Soccer: S Korea lures back Hiddink
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, who led South Korea to the World Cup semifinals, will visit South Korea next month to attend an inter-Korean soccer match on Sept. 7, soccer officials said yesterday. The two Koreas agreed to the soccer match during their Cabinet-minister talks in Seoul last week. ``Hiddink has promised to watch the inter-Korean soccer match,'' said Ka Sam-hyun, an official at the Korea Football Association.
Baseball: Little leaguers on a run
Frank Flynn hit a three-run homer and struck out nine Monday to lead Worcester, Massachusetts to a 6-0 victory over Fort Worth, Texas, to clinch the top seed from Pool A at the Little League World Series. Worcester batted around and scored four runs in the third inning when Flynn hit his 78m home run that made it 3-0. ``If they throw a fastball anywhere over the plate, I'm going to try to hit it somewhere where nobody's there,'' Flynn said. In other games Monday, Willemstad, Curacao of Netherlands Antilles beat Moscow, Russia 13-0 in four innings; Sendai of Japan beat Monterrey of Mexico 11-0, also in four innings; and Valencia, Venezuela beat Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 9-3. I
Basketball: 'Sly' admits kidnapping
Former NBA forward Sylvester "Sly" Williams pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree kidnapping. The one-time New York Knick and Boston Celtic has been held in the Broome County Jail without bail since his arrest in January in connection with two incidents last year. Williams, 44, a first-round draft pick out of Rhode Island by the Knicks in 1979, could face up to five years in prison on the single felony count at sentencing Friday.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two
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