Taiwan’s Teng Kai-wei on Sunday continued his strong start to the MLB season, tossing two scoreless innings in the Houston Astros’ 7-5 home loss to the St Louis Cardinals.The Taiwanese right-hander came out of the bullpen at the top of the sixth inning, with the Astros trailing 4-1. He struck out th
The Orlando Magic on Sunday stunned the Detroit Pistons 112-101 as reigning champions the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Boston Celtics opened the NBA playoffs with big wins.The Thunder, trying to become the first team since Golden State in 2017 and 2018 to repeat as champions, came out firing in a 1
Despite sealing their 35th Bundesliga title on Sunday, Bayern Munich put the celebrations, including the traditional beer showers, on ice as they continue to chase a treble this season.Bayern came from a goal down to beat VfB Stuttgart 4-2 to move into an unassailable 15-point lead over second-place
Frenchman Arthur Fils on Sunday continued his run of good form since returning from an eight-month injury layoff as he overpowered Russia’s higher-ranked Andrey Rublev 6-2, 7-6 (7/2) to win the Barcelona Open, clinching his first title since 2024.Fils, who suffered a lower-back stress fracture last
BRUISING BATTLE: All five Lakers starters scored in double figures, with Luke Kennard leading the way with 27 points on nine-of-13 shooting, including five three-point shots
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday eased past the Houston Rockets 107-98 as the Denver Nuggets held off Minnesota in a bruising battle to open the NBA playoffs. The Nuggets, fueled by Nikola Jokic’s 25-point triple-double and 30 points from Jamal Murray beat the Timberwolves 116-105
Matheus Cunha on Saturday fired Manchester United toward the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 win at Chelsea, while Tottenham Hotspur remain in the relegation zone after twice blowing the lead to draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. Chelsea failed to take advantage of a United defense ravaged by injury
Yesterday, voters in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region were to be the latest to have their say on a possible bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, 2040 or 2044. About 4 million voters in the former German industrial heartland were expected to cast their ballots, six months after a similar initiative wa
Taiwan’s Lee Hao-yu on Friday went 0-for-3 in his MLB debut for the Detroit Tigers against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, becoming the 19th Taiwan-born player to reach the big leagues. The Tigers ultimately lost 1-0 in 10 innings, ending their six-game winning streak. The 23-year-old started at
Racing driver Juha Miettinen died and six others were injured on Saturday after an accident at the ADAC 24h Nuerburgring qualifiers that four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen was due to compete in. Miettinen, 66, died after a crash that stopped the race after about half an hour of the schedu
A skydiver trailing a large US flag on Saturday drifted off course and became tangled in the video board at a US college football game, leaving him suspended above the field by his parachute until he was rescued. Viral videos from inside Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium showed two skydivers descending i
‘UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT’: Bobby Thomas’ late equalizer handed Frank Lampard his first promotion as a manager, with the club to get a much-needed financial boost
Coventry City on Friday ended their 25-year absence from the Premier League with a 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers, securing promotion from the Championship with three games to spare.Needing only a point to make it mathematically certain, Frank Lampard’s league leaders salvaged a draw as Bobby Tho
The Phoenix Suns on Friday ended the Golden State Warriors’ season, while the Orlando Magic thrashed the Charlotte Hornets as the NBA playoffs’ final teams were decided.Jalen Green put in a dazzling performance with 36 points, including eight triples, to secure the Western Conference No. 8 seed for
Italian soccer is at its lowest ebb in nearly 40 years after a wholesale European exodus at club level followed the nation’s failure for the third successive time to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, and compounded a leadership and structural crisis.The exits suffered by Bologna and ACF Fiorentina on
Coach Tana Umaga fears that a vast pool of Pacific talent would be lost to rugby union if Moana Pasifika are dumped from Super Rugby and the competition shrinks to 10 teams.Umaga spoke about the wider importance of his team following their 29-14 loss to the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney on Frid
‘AMPED UP’: The 16 teams for the post-season were finalized, with the Pacific Division an example of the challenges teams must face to hoist the Stanley Cup
The path through the NHL Central Division to the Western Conference Final for Dallas and Minnesota is about as treacherous as it gets, with the Stars and the Wild — who respectively had the third and seventh-most points this season — to meet in the first round and the winners potentially facing the
Aston Villa demolished Bologna on Thursday, while Nottingham Forest beat Porto in the UEFA Europa League to set up an all-English showdown in the semi-finals.Leading 3-1 from the quarter-final first leg, Unai Emery’s team swatted aside Bologna with a 4-0 victory at Villa Park.Forest, 12 spots below
Crystal Palace on Thursday went down to a 2-1 defeat against ACF Fiorentina, but nonetheless progressed 4-2 on aggregate to the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League, where they face Shakhtar Donetsk.On the other side of the draw, RC Strasbourg Alsace pulled off a fine comeback to book a spot in
Racing 92 center Joey Manu said that he would love to play for New Zealand at next year’s Rugby World Cup as the former rugby league star prepares for the Paris derby in the French Top 14 tomorrow.Manu has impressed during his first season at Racing after originally moving from Australia’s National
READY TO SHINE: The Warriors’ comeback victory evoked the brilliance of their golden era after a trying regular season in which they finished 10th in the Western Conference
Stephen Curry on Wednesday night sank seven three-pointers while scoring 35 points, holding every fan at Intuit Dome in his thrall with another dazzling display of his unmatched shooting skill, as the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 and stay alive in the NBA pl
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