Jannik Sinner on Thursday marched into the semi-finals of the Italian Open after destroying Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-0, 6-1, while Coco Gauff won a marathon three-set battle with China’s Zheng Qinwen to advance to the women’s singles final.American Gauff is to face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in t
Nikola Jokic on Thursday scored 29 points and unheralded bench player Julian Strawther produced a crucial late burst as the Denver Nuggets clinched a series-leveling 119-107 victory over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder.A hard-fought NBA Western Conference semi-final series now goes to a decisiv
Shohei Ohtani on Thursday delivered his first two-homer game of the season and had six RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers poured it on with five long balls in a 19-2 victory over the visiting Athletics.Max Muncy, Andy Pages and James Outman also hit home runs for the Dodgers, who left no doubt by takin
History beckons for Crystal Palace at Wembley in today’s FA Cup final as Manchester City have one final shot at avoiding a rare trophyless season under Pep Guardiola.Twice FA Cup runners-up, Palace have never won a major trophy in their 119-year history.The Eagles sense this might finally be their t
NOT OUT: Calling Chen’s release ‘a tough pill to swallow for many,’ a writer for ‘Sports Illustrated’ said she could still be picked up or play abroad before returning to the WNBA
Kaitlyn Chen, the first Taiwanese-American basketball player drafted by the WNBA, has been waived by the Golden State Valkyries on the eve of the San Francisco-based expansion team’s inaugural season.The Valkyries on Wednesday announced they were parting ways with Chen, along with another four playe
Taiwanese-American right fielder Stuart Fairchild on Wednesday night hit an RBI double and scored twice to keep Atlanta on the board before the Washington Nationals rallied for a 5-4 win.The 29-year-old, whose mother is from Taiwan, had two hits for Atlanta, who had won three of four.Michael Harris
Bologna on Wednesday ended a 51-year wait for a major trophy after winning the Coppa Italia with a 1-0 victory over AC Milan, who slumped to yet another painful defeat in a horror season.Dan Ndoye scored the goal in the 53rd minute, giving Bologna a historic victory, their first honor since last win
The Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night routed the Golden State Warriors to advance to the NBA Western Conference Finals as the Boston Celtics kept their playoff campaign alive with a blowout victory over the New York Knicks.The Timberwolves, who had dominated the Warriors to open up a 3-1 lea
Dave Bond, the manager of iconic Everton pub The Winslow Hotel, has been a supporter of the Merseyside club since his mother dug out an old long-wave radio from the attic of their home in County Clare, Ireland, that broadcast the team’s matches.His interest in Everton had already been sparked by a b
BADMINTONTaiwanese win in ThailandTaiwanese duo Yang Po-han and Liu Kuang-heng yesterday advanced to the men’s doubles quarter-finals at the Thailand Open in Bangkok. The pair defeated South Korea’s Kang Min-hyuk and Ki Dong-ju 21-8, 21-19 in just 33 minutes. The No. 24 duo appeared to be on the reb
DO OR DIE: Despite Jokic’s heroics, the Thunder outscored Denver in a fourth-quarter bombardment, leaving the Nuggets facing a must-win Game 6
The Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night came from behind to send the Cleveland Cavaliers crashing out of the NBA playoffs as the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a dazzling Nikola Jokic display to push the Denver Nuggets to the brink of elimination.Cleveland — the top seeds in the Eastern Conference — saw
Taiwanese-American right fielder Corbin Carroll on Tuesday hit his third home run in two days to tie for the MLB lead with 14 homers.Carroll on Monday hit two homers for the Arizona Diamondbacks in their 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants to put him with in one of the hit leaders.Although the
Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been placed in an induced coma to help his recovery from urgent abdominal surgery, according to reports on Tuesday.The Nigeria international, 27, collided with the goalpost in the 88th minute of Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League draw with Leicester City at the C
Like most girls her age, Bosnian teenager Mirnesa Junuzovic splits her days into free time and time reserved for school and house chores. However, how she spends the former makes her quite unique.The 15-year-old takes daily, hours-long walks with her bull, Cobra, and trains him for traditional bullf
Politicians, campaigners and former soccer players have protested the financial grooming of Premier League stars who claim they were persuaded to put their money into failed investment schemes that led to them being accused of tax avoidance and faced with enormous penalties from His Majesty’s Revenu
BADMINTONChou eyes Loh rematchTaiwan’s world No. 7 shuttler Chou Tien-chen yesterday opened his men’s singles campaign at the Thailand Open with a decisive victory over Japan’s Yushi Tanaka, putting him on track for a rematch against Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew after their brutal Taipei Open showdown.
ADVANTAGE: Minnesota need just one more win over Golden State, while the Knicks are eyeing a place in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000
Jalen Brunson on Monday scored 39 points as the New York Knicks pushed the Boston Celtics to the brink of elimination from the playoffs while the Golden State Warriors were also left facing an early exit after a damaging defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In New York, Brunson spearheaded a sensat
The torchbearers at the World Masters Games’ opening ceremony in Taiwan on Saturday would include baseball legend Peng Cheng-min, centenarian shuttler Lin Yu-mao and Olympic boxing gold medalist Lin Yu-ting. The three announced on Monday by the event’s sporting committee were among the five torchbea
Minutes after the final whistle, Vincent Temitope, a forward with Nigerian soccer club Plateau United, was bleeding after suffering a horrific cut to his neck. Temitope was attacked after he had scored in the 3-2 loss away to Nasarawa United last month in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NP
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