BASEBALL
Taipei beat White Rock 16-4
Chou Wei-hung hit a grand slam in the third inning and a two-run shot in fourth to help Taipei beat White Rock, British Columbia, 16-4 in four innings on Saturday night in the Little League World Series. Chou was three for three and fell an RBI short of the LLWS record of seven. Yu Yen-cheng capped Taiwan’s nine-run first with a two-run home run, and Chen Hao-en added a solo home run in the fourth. Marcus Bradley had two of Canada’s five hits. Taiwan advanced to play today against the loser of yesterday’s game between Uganda and Venezuela.
GOLF
Horsey’s lead diminishes
England’s David Horsey saw his overnight three-shot lead at the Made in Denmark tournament slashed to just one on Saturday after a topsy-turvy third round. The 30-year-old, chasing a fourth European Tour title, had stretched his lead to seven at one stage before the chasing pack closed in. Horsey has led since Thursday, but he was reined in on Saturday courtesy of three bogeys on the back nine, while Australia’s Terry Pilkadaris carded a fine third-round 65. Horsey finished the day with a three-under 68 for the round and a tournament total of 15-under 198. Pilkadaris is one shot off the pace, while Englishmen John Parry and Chris Paisley are four back from Horsey.
RUGBY UNION
France beat England 25-20
England’s preparations for the home World Cup suffered a setback as they slumped to a 25-20 loss to France after a late comeback attempt fell short. Danny Cipriani stepped off the bench to score a try and Jonathan Joseph also touched down in a lively finish, but France had been by far the better team in the first 70 minutes. France flyhalf Freddie Michalak finished with a 17-point haul and wing Yoann Huget also crossed. The England pack struggled against Les Bleus just seven days after a 19-14 victory over the same opponent at Twickenham.
RUGBY UNION
Scotland defeat Italy 16-12
Scotland earned their first win of the year as they ground out a 16-12 victory against Italy in Turin on Saturday in a warm-up match ahead of next month’s World Cup. Replacement Henry Pyrgos scored the only try of the match, turning over for Scotland against the run of play in the 74th minute after Matt Scott had made up good ground down the right flank. Duncan Weir converted to add to his three first-half penalties. Gonzalo Garcia had kicked a penalty for Italy and Tommaso Allan had added two more to send the sides in at the interval level at 9-9. Allan, whose father is Scottish, scored a third penalty in the second half to put Italy ahead for the first time. The two sides are to meet again at Murrayfield on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
ISAF could move Rio events
The head of sailing’s governing body has threatened to move all Olympic events out of polluted Guanabara Bay unless the water is cleaner and floating trash is removed for next year’s Rio Games. International Sailing Federation (ISAF) chief executive Peter Sowrey, speaking to reporters on Saturday on the final day of an Olympic sailing test event, said: “If we can’t get the water to a level, then we’ll move it outside,” to the open Atlantic. Sowrey said one course inside the bay was closed after floating trash hindered racing for two days. He also complained he received no data during the week-long Olympic test from the state agency that monitors water quality.
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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