Sunday increased his own world record again, clearing 6.28m to the delight of a home crowd at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting.With victory in the event already guaranteed, Duplantis broke the world record for the 12th time a
Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday laid down an ominous marker on their march toward global domination at the FIFA Club World Cup, while Bayern Munich showed no mercy to Auckland City’s amateurs with a ruthless 10-0 walloping.The first full day of action at the inaugural edition of the 32-team club tourn
Aaron Civale got a little wild in the right-hander’s first start for the Chicago White Sox two days after he was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers.Civale on Sunday walked four of the first seven hitters he faced in a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers. The 30-year-old finished with four walks, one off his
German qualifier Tatjana Maria on Sunday capped an incredible week in London as she defeated American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 to become the first woman to win a title at Queen’s Club in more than half a century.The victory marked the end of an extraordinary nine-day stretch for the mot
Reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar on Sunday wrapped up the Criterium du Dauphine title in the eighth and final stage, which was won by France’s Lenny Martinez.A winner of three stages, the Slovenian dominated the 77th edition of the Dauphine to top the overall classification by 59 secon
NEW ERA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s expanded Club World Cup was inititialy met with skepticism, but it is now expected to define a new era of global soccer
After more than a year of uncertainty and criticism, the FIFA Club World Cup began in Miami on Saturday, and soccer might never be the same.At least that is what FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been telling anyone who would listen.“This tournament will be the start of something historic that wil
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
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