Taipei Dong Yuan Elementary School on Wednesday defeated Cardenales Little League of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, to remain undefeated and send Taiwan to the Little League World Series International Championship game for the 20th time and the fourth consecutive year in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.R
Team managers are voicing their displeasure over offshore bookmakers offering odds on games at the Little League World Series (LLWS).“I’m not a fan,” South Carolina’s manager Dave Bogan said. “It’s just not appropriate; it feels dirty, quite honestly.”In news conferences throughout the Little League
US Open mixed doubles champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori on Wednesday said they hope they have earned respect for their event after overcoming a field packed with singles stars to defend their title.The Italians held off six-time Grand Slam singles winner Iga Swiatek and three-time major fin
The P.League+ (PLG) has approved a new franchise to ensure the league maintains a four-team format for the upcoming season, it said yesterday, after a failed attempt to cooperate with the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).The PLG executive council approved an application from Yankey Engin
SOCCERTen hurt in fan violenceTen people were injured and 90 arrested on Wednesday after violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match between Argentina’s Atletico Independiente and visiting Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires, club officials and police said. A stun grenade wa
DEDICATED IGA: Swiatek, who went to the airport after Monday’s win in Cincinnati, only arrived at her hotel in New York in the early hours of Tuesday
Iga Swiatek on Tuesday shrugged off lingering weariness to partner Casper Ruud to back-to-back victories in the revamped mixed doubles competition at the US Open. Swiatek — who on Monday had battled through a two-hour tussle with Jasmine Paolini to win the Cincinnati Open — looked full of energy as
Kylian Mbappe struck from the penalty spot as Real Madrid beat a dogged CA Osasuna 1-0 on Tuesday to make a winning start in Spanish La Liga under new coach Xabi Alonso. The France striker, last season’s European Golden Shoe winner, scored early in the second half, after he was fouled in the area by
Alexander Isak accused Newcastle United of breaking promises and misleading supporters in a social media statement on Tuesday that confirmed he wanted to leave the English Premier League club. The 25-year-old striker said he informed Newcastle of his desire to leave a long time ago. “When promises a
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year on Tuesday, with the Egyptian becoming the first player to win the award three times. Salah, who joined Liverpool in 2017, was the English Premier League’s top scorer last season, with his 29
Former champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been detained in Mexico after deportation by the US to face charges of involvement with a drug cartel, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday. Chavez stands accused of serving as a henchman for the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, which Washington designated
INJURY: Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s title in a little more than 20 minutes after world No. 1 Jannik Sinner was forced to retire because of illness during the first set
Third-ranked Iga Swiatek on Monday night captured the Cincinnati Open title for the first time by defeating No. 7 Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4, while Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s final earlier in the day when Jannik Sinner retired due to illness during the first set. Swiatek had failed to advance past t
Lukas Nmecha’s controversial late penalty on Monday gave Leeds lift-off on their return to the English Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Everton at a jubilant Elland Road. The match was meandering toward a stalemate until James Tarkowski was harshly adjudged to have handled Anton Stach’s driven
Teenager Sam Konstas is looking to bury the memory of his West Indies disappointment and batter down the door to the Australia team for the upcoming Ashes series with a torrent of runs in all formats over the next few months. The 19-year-old opener scored 50 runs at an average of 8.33 as Australia s
The Fubon Guardians’ David Buchanan on Sunday nailed down his first complete-game CPBL victory in the Taipei Dome against the CTBC Brothers. The Guardians won the game 1-0, ending a seven-game losing streak. US player Buchanan tossed a gem to sail through nine innings on 117 pitches, yielding only t
The TSG Hawks’ Bradin Hagens on Saturday reached a record 22 straight wins as they beat the Uni-President Lions 5-2. At TSG’s home stand in Kaohsiung, Hagens started on the mound, and needed late offensive support to pocket the triumph over the visiting Lions. Hagens got rattled in the opening frame
Former France midfielder Lassana Diarra is restarting legal proceedings seeking 65 million euros (US$75.95 million) in damages from FIFA and the Belgian soccer association after the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled in October that the world soccer body rules breached EU laws. FIFA handed Diarr
SEASON OPENER: The game was a tale of the two goalkeepers as Arsenal keeper Raya made fine saves, while a mistake by United’s Bayindir led to the only goal
Arsenal’s quest for English Premier League glory got off to a winning start as Riccardo Calafiori’s goal beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday, while world champions Chelsea were lucky to escape with a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace. After finishing second for the past three seasons, the pressure is
Spain’s Jon Rahm on Sunday captured his second consecutive LIV Golf season crown, shooting an 11-under par 60 before losing a playoff to Colombia’s Sebastian Munoz at LIV Golf Indianapolis, Indiana. Munoz birdied the first playoff hole to beat Rahm for the Indy title after both finished on 22-under
British horseracing is to stage an unprecedented one-day strike on Sept. 10 to protest a proposed rise in taxes on race betting. The four scheduled meetings that day — at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Lingfield and Kempton — would not take place after agreements between the owners of the courses and the Brit
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