For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday was elected pope to lead the worl
Taiwanese e-sports veteran Lin “ET” Chia-hung yesterday successfully defended his King of Fighters XV title at this year’s Evolution Championship Series: Japan (EVO Japan), securing his second consecutive championship.Lin claimed victory with a 3-1 win over Japanese pro gamer “mok” in the grand fina
Taiwanese weightlifter Hong Zi-yu on Friday clinched three silver medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in the women’s 45kg category in Jiangshan, China.Hong lifted 73kg in the snatch and 88kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 161kg, earning silver in all three disciplines.Afte
Eliezer Mayenda scored a late winner as Sunderland beat Frank Lampard’s Coventry 2-1 in the first leg of their English Championship playoff semi-final on Friday.Despite finishing seven points ahead of their opponents, Sunderland’s form nosedived toward the end of the regular season, with five succes
The English Premier League has asked clubs to give broadcasters the right to film inside dressing rooms or conduct in-game player interviews during live coverage from next season. A new domestic TV deal worth ￡6.7 billion (US$8.9 billion) over four years begins in August, and British broadcasters Sk
SLOW START: The Warriors took nearly five minutes to score their first points, finally breaking through when Jimmy Butler put in a three-pointer to make it 13-3
Julius Randle on Thursday had 24 points and 11 assists to help the Minnesota Timberwolves capitalize on the absence of Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry in a 117-93 victory that tied the second-round NBA series at a game apiece.The Timberwolves were stewing over their rough start in Game 1 ag
For Manchester United or Tottenham, a miserable Premier League campaign is to give way to glory in the UEFA Europa League.Despite both teams languishing in the bottom half of the domestic competition, the UEFA Champions League is now just one game away.That is the reward on offer after the two troub
Chelsea on Thursday rested their regular starters and still comfortably advanced to the UEFA Conference League final by beating Djurgarden 1-0 in the second leg of their semi-final.The Premier League club advanced 5-1 on aggregate to set up a May 28 title match in Wroclaw, Poland, against Real Betis
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended indefinitely because of the deadly conflict between India and Pakistan, Indian media reported yesterday.Officials paused the richest tournament in cricket after a match on Thursday was abandoned in Dharamsala, less than 200km from the northern city
INTER AWAIT: Superb saves by PSG ’keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma inspired the victory, as Arsenal were punished for misses, including one by Bukayo Saka
Arsenal on Wednesday fell short on the big stage again as their painful UEFA Champions League semi-final exit against Paris Saint-Germain left Mikel Arteta to rue his club’s failure to provide him with enough attacking options.Arteta’s side were unable to reach the Champions League final for the fir
One person was in critical condition yesterday and two others were also hospitalized after being hit by a car in the French capital amid street partying by Paris Saint-Germain fans after the club reached the UEFA Champions League final.The injuries were an exception on a night that was largely marke
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Wednesday scored 34 points in three quarters as the Oklahoma City Thunder set NBA and team records in their 149-106 win over the Denver Nuggets, which tied the NBA Western Conference semi-final series at one game apiece.Oklahoma City set an NBA Playoffs record for first-ha
Pinch-hitter J.C. Escarra on Wednesday came through with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees, held hitless into the seventh inning, rallied past the San Diego Padres 4-3.Cody Bellinger homered with one out in the seventh for New York’s first hit off Padres starter Dylan Cease,
CRICKETSharma retires from TestsIndia captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket ahead of a tour of England. The 38-year-old Sharma said that he would continue to represent India in limited-overs cricket. “It’s been an absolute honor to represent my country in white
THRILLER: Raphinha gave Barca a 3-2 lead with two minutes remaining of regular time, but Francesco Acerbi equalized the game in the second minute of added time
Davide Frattesi on Tuesday fired Inter into the UEFA Champions League final with an extra-time winner that gave the Italians a stunning 4-3 triumph over Barcelona, 7-6 on aggregate. Italy midfielder Frattesi won a tie for the ages under a downpour in Milan when he lashed home in the 99th minute, sen
The Indiana Pacers on Tuesday defeated the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 120-119 as the Golden State Warriors shrugged off a Stephen Curry injury to claim victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA playoffs. Tyrese Haliburton’s three-pointer with just 1.1 seconds remaining sealed a remar
Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse, but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league’s direction mean success is anything but a slam dunk. Once a minnow on the world stage, Japan qualified for last year’s Paris Olympics and took eventu
The Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team yesterday confirmed that Argentine Franco Colapinto would replace Jack Doohan for the next five races, starting at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Australian Doohan, 22, son of motorcycle great Mick, failed to score a point in six races this season and one at
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, would serve as executive director of the presidential task force for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico. During Trump’s first term, Andrew Giuliani served as a
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