■ Soccer
FA fines Kevin Keegan
Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan got a £8,500 (US$15,700) fine on Friday, courtesy of the Football Association for verbally abusing a referee. Keegan admitted to the charge of using "abusive and insulting words or behavior" toward referee Steve Dunn on Oct. 24 after City's 4-3 defeat to Newcastle at St. James' Park. Keegan apologized in writing to Dunn. The FA said it took into account his previous disciplinary record when decide the fine.
■ Boxing
Abelyan KOs Honorio
William Abelyan knocked out Mexico's Martin Honorio in the fourth round of their featherweight bout Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Armenian-born Abelyan ended the fight at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino with one punch, a jarring left to the head that send Honorio backpedaling in the ring and down to the canvas with one minute left in the round. The left-handed Abelyan is now 24-5-1 with 13 KOs. Honorio is 18-3 with 12 KOs.
■ Boat racing
Racer dies in accident
A competitor in a speedboat race died Saturday in Brisbane, Australia when his boat flipped in the water during the Bundy Thunder event, police said. The man, aged in his 40s, was competing on the Burnett River at Bundaberg, 300km north of the Queensland state capital Brisbane. He was taken to a local hospital after the accident but died a short time later.
■ Hockey
Robert Esche apologizes
Philadelphia goaltender Robert Esche apologized to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for calling him a "madman," Flyers general manager Bob Clarke said. Clarke was embarrassed when Esche ripped the commissioner after attending an NHL Players' Association meeting in Toronto. Clarke said on Thursday he believed that Esche was frustrated after attending the meeting, during which it was clear no progress was being made in the NHL lockout.
■ Boxing
Jim McLarnin dies at 96
Two-time welterweight champion Jimmy McLarnin died on Friday. He was 96. McLarnin, a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame, died at an assisted living home in Richmond, Washington. The Irish-born McLarnin, 62-11-3 with 20 knockouts in his career, stopped Young Corbett III in the first round of a May 29, 1933, fight to claim the world welterweight title. McLarnin lost the belt to Barney Ross on May 28, 1934, won it back on Sept. 17, and lost it for good on May 28, 1935.
■ Auto racing
Board files crash report
The Hendrick Motorsports plane which crashed on Oct. 24 and killed all 10 aboard missed the approach to the airport, according to a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board said the proper procedure after a missed approach at Blue Ridge Regional Airport in Spencer, Virginia called for the aircraft to turn right and climb to 780m. Instead, the report said, the Beech 200 King Air actually descended before crashing into the southeast slope of Bull Mountain at an altitude of 735m.
Yu Yao-hsing on Tuesday nabbed Taiwan’s only goal in the final round of qualifiers for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, as they fell 3-1 to Sri Lanka at Taipei Municipal Stadium. Early goals from Sri Lanka in the first half left Taiwan struggling to get on the board, and Christopher Tiao’s own goal at 53 minutes sealed the team’s fate in the third round of qualifiers. While acknowledging that the defeat, Taiwan’s sixth in Group D, was disappointing, head coach Matt Ross said he saw reasons to stay positive about the team’s development. “There were lots of positive signs in terms of the
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli yesterday vowed to “keep raising the bar” after winning the Japanese Grand Prix to become the youngest driver in Formula One history to lead the championship standings. The 19-year-old Italian took advantage of a mid-race safety car to jump into the lead after a dreadful start from pole position, crossing the line ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Antonelli’s Suzuka victory came two weeks after the first grand prix win of his career in China, and sent him top of the championship standings after three races, nine points ahead of team-mate George Russell. Mercedes are struggling to
INDIGESTION: Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for a third consecutive time after a 4-1 defeat to Bosnia on penalties in a loss Gattuso said was ‘difficult to digest’ Coach Graham Arnold on Tuesday challenged his players to “shock the world” after Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup with a nerve-shredding 2-1 win over Bolivia in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico, as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Sweden and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) also secured their places at the finals. Iraq, whose preparations were disrupted by the war in the Middle East, sealed their first appearance at the finals in 40 years and are to play in Group I against France, Senegal and Norway. Goals from Ali al-Hamadi
Teng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese player on an opening-day roster in this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) season, took his first win of the year with the Houston Astros in his season debut. Teng entered in relief in the top of the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, with the Astros trailing 5-0. He pitched 2-1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, as Houston scored 11 runs during his outing to snatch an 11-9 comeback victory. The win is the Astros’ first of the season and the third of Teng’s MLB career. “It’s my first time pitching for the Astros, so
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