Manchester City hit Al-Ain for six on Sunday to secure a place in the last 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup after Real Madrid shrugged off an early red card to beat Mexican side Pachuca 3-1. Juventus proved too strong for Wydad Casablanca while Red Bull Salzburg and Al-Hilal drew 0-0 as the second roun
Lai Xiang-chen became the first Taiwanese woman to play professional volleyball in Germany after a German team announced signing her on Sunday. The VfB Suhl LOTTO Thuringen professional women’s volleyball team announced Lai’s signing on its official Web site and Instagram, saying it was pleased to a
Taiwan’s Ren Chun-ying on Sunday recorded a personal best to bag a gold medal in the women’s pole vault at the Thailand Open Track & Field Championships. Ren emerged victorious from among eight competitors in her international debut by clearing 4.13m in her second attempt in the final. Her personal
Incoming and outgoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidents Kirsty Coventry and Thomas Bach yesterday saluted each other in the handover ceremony, but the person they should thank for the movement’s continued existence is Juan Antonio Samaranch Senior. Samaranch Senior — whose son of the
Lai Xiang-chen has become the first Taiwanese woman to be signed to a professional volleyball team in Germany.VfB Suhl LOTTO Thuringen yesterday announced Lai's signing on its Web site and Instagram, saying that it was pleased to add the 30-year-old as the team's libero to boost its defense."Lai bri
DEVASTATED: Some Urawa fans were in tears after their 2-1 loss to Inter, a defeat that weighed heavy on goalkeeper Nishikawa, who said they will fight for a win
Inter on Saturday came from behind to beat Urawa Red Diamonds and knock the Japanese side out of the FIFA Club World Cup, while Borussia Dortmund held off Mamelodi Sundowns to win a seven-goal thriller.Fluminense rallied in the second half to beat Ulsan 4-2 and knock out the South Korean side, while
The aftermath of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on Saturday had almost as much drama as the race and it was certainly more extended.Lazzat, the 9-2 winner, galloped loose around the track for about a 15 minutes and delayed the presentations after throwing his jockey, James Doyle, shortly afte
While British star Jack Draper spent the past week trying to find rhythm and comfort in his first grass tournament of the season at the Queen’s Club Championships in London, Jiri Lehecka on Saturday bulldozed everything in his path.After more than two furious hours of battle, their form was reflecte
First-time competitor Lee Kuang-hsin yesterday shattered the men’s 5km record to claim victory in the 23rd Cross Penghu Bay Swim’s marquee race.Lee led from the start, completing the crossing from Daguoye Columnar Basalt on Siyu Island to Guanyin Temple on Penghu’s main island in 1 hour, 17 minutes,
Clarke Schmidt on Saturday walked off the mound after pitching seven hitless inning and exchanged a glance with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone in the dugout. That was it for the day.While the right-hander was disappointed, he certainly understood Boone’s decision to pulled him after tying a ca
Dale Earnhardt Jr might already be NASCAR’s most popular crew chief. He is certainly an undefeated one.Pressed into unexpected service, Earnhardt on Saturday called the shots for 18-year-old prospect Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 Chevrolet, as they landed in victory lane in the second-tier Xfinity Se
TENNISHsieh exits NottinghamTop seeds Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Zhang Shuai of China on Saturday crashed out of the women’s doubles semi-finals at the Nottingham Open, losing 7-5, 4-6, 4-10 to Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Ena Shibahara of Japan. Hsieh and Zhang converted four of nine break point
WORLD CUP PREVIEW: Florida’s heat and humidity have been tough on the team, which Kane described as ‘special,’ as the World Cup next year would be the same
Bayern Munich’s English striker Harry Kane said on Friday he is relishing the Club World Cup’s “special” atmosphere and is confident the German team could now go all the way.Kane scored the opener for Bayern in a 2-1 win over Argentina’s Boca Juniors at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami that took his side
The Canterbury Crusaders edged the Waikato Chiefs 16-12 in an intense Super Rugby Pacific final battle in Christchurch yesterday to claim their 15th title in 30 years of the Southern Hemisphere competition.Hooker Codie Taylor scored a try and Rivez Reihana contributed 11 points from the kicking tee
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staged a “crazy comeback,” saving four match points before beating Elena Rybakina 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (6) in the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open on Friday.Sabalenka was 6-2 down in the final-set tie-breaker, but won six straight points to reach her eighth semi-final of the
Carlos Alcaraz avoided another scare at the Queen’s Club ATP 500 event as the top-seeded Spaniard dispatched France’s Arthur Rinderknech with little fuss 7-5, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals on Friday.Wimbledon champion Alcaraz toiled for three hours in stifling heat on Thursday to edge past fellow Spa
K-League clubs would be allowed to register foreign players as goalkeepers for the first time in 27 years, starting with next year’s season, the South Korean top division league said.The league banned its clubs from registering foreign players as keepers in 1999, when it had eight teams, in a bid to
Tens of thousands of people across India stretched in public parks and on sandy beaches yesterday to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga.The mass yoga sessions were held in many Indian states, where crowds attempted various poses and practiced breathing exercises. Indian military personnel also
Teenage opener Sam Konstas said yesterday he had “come a long way” from his combative debut against India after winning his place back for Australia’s opening Test against the West Indies.The 19-year-old made headlines in the Melbourne Boxing Day Test last year when he took on fast bowler Jasprit Bu
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