Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the
Taiwan last week won a silver medal in the mixed team 10m air rifle event and a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Cairo.Chen You-an and Tsai Chieh-ying, both 17, won silver on Friday with a score of 498.3, finish
The Waikato Chiefs yesterday benefited from a bizarre try to beat the Fijian Drua 42-22 and top the Super Rugby Pacific standings, as New Zealand teams swept all five matches in the Super Round at Christchurch’s new Te Kaha stadium.The Drua were holding their own four minutes from halftime in the fi
The loop of Rizza Matutino’s lasso sat atop the steer’s head for what felt like forever.The crowd at the Philippine home of Asia’s only Western-style rodeo went silent, then roared when it finally slipped down around the animal’s neck.Rising from the dirt 60 seconds later, Matutino raised her arms a
ATHLETICSSawe takes marathon recordKenya’s Sabastian Sawe yesterday became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours when he won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds. The 31-year-old, who has never lost a marathon, shattered the world record previously held by the late Kelv
WRIST INJURY: The tennis champion was injured at the Barcelona Open earlier in the month, withdrawing from that tournament and upsetting his future schedule
Carlos Alcaraz is not playing for a third successive French Open title due to a right wrist injury.Alcaraz said in a social media post on Friday that he would not appear in the Italian Open in Rome, which he won last year.No. 2-ranked Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his f
When Paddy Dwyer arrived in China in 1976, crowds jostled to catch a glimpse of him and his companions — the first Western soccer team to play in the country.China was emerging from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, and on the brink of market reforms that would take the country from economic sta
After being accused of sexism in a social media post, Leipzig defeated Union Berlin 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday and dealt coach Marie-Louise Eta her second defeat in as many games in charge.Max Finkgrafe, Romulo and Ridle Baku scored for Leipzig to consolidate third place and move closer to Cham
Before the puck dropped in Friday’s pivotal NHL playoff match, hundreds of Montreal Canadiens fans took their seats in a two century-old Catholic cathedral. However, they were not there to pray that the Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning in game 3 of their first round series — they were there to
Some of Clearlake Capital Group’s largest investors are growing increasingly concerned about how much time the company’s co-founders are spending on sports investments as they have struggled to complete the fundraising for the private equity firm’s latest flagship fund.One of Clearlake’s co-founders
MUCH-NEEDED WIN: The Toronto Raptors also thrived at home, pulling away late in a 126-104 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers to cut the deficit in their series to 2-1
C.J. McCollum on Thursday hit the game-winner with 12.5 seconds remaining as the Atlanta Hawks pulled off another nail-biting victory over New York to take a 2-1 lead in their NBA first-round playoff series.The Hawks beat the Knicks 109-108 in Atlanta, Georgia, their second straight one-point triump
Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday shook off some rust to post her first victory of the season on clay in Madrid and extend her winning streak to 13 matches.The world No. 1, who was playing her first match since she completed the “Sunshine Double” by winning Indian Wells and Miami last month, committed 26
Peyton Gray had visualized the moment so many times that he did not feel nervous when finally making his major league debut — at age 30 after eight years through the minor leagues, independent ball and four winters outside the US.Gray on Thursday worked a perfect inning on his debut for the Texas Ra
A stunning 119th-minute back-heel by Tiago Tomas on Thursday sent VfB Stuttgart to a DFB-Pokal final meeting with Bayern Munich after a 2-1 extra-time home win over SC Freiburg.Maximilian Eggestein’s first-half opener had Freiburg on track for a second DFB-Pokal final, but Deniz Undav leveled things
Taiwan’s Oliver Feuerhahn, second left, runs with the ball during their Men’s Pool A game against Singapore at the Asia-Pacific Opens Touch tournament in Mudgee, Australia, yesterday. Singapore kept the Taiwan men’s team winless at the tournament with a 19-5 victory after losses against Sri Lanka an
‘GREAT TEMPO’: Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said that the floor game of star player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was outstanding and he ‘got us really good shots’
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Wednesday scored 37 points to propel the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 120-107 victory over the Phoenix Suns and a 2-0 lead in their NBA playoff series, while the Detroit Pistons topped the Orlando Magic to knot their series at 1-1.NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander
The Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburg Penguins on Wednesday put a squeeze on the penalty box in Game 3 of their NHL playoff series — with 11 players cramped inside their designated punishment areas.Each could have snapped a team photo after a melee broke out in the second period of the Flyers’ 5
Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami on Wednesday tied an MLB rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451 foot (137.5m) shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season.“I’ve run out of things to say,” White Sox manager Will
Manchester City on Wednesday edged ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League as a 1-0 victory at Turf Moor condemned Burnley to relegation.The defeat confirmed the Clarets’ third Premier League relegation in five seasons, consigning them to the Championship alongside Wolverhampton Wanderers
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