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
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti would leave the club at the end of the season to take charge of the Brazilian national team, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced on Monday. The 65-year-old Italian will become Brazil’s first foreign coach since 1965, with Xabi Alonso set to be appoi
MAJOR ADVANTAGE: After beating Real Madrid 4-3, Barcelona could seal the Spanish La Liga title as early as tomorrow, if Los Blancos stumble against RCD Mallorca
Barcelona on Sunday mounted a spectacular comeback to beat Real Madrid 4-3 in Spanish La Liga and move to the brink of the title after overcoming a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe. The France striker threatened to haul Madrid back into the title race, but Raphinha’s double and goals from Lamine Yamal a
The Indiana Pacers on Sunday thrashed the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 to take a 3-1 stranglehold on their NBA playoff series as the Oklahoma City Thunder edged the Denver Nuggets to level their series at two games apiece. Pascal Siakam scored 21 points to lead seven Pacers players in double figures
SSC Napoli’s Italian Serie A title hopes suffered a late setback on Sunday when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home against Genoa, setting up a thrilling season finale with closest rivals Inter just one point behind. The hosts remain top with 78 points, holding a slim lead over Inter, who won 2-0 a
Batting great Virat Kohli yesterday announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket, just days before India name their squad for a tour to England. Kohli, who scored 9,230 runs in 123 matches at an average of 46.85, posted his decision on Instagram five days after India captain Rohit Sharma cal
Taiwanese gymnast Tseng Wei-sheng on Sunday won a gold medal in the men’s vault at the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) World Challenge Cup in Bulgaria. Tseng “delivers big in Varna to claim gold on vault,” the FIG wrote on Instagram in a video showing one of his two somersaults in the
The torchbearers at the World Masters Games opening ceremony in Taipei on Saturday are to include baseball legend Peng Cheng-min (彭政閔), centenarian shuttler Lin Yu-mao (林友茂) and Olympic boxing gold medalist Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷).The three announced yesterday by the event’s sporting committee were among
NEW: Della Maddalena captured the welterweight crown as the UFC returned to Canada, where Canada-US tensions added edge to the night of high-stakes bouts
Jack Della Maddalena beat Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision to wrest away the welterweight championship in the main event at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 315 on Saturday night.Della Maddalena (18-2-0) extended his fight win streak to 18 with a 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 decision.The loss ended
The Colorado Rockies are reluctant to label themselves a rebuilding team, but after Saturday night, it might be more accurate to say they are imploding.Colorado hit rock bottom so far in a season that has gone south from the start, losing 21-0 to the San Diego Padres. It was the Rockies’ eighth stra
Harry Kane opened the scoring ahead of lifting his first career silverware as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0, with veteran Thomas Mueller playing his last home game for the club.Bayern officially won the title on May 4 when defending champions Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 dr
The English Premier League has become a place where not just the other half reside, but the 1 percent. If money follows money, then England’s top tier is a place to be seen, to do business, to entertain and for those who can afford the corporate facilities, which are increasingly important to soccer
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