■ Tennis
Pacific Life Open begins
US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo started the Pacific Life Open with easy wins on Friday, in Indian Wells, California, and former No. 1 Kim Clijsters also advanced to the third round. Kuznetsova rebounded from an opening upset loss in Dubai this month by beating Czech qualifier Eva Birnerova 6-3, 6-2 as half the 32 seeds played after first-round byes, and four seeds fell early. Eighth-seeded Elena Bovina lost to fellow Russian, qualifier Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-1, No. 9 Francesca Schiavone of Italy was upset by 153rd-ranked Rika Fujiwara of Japan 6-3, 7-6 (5), No. 16 Shinobu Asagoe of Japan fell to Clijsters 6-3, 6-3, and No. 18 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Monetenegro, who reached the Dubai final, was ousted by Anna Chakvetadze of Russia 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
■ Hockey
Forsberg gets concussion
Peter Forsberg will miss MoDo's next game against Farjestad in the Swedish Elite League playoffs after sustaining a slight concussion in game 4 of the quarterfinals, the team doctor said Friday. "It's a guarantee: Forsberg will miss Saturday's game," Kim Thorsen told a Swedish network television Web site. Thorsen didn't speculate how long Forsberg will be sidelined, but MoDo trails Farjestad three-games-to-one and must win Saturday or it will be eliminated. Retuning after a six-week absence due to a hand injury, Forsberg was cross-checked by Peter Nordstrom at 15:16 in the second period Thursday night at Karlstad, western Sweden. Nordstrom was ejected. Forsberg was the NHL's most valuable player with the Colorado Avalanche in 2003.
College basketballer Kaitlyn Chen has become the first female player of Taiwanese descent to be drafted by a WNBA team, after the Golden State Valkyries selected her in the third and final round of the league’s draft on Monday. Chen, a point guard who played her first three seasons in college for Princeton University, transferred to the University of Connecticut (UConn) for her final season, which culminated in a national championship earlier this month. While at Princeton, Chen was named the Ivy League tournament’s most outstanding player three times from 2022 to last year. Prior to the draft, ESPN described Chen as
College basketballer Kaitlyn Chen (陳凱玲) has become the first player of Taiwanese descent to be drafted by a WNBA team, after being selected by the Golden State Valkyries in the third and final round of the league's draft yesterday. Chen, a point guard who played her first three seasons in college for Princeton University, transferred to the University of Connecticut (UConn) for her final season, which culminated in a national championship on April 6. While at Princeton, Chen was named the Ivy League tournament's most outstanding player three times from 2022 to last year. Prior to the draft, ESPN described Chen as a
Robinson Cano spent 17 seasons playing in the MLB in front of all kinds of baseball fans, but he said there is something special about his stint with the Mexican Baseball League’s Diablos Rojos. He is not alone. The league last week opened its 100th season, aiming to keep an impressive growth in attendance that began after the national team’s surprise run at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and is already surpassing some first-division soccer clubs. After finishing third in the 2023 tournament, many casual fans, some of them soccer enthusiasts disappointed after Mexico were eliminated in the first round in the 2022
In-form teenager Mirra Andreeva on Thursday crashed out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, after going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the last 16. World No. 7 Andreeva, who already has two titles under her belt this season, lost 6-3, 6-2 against the 22nd-ranked Alexandrova in just over an hour. The 17-year-old Andreeva had defeated her elder sister Erika in the previous round on Wednesday, but Alexandrova quickly took control as she claimed her fourth win over a top-10 player this season. The 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva in February became the youngest winner of a WTA
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