FOOTBALL
Fitzpatrick beats Jaguars
Ryan Fitzpatrick accounted for three touchdowns and led the Miami Dolphins to a 31-13 victory over the the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday, becoming the first NFL quarterback to notch six wins over the same opponent with six teams. His wins with other teams over the Jaguars were with Cincinnati (2008), Buffalo (2012), Tennessee (2013), Houston (2014) and the New York Jets (2015).
RUGBY UNION
Cheika to help Argentina
Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has agreed to help Argentina in the Rugby Championship, the South American side said yesterday, putting him in competition with his old team. Los Pumas said that Cheika, who quit after the Wallabies’ World Cup quarter-final loss to England last year, would work as an external adviser during the tournament in Australia. “We started talking with Michael at the beginning of the year,” Argentina coach Mario Ledesma said in a statement. “I suggested to him the idea of working together again and he was immediately interested... He has always been very fond of Argentine rugby.”
SOCCER
Trinidad and Tobago exiled
FIFA on Thursday suspended Trinidad and Tobago over “grave violations” of its statutes following a local court challenge to its imposition of a new committee, following serious mismanagement. The governing body said that the nation would not be allowed back in until it recognized the legitimacy of the “normalization committee” installed by FIFA to run its affairs.
SOCCER
Bayern claim fourth title
Bayern Munich midfielder Javi Martinez scored after 104 minutes at the Puskas Arena to hand the Champions League winners a fourth title this year as they downed Sevilla 2-1 in extra time in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest. Lucas Ocampos converted an early penalty for Sevilla and Leon Goretzka equalized for Bayern, who had two second-half goals disallowed before substitute Martinez struck from a corner.
SOCCER
Teen scores on debut
Teenage Manchester City striker Liam Delap said that being named in the starting lineup for Thursday’s League Cup clash against AFC Bournemouth caught him off guard, but he would be smiling for weeks after marking his senior debut with a goal in their 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium. “It was a bit of a shock to be put in the starting line up, but I took it with a pinch of salt and just worked my hardest,” the 17-year-old told BBC. “I was buzzing to get the call up and to top it with a goal, I can’t ask for much more.”
SOCCER
Tottenham swap goals
Tottenham Hotspur had to ask for the goal frames to be changed ahead of their Europa League qualifying win over North Macedonian club Shkendija on Thursday after discovering that they were too small. Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said that his goalkeepers noticed during warmups that the goals at Tose Proeski Arena in Skopje were not the right height. The goals were changed by UEFA officials and Tottenham won the game 3-1 to advance to the playoff round.
Hong Kong-based cricket team Hung See this weekend found success in their matches in Taiwan, even if none of the results went their way. Hung See played the Chairman’s XI on Saturday morning, the Daredevils that afternoon and PCCT yesterday, with all three home teams winning. The team for Chinese players at the Happy Valley-based Craigengower Cricket Club sends teams on tour to “spread the game of cricket.” This weekend was Hung See’s second trip to Taiwan after visiting Tainan in 2016. “The club has been traveling to all parts of the world since 1982 and the annual tradition continues [with the Taiwan
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while Coco Gauff’s dreams of a first women’s singles title in Melbourne were crushed in the quarter-finals by Paula Badosa. World No. 2 Alexander Zverev was ruffled by a stray feather in his men’s singles quarter-final, but he refocused to beat 12th seed Tommy Paul and reach the semi-finals. Third seeds Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in 2 hours, 20 minutes to advance the semi-finals. Hsieh and Ostapenko converted eight of 14 break
The San Francisco Giants signed 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher Yang Nien-hsi (陽念希) to a contract worth a total of US$500,000 (NT $16.39 million). At a press event in Taipei on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Giants’ Pacific Rim Area scout Evan Hsueh (薛奕煌) presented Yang with a Giants jersey to celebrate the signing. The deal consisted of a contract worth US$450,000 plus a US$50,000 scholarship bonus. Yang, who stands at 188 centimeters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is of Indigenous Amis descent. With his fastest pitch clocking in at 150 kilometers per hour, Yang had been on Hsueh’s radar since playing in the HuaNan Cup
HARD TO SAY GOODBYE: After Coco Gauff dispatched Belinda Bencic in the fourth round, she wrote ‘RIP TikTok USA’ and drew a broken heart on a television camera lens Defending champion Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while compatriot Chan Hao-ching on Saturday dominated her opponents in the second round, as world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka swept into the quarter-finals. Third seeds Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia toppled Hungary’s Timea Babos and Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US 6-4, 6-3, hitting 24 winners and converting three of seven break points in 1 hour, 18 minutes at 1573 Arena. Although rivals at last year’s Australian Open — where Hsieh and Belgium’s Elise Mertens beat Ostapenko and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-1, 7-5
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