Shohei Ohtani is headed to the post-season for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West on Thursday by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-placed San Diego Padres.The Japanese superstar spent his first six MLB seasons in
Two young Taiwanese pitchers are set to take the mound in Major League Baseball’s six-week fall league, which features prospects from various franchises.According to the full rosters announced by the MLB on Wednesday, left-handed pitcher Lin Yu-min and right-hander Pan Wen-hui are to play for the Sa
Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday started their UEFA Europa League campaign with a 3-0 win over Qarabag, despite playing more than 80 minutes with 10 men, but Son Heung-min gave the north Londoners an injury scare.Radu Dragusin’s early dismissal was no obstacle for Ange Postecoglou’s side, who cruised t
British US Open semi-finalist Jack Draper yesterday said that he felt “really strong” after knocking out second seed Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Japan Open quarter-finals.The 22-year-old Draper earlier this month became the first British man to make the US Open last four since Andy Murray w
Julian Alvarez on Thursday struck a 90th-minute winner for Atletico Madrid to snatch a 1-0 victory at RC Celta de Vigo in La Liga.Even a single point would have flattered Diego Simeone’s side, but they took all three when the Argentina international, on as a substitute, finished Antoine Griezmann’s
EXTRA TIME: Sporting ’keeper Tim Melia made three saves that helped keep the game scoreless in the first half, but Los Angeles dominated in the added period
Omar Campos and Kei Kamara scored in extra-time on Wednesday as Los Angeles won the US Open Cup for the first time with a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City.Olivier Giroud also scored for Los Angeles, who captured their fourth trophy since starting play in 2018. The club captured Major League Soccer’
Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner and Kody Clemens homered on Wednesday as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 9-6 and clinched a first-round bye in the playoffs.Castellanos had three hits and scored three times. Bryson Stott also had three hits and Brandon Marsh drove in three runs for the
Shohei Ohtani has made MLB history, but it was Masanori Murakami who laid the groundwork 60 years ago when he became the first Japanese player in the majors.Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Ohtani last week became the first player ever to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season to add to
SOCCERTen Hag rues lapseManchester United manager Erik ten Hag on Wednesday said that his side had failed to maintain their intensity in their 1-1 UEFA Europa League draw with Dutch side Twente and should have pushed to finish the visitors off before they had the chance to equalize. Christian Erikse
THREE’S COMPANY: The San Diego Padres’ game-ending triple play was their first since 2010, and something that Machado said he had ‘been dying to do’ for years
Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night wrote their own Hollywood ending on the home field of their biggest rivals.San Diego stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game-ending triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the National League West leaders that clinched a playoff spot for
Taiwanese shooters won two more golds at the Taipei International Grand Prix on Wednesday, with Lin Ying-shin (林穎欣) winning the women’s 10-meter air rifle event and Yang Kun-pi (楊昆 弼) triumphing in the trap mixed team final alongside Liu Wan-yu (劉宛渝). Lin secured a total score of 249.9 points in the
NFL legend Brett Favre on Tuesday revealed he has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease following a 20-season career in which he estimates he might have sustained “thousands” of concussions.The 54-year-old former Green Bay Packers quarterback disclosed the diagnosis during testimony befor
Former Hungarian fencer Laszlo Csongradi has been left so distraught by the theft of his Olympic gold medal that he has offered to leave it to the thief in his will if it is returned.Csongradi, 65, won the Olympic gold in the men’s team sabre competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Yet his
Christopher Nkunku on Tuesday scored a hat-trick as Chelsea thrashed fourth-tier Barrow 5-0 to reach the last 16 of the League Cup as a much-changed Manchester City edged out Watford 2-1.Nkunku now has six goals in seven appearances this season, but the Frenchman has still been unable to nail down a
Taiwan’s Wu Tung-lin, also known as Tony Wu, yesterday beat sixth seed Marco Trungelliti of Argentina to advance to the quarter-finals of the Nonthaburi Challenger IV in Thailand.Wu, who earned entry into the tournament through the qualifying draw, is hot off of two clutch wins in Taiwan’s Davis Cup
‘PHILLY BASEBALL’: Having already earned a post-season berth, their third in a row, Philadelphia are now eyeing the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage for the playoffs
Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto on Monday night homered, while Aaron Nola struck out seven as the Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first National League (NL) East title since 2011 with a 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.Carlos Estevez retired Michael Busch on a fly ball to end it, and the Phillies
Olympic bronze medalist Lee Meng-yuan has become the first Taiwanese athlete to top the International Shooting Sport Federation’s (ISSF) men’s skeet world rankings, while top Taiwanese shooters won golds in each of yesterday’s finals in Taoyuan.Lee’s 6,610 points put him ahead of fellow men’s skeet
With a quivering finger, England Subbuteo veteran Rudi Peterschinigg conceded the free-kick that sent his country’s World Cup quarter-final into extra-time before smashing his plastic goalkeeper on the floor in frustration.In the genteel southern English town of Tunbridge Wells, 300 elite players ha
Taiwan’s Liang En-shuo yesterday defeated Croatia’s Jana Fett to win her second-round qualifier to advance to the main draw of the women’s singles at the China Open in Beijing, while former US Open champion Emma Raducanu became the latest high-profile player to withdraw from the WTA 1000 tournament.
FOOTBALLBills trample JaguarsJosh Allen on Monday produced a monster performance as the Buffalo Bills trampled over the Jacksonville Jaguars 47-10 to maintain their perfect start to the NFL season. Bills quarterback Allen was in superb form as Buffalo buried the Jags in an avalanche of first-half sc