Taiwanese golfer Tsai Pei-ying overtook former world No. 1 Yani Tseng in the final round of the WPG Ladies Open in Taoyuan on Sunday to win the title.Tsai finished with a four-round total of 17-under-par 271, carding a six-under 67 in the final round, with six birdies and one bogey.Tseng, nicknamed
Hair flapping out of his headband, Corbin Carroll races past second base as if a double is not an option.It is a last resort.Doubles are fine if that is what you want. Carroll needs one base more.“What’s a standup double to a majority of the people in the big leagues, it’s a standup triple to him,”
Italy clinched victory in the first America’s Cup preliminary regatta on Sunday, beating defenders New Zealand in a demonstration of speed and resilience on home waters.After eight fleet races between eight boats over three days, Luna Rossa’s principal crew came out top of the leaderboard, three sca
What’s the cost of a milestone home run ball? In this case, one signed bat from the rookie who hit the blast and one official cap.After Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez hit his first career home run in Sunday’s 4-1 win at Toronto, his teammates in the bullpen went to work to get
Lionel Messi was at the center of an injury scare weeks before the start of the World Cup on Sunday after abruptly exiting Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer (MLS) clash against the Philadelphia Union.Messi was substituted in the 73rd minute at a rain-soaked Nu Stadium in Miami after clutching the ba
THE RIGHT STUFF: In just his fourth start this season, Teng lowered his ERA to 2.19, using his signature sweeper, which generated seven of his 10 whiffs against Chicago
Taiwanese pitcher Teng Kai-wei on Saturday threw six shutout innings and Christian Walker homered twice with three RBIs, as the Houston Astros beat Chicago 3-0 to extend the Cubs’ losing streak to seven, their longest skid in four years.Teng allowed two hits, struck out six and walked three as the A
Four years after considering retirement, Bryan Torres on Saturday made it to the major leagues at age 28 and homered for the St Louis Cardinals in his debut.“Eleven years to get to here,” Torres said, fighting back tears after helping the Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 in the opener of Satur
Ukraine’s unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of a WBC title fight to avoid one of the greatest boxing upsets of all time.The “Glory in Giza” fight at the Pyramids of Egypt was cons
The New York Knicks are on the brink of their first NBA Finals since 1999 after a 121-108 victory at Cleveland on Saturday stretched their playoff win streak to 10 games.Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 30 points, O.G. Anunoby added 21 and Mikal Bridges contributed 22 on 11-of-15 shooting as New Yor
Iran are moving their World Cup training base to Mexico after FIFA approved a request to transfer it from Tucson, Arizona, the head of Iran’s soccer federation said on Saturday.The Iranian team would be based in Tijuana on the border of Mexico and the US during the tournament, Football Federation Is
Bayern Munich powerbroker Uli Hoeness on Saturday called Harry Kane the “best transfer we’ve ever made” after the England captain’s hat-trick handed them a 3-0 victory over VfB Stuttgart to win the German Cup final in Berlin.The hat-trick brought Kane’s goal tally to 61 in all competitions this seas
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: Officials, players and fans winging across all of North America are likely to make this the most polluting World Cup ever, say scientists
The largest and likely most lucrative ever World Cup this summer could set a record for the most-polluting sporting event in history, environmental experts say.“Unlike the case of the Olympic Games, where the carbon footprints have been reducing over the last several editions, this is totally opposi
NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell paid tribute to “American badass” Kyle Busch on Friday, a day after the two-time Cup series champion acknowledged as one of the sport’s greats died suddenly at the age of 41.O’Donnell spoke to reporters in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he said that after some discussion
Former England No. 8 Billy Vunipola was instrumental as Montpellier trounced Ulster 59-26 on Friday to win the Challenge Cup for a third time.Captain Vunipola scored one of nine tries for the French side as they repeated their feats of 2016 and 2021.Vunipola, 33, joined Montpellier two years ago fro
Crews brimming with some of the world’s best sailors took to sea off Sardinia on Friday in the first regatta leading up to the 38th America’s Cup next year.Italy’s Luna Rossa women and youth team, co-helmed by Marco Gradoni and Margherita Porro, who had set the pace in Thursday’s practice, dominated
Fred Kerley is competing unaugmented against drug-fuelled athletes at this weekend’s Enhanced Games and still hopes to race in the 2028 Olympics, the suspended former 100m world champion said on Friday.Arguably the biggest name at the divisive event in Las Vegas, where doping is permitted, the US sp
Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League title at the end of their match against Damac at the Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh on May 21.
VICTORY NEEDED: The Cavs head home knowing they face a virtual must-win in Game 3, since no team has rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series
The New York Knicks on Thursday used an explosive third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93 and take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.Josh Hart led the Knicks with a career playoff high 26 points, drilling five of New York’s 13 three-pointers.New York star Jalen Brunson, wh
The Montreal Canadiens never flinched in winning two Game 7s on the road to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. Opening on the road again was no different, even against well-rested top seeds who had yet to lose in the post-season.Montreal on Thursday pounced for four first-period goals on slow-star
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