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
Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday overcame a second-set wobble to defeat Laslo Djere 6-2, 6-4 and reach the Barcelona Open quarter-finals.The world No. 2 stepped up a gear from his first-round win over Ethan Quinn to dispatch his 80th-ranked opponent on the Catalan clay as he prepares for his French Open t
Kumar Rocker, a first-round pick in both the 2021 and 2022 drafts, on Thursday won for the first time in the major leagues.Rocker struck out a career-best eight in a career-best seven innings as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 to complete a three-game sweep.Rocker (1-2) threw a car
Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics, but now some observers are claiming “weather doping” was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the US on Sunday.Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist, smashed his own world record when he became the
TREBLE: Herro scored 38 points as the Miami Heat cruised past Chicago 109-90 to eliminate the Bulls from the play-in tournament for the third consecutive season
Klay Thompson on Wednesday night scored 16 of his 23 points in Dallas’ dominant second quarter to earn redemption for his dud in Sacramento a year ago, helping the Mavericks beat the Kings 120-106 to advance in the play-in tournament.One year to the day when Thompson missed all 10 shots in his final
Taiwan’s Cheng Tsung-che this week finished his first stint in the MLB, playing three games over 10 days for the Pittsburgh Pirates.The Bucs on Wednesday announced in a post on social media that they had optioned the No. 17 prospect back to Pittsburgh’s Triple-A affiliate the Indianapolis Indians af
Ninth-dan go player Lin Chun-yen on Wednesday captured his first HaiFong Tournament title, 16 years into his professional career.Lin, who turned pro in January 2010, defeated sixth-dan Hsu Ching-en in the final match of a best-of-three series at Taipei’s HaiFong Go Association.It was Hsu’s third con
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 atten
Soccer fans in China were outraged by Zhejiang’s decision to go ahead with a Chinese Super League match hours after the death of their Gabon international striker Aaron Boupendza.Police have ruled out foul play in the death of the 28-year-old, who died after falling from the 11th floor of a building
Arsenal on Wednesday staved off UEFA Champions League holders Real Madrid’s superstars and rich history of unlikely comebacks to snatch a 2-1 victory and reach the semi-finals with a superb 5-1 aggregate triumph.The Gunners’ 3-0 quarter-final first-leg triumph last week gave them a vital cushion in
BUM NOTE: PSG and Aston Villa players were left confused, some stifling laughter, as the Europa League anthem was played instead of the iconic Champions League song
Barcelona are through to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with a 5-3 aggregate win, despite losing 3-1 at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday with Serhou Guirassy hitting a hat-trick, while Paris Saint-Germain survived a second-half onslaught to beat Aston Villa 5-4 on aggregate and reach the semi-fin
Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler on Tuesday combined for 75 points as the Golden State Warriors squeezed into the NBA playoffs with a pulsating 121-116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.In a thrilling play-in duel at San Francisco’s Chase Center, the Warriors hung on after a ferocious second-half fig
Britain’s Harriet Dart has apologized for saying her opponent, France’s Lois Boisson, “smells really bad” during her comprehensive defeat at the Rouen Open on Tuesday.Dart, who lost 6-0, 6-3, was captured on the broadcast asking the umpire to tell Boisson to use deodorant, during a second-set change
The person who spat at Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during the E3 Saxo Classic last month has been identified and is to face a fine, local police in Ronse, where the incident occurred, announced on Tuesday.Alone in the lead with about 30km to go, Van der Poel was spat on by a spectator, beer i
Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll on Tuesday night slugged a grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins.Geraldo Perdomo blasted a three-run homer and Josh Naylor — Miami’s first-round pick in 2015 — hit a solo shot for
Grinning mischievously, Juanjo Urbizu donned a baseball cap, tucked his T-shirt neatly into his sweatpants and adjusted the straps on his elbow pads before positioning his skateboard on the bowl’s edge, ready for the “drop.”Urbizu’s attempt at a gnarly trick drew stares, because the athlete is a sig
World Series champions the Los Angeles Dodgers are to host Olympic baseball in 2028, while surfers would hope to ride the waves to the podium in San Clemente, Los Angeles Games organizers announced on Tuesday.The competition would be sprawled out around the greater Los Angeles region, with beach vol
FINALS: Tseng returns as national team coach for next year’s WBC after leading Taiwan to a historic Premier12 title and navigating a turbulent qualifying campaign
Tseng Hao-jiu is set to resume his role as manager of Taiwan’s national team for next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC), following his leadership during a challenging qualifier series in February.Taiwan’s CPBL, which oversees the national team, announced Tseng’s return on Monday. His appointment w
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 Pri
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