Australia set a Women’s Rugby World Cup record with a 73-0 thumping of Samoa, scoring 11 tries in a dominant start to their Pool A campaign on Saturday, while Canada and Scotland began their Pool B campaigns with impressive victories.Canada’s 65-7 win over Fiji at York Community Stadium saw fullback
Marc Marquez continued his winning streak as he cruised to victory in the Hungarian GP sprint by two seconds on Saturday night to pad his championship lead.It was a seventh straight Sprint victory for the Spaniard, who has also won the last six longer Sunday grand prix races on his factory Ducati. F
Russian Diana Shnaider continued her impressive winning streak in tour-level finals at the Monterrey Open on Saturday, beating compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the WTA 500 event’s final.Shnaider had little trouble in the opening set but struggled in a topsy-turvy second, as Alexandr
New Zealand conceded that Argentina dominated proceedings as the Pumas capitalized on a lack of discipline from the All Blacks to claim a historic victory in the Rugby Championship in Buenos Aires on Saturday.Argentina emerged as 29-23 victors at Estadio Jose Amalfitani to end the Pumas’ 40-year wai
Striker Viktor Gyokeres announced himself to Arsenal’s fans with two goals in a 5-0 Premier League win over Leeds in his first home league game, with his opener reminding many of them of their previous hero in the number 14 shirt he now wears, Thierry Henry.After a stuttering start, the 27-year-old
Competitors take part in a jousting display at England’s Medieval Festival, a three-day event of immersive activities and re-enactments from the Middle Ages, near Nutley, England, on Saturday.
Taiwan successfully defended its title at the 2025 U-15 Asian Baseball Championship, defeating Japan 3-0 in the final in Tainan yesterday.The two teams went toe-to-toe for most of the final, scoring no runs in the first five innings.Taiwan then broke the stalemate in the top of the sixth when ce
‘CATASTROPHE’: Despite losing several key forwards in the summer transfer window, Bayern were up 3-0 in the first half before Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in the second
Harry Kane hit a hat-trick, Michael Olise a double and newcomer Luis Diaz also scored as Bayern Munich made a “statement” against RB Leipzig 6-0 at home in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday.Bayern’s big-money arrivals, all brought in from the Premier League across the past three seasons, were d
England coach John Mitchell insisted his tournament favorites had only “just got started” after launching the Women’s Rugby World Cup with a 69-7 hammering of the US on Friday.Host nation England, the world’s top-ranked side, ran in 11 tries — with seven in the second half alone — to the delight of
World No. 3 Alexander Zverev says he is “on the right path” heading into the US Open after leaning on friends and professional help to address mental health concerns he revealed at Wimbledon.The German said after his first-round exit at the All England Club that he felt “alone” and “empty” and “lack
Chelsea piled on the early season misery for West Ham and their under-fire manager Graham Potter by handing out a 5-1 thrashing in the Premier League on Friday, all without injured star Cole Palmer.Palmer pulled out of the team at the last minute after getting hurt in the warmup, before Chelsea went
Ducati’s Marc Marquez smashed the Balaton Park Circuit lap record twice yesterday to claim pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix as his teammate Francesco Bagnaia endured his worst qualifying session of the season.Marquez, who leads the championship, would be joined on the front row by Aprilia’
Athletes leap into the water as they compete in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase event of the Diamond League athletics meet at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Friday.
FIGHTBACK: Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Jiang Xinyu of China rallied from a set down to advance to the final of the women’s doubles at the Tennis in the Land
Russian second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova on Thursday beat defending champion Linda Noskova 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-2 at the Monterrey Open to secure her place in the semi-finals of the US Open tune-up event.Alexandrova, 14th in the world rankings, started the decider brightly after two tightly contested
Kevin de Bruyne is to lead SSC Napoli’s Serie A title defense today when he makes his full debut at promoted US Sassuolo, but the champions head into the new season rocked by a long-term injury to star striker Romelu Lukaku.De Bruyne was, alongside aging icon Luka Modric, the big new name to arrive
Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze appeared to be moving closer to a transfer to Arsenal for a reported ￡60 million (US$81 million) after the England international was left out of the Eagles’ team for their European tie on Thursday.Palace boss Oliver Glasner said he did not expect Eze to play for Palace
Juan Soto believes the Mets are “100 percent” a playoff team, but a post-season run looks iffy at best for the most expensive roster in MLB.Poor starting pitching and nagging injuries have sent New York into a tailspin, with the latest indignity coming on Thursday when the Mets blew an early 3-0 lea
The San Francisco Giants have optioned Teng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese pitcher to appear in a major league baseball game this year, to their Triple-A affiliate after four outings.Teng was demoted along with outfielder Grant McCray, while outfielder Luis Matos and right-hander Joel Peguero were brou
Taiwan’s Tseng Yi-che, bottom, slides in to score a run against Japan in their U15 Asian Baseball Championship Super Round game at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium yesterday. Taiwan won the game 10-7.
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