In 1984, Lamine Gueye carved out a piece of Olympic history in Sarajevo by becoming the first black African to compete in the Winter Games.More than four decades later, he strapped on his skis and returned to the same slopes for a new documentary about the Senegalese sportsman and his legacy.A few w
Nottingham Forest FC are to go into the Europa League play-off round after a 4-0 win over Ferencvaros TC on Thursday, while Celtic FC secured their place in the knockout phase with a victory over FC Utrecht.Aston Villa FC finished second in the league phase after recovering from two goals down to be
Teng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese pitcher to have appeared in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game over the past two seasons, has been traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Houston Astros.“I’m truly grateful to the @sfgiants organization for all the development and support they’ve given me during t
Cooper Flagg scored 49 points — the most-ever by a teenager in a single NBA game — but it was not enough to save the Dallas Mavericks from a 123-121 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday.On a dominant night, the 19-year-old forward who was the top pick in last year’s NBA Draft sank a clutch thre
The pack rides past an abandoned car during the third stage of the AlUla Tour cycling race, 142.1km from Winter Park to Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Stage 3 was won by Yannis Voisard of Switzerland with a time of 3 hours, 22 minutes.
CRUCIAL GOAL: Benfica advanced to the knockout phase in 24th place on goal-difference after a score by their goalkeeper deep into stoppage-time
Real Madrid on Wednesday were dumped into the qualifying playoffs of the UEFA Champions League by their former coach Jose Mourinho — whose SL Benfica team advanced on a last-gasp goal by their goalkeeper — with the La Liga side to be joined there by title holders Paris Saint-Germain.Real Madrid star
Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina won yesterday at the Australian Open to reach the final, while Taiwan’s Chen Kuan-shou advanced to the quarter-finals in the junior boys’ singles.Belarusian Sabalenka powered into her fourth Australian Open final in a row with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 semi-final win ove
LeBron James on Wednesday was in tears over a video tribute to his NBA career and his Los Angeles Lakers were routed 129-99 by hosts Cleveland in what might be the superstar’s last game in his hometown.“I haven’t made a decision on the future, but it very well could be,” James said after the Lakers’
TENNISTaiwanese makes finalTaiwan’s Liang En-shuo and Eudice Chong of Hong Kong yesterday ousted Taiwanese duo Cho I-hsuan and Cho Yi-tsen in the women’s doubles semi-finals at the Philippine Open. The Taiwanese-Hong Kong pair won 6-3, 6-3 at the US$115,000 hard-court tournament at the Rizal Memoria
LAST HOPE: Chen Kuan-shou was the last Taiwanese standing at the Australian Open after Hsieh Su-wei and Wu Fang-hsien lost their respective doubles matches
Reigning champion Jannik Sinner faces 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster Australian Open men’s singles semi-final after taming Ben Shelton in straight sets yesterday, while the two Taiwanese in the women’s doubles both exited, leaving Chen Kuan-shou in the junior boys singles
The entire executive committee of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) resigned yesterday after a scandal involving the naturalization of seven foreign-born players led to FIFA sanctions, a court appeal and intensified scrutiny of the country’s soccer governance.All committee members, elected
Far from the legendary skies above Hogwarts school, a young woman chased a “Golden Snitch,” highlighting how the craze for Harry Potter’s favorite sport, quidditch, has taken hold in a remote Ugandan village.In a clearing surrounded by banana trees, about 135km from the capital, Kampala, players ran
A two-year-old has become the holder of two Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform a pair of trick shots in snooker.Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully performed a pool bank shot at 2 years, 302 days old on Oct. 12 last year.The spectacle followed the child completi
SERVING UP A STORM: Last year’s runner-up Alexander Zverev sent down a barrage of 24 aces to crush Learner Tien of the US in four sets
Aryna Sabalenka yesterday overcame searing heat and one of the most exciting talents in tennis to power into the Australian Open semi-finals, with Alexander Zverev serving up a storm to join her.World No. 1 Sabalenka tamed 18-year-old Iva Jovic of the US 6-3, 6-0 in 38°C temperatures, while last yea
Luka Doncic on Monday produced a 46-point masterpiece as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped the Chicago Bulls’ four-game winning streak with a 129-118 victory on the road.Doncic rattled in eight three-pointers on 15-of-25 shooting from the field, finishing with seven rebounds and 11 assists to lead an i
Everton striker Thierno Barry on Monday extended his hot streak with a late equalizer to rescue a 1-1 draw against Leeds United in the English Premier League.David Moyes’ side were booed off at halftime after James Justin put Leeds ahead at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, but Barry eased Everton fans’ f
SSC Napoli are on the brink of being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League as the troubled Italian club face Chelsea today racked by a deep injury crisis and a faltering Serie A title defense.Sat just inside the elimination zone on only eight points from seven matches after last week’s miserable
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is confident in the US men’s ice hockey team and its chances of capturing a gold medal at next month’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.The 28-year-old center is among the NHL stars who return to the Olympics for the first time since Sochi, Russia, in 2014 as
SERIAL WINNERS: The New England Patriots advanced to their 12th showing on football’s biggest stage and a chance to vie for a record seventh Lombardi trophy
The Seattle Seahawks on Sunday defeated the Los Angeles Rams in a high-scoring shoot-out to set up a Super Bowl rematch with the New England Patriots.In Seattle, Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold outdueled Rams counterpart Matthew Stafford in a 31-27 thriller to clinch the National Football Conferenc
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