It might not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable.Schauffele yesterday shot a seven-under 64 to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his Taiwan-born mother grew up and where he has many connections.Schauffe
They might have come from around the world to the French Riviera, but the only views they were interested in were on computer monitors inside a hangar-like exhibition space.Players and fans of top-selling fighter video games — think Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter — converged on Nice over the weeke
Taiwanese fencer Chen Chih-chieh on Saturday secured a narrow victory at the Singapore Foil Satellite tournament to take the men’s championship title.The 24-year-old Chen defeated Singaporean Tan Raphael Juan Kang 15-14 in a thrilling final, as the Taiwanese returned to international competition aft
The NBA last week brought star-studded lineups to Macau for the league’s return to China after six years, but many of the biggest wins happened off the basketball court, industry insiders and experts said.Thousands of fans on Friday cheered as the Phoenix Suns — led by four-time NBA All-Star Devin B
BADMINTONChou wins Finland titleTaiwan’s former world No. 2 Chou Tien-chen last night edged Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn to win the men’s singles title at the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland. Chou, seeded second in the Super 500 tournament, handily took the first game 21-11, before losing 21-13 to t
The Rakuten Monkeys’ Huang Tzu-peng pitches against the Uni-President Lions in Game 3 of the CPBL Playoffs at Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung last night. Huang pitched five innings in the Monkeys’ 9-3 victory over the Lions, the pitcher’s first win as a starter since June. Taoyuan lead
EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS: Northern Ireland kept alive their dream of appearing at their fourth World Cup, while North Macedonia are close to qualifying for the first time
Four-time winners Germany on Friday cruised past 10-man Luxembourg, and Kylian Mbappe helped France see off Azerbaijan in FIFA World Cup qualifying before going off with a sore right ankle. Captain Joshua Kimmich’s double inspired Germany to a 4-0 win over Luxembourg and to the top of Group A on goa
Jorge Polanco on Friday belted the walk-off single in the 15th inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in a scintillating winner-take-all showdown to advance in the MLB playoffs. The Mariners survived an epic performance from Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal then held on to re
Mexico’s teenage playmaker Gilberto Mora has lit up the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as he basks in the limelight afforded by the absences of Barcelona and Real Madrid stars Lamine Yamal and Franco Mastantuono. “I don’t know if I’m the biggest star, and I’m not really interested in that. I think you
Taiwan’s Wu Kun-lin and Hsieh Chia-chen on Thursday made history when they won the first Men’s Doubles 10-Ball World Championship in Bali, Indonesia. Wu and Hsieh, nicknamed “the Beast” and “the Dark Knight” respectively, defeated Canada 3-0 to take the inaugural title at the event, which was organi
‘IT’S BASEBALL’: In just the second error to end a post-season series in the MLB, the Phillies reliever fumbled a comebacker and threw to home, despite the signal
Eyes red, Orion Kerkering on Thursday received words of support from his Philadelphia Phillies teammates.“Just keep your head up. It’s an honest mistake. Just, it’s baseball,” he remembered hearing. “You’ll be good for a long time to come,” they added.“It’s not my fault, then. We had opportunities t
Matthew Boyd on Thursday pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning as the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory that pushed their National League Division Series to a decisive Game 5.Ian Happ, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch homered for Chicago, delighting a rollicking Wrigle
The San Diego Padres club on Thursday announced that it had signed 18-year-old Taiwanese right-hander Su Lan-hong.Su has been assigned to the Padres Brown, the team’s affiliate in the Dominican Summer League, and is to wear the No. 11 jersey — the same number as Padres star pitcher Yu Darvish, who T
Nadine de Klerk on Thursday hit 84 not out off 54 deliveries as South Africa upset hosts India by three wickets at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.De Klerk, who stroked five sixes and eight fours, put on vital lower-order partnerships after skipper Laura Wolvaardt hit 70 off 111 balls to help Sout
GYMNASTICSIndonesia blocks IsraelIndonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at this month’s World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, a government official said on Thursday. Israel is among 86 countries registered to compete at the tournament, which is scheduled to start in Jakar
‘SOMETHING SPECIAL’: Nathan Lukes hit a two-run single and Addison Barger had three of Toronto’s 12 hits as the Blue Jays bounced back
After taking down the storied New York Yankees in their own ballpark in their American League Division Series on Wednesday, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ready to revel in the triumph.“Start spreading the news,” Schneider said while popping a bottle of bubbly to set off the Blue Jays’
Beth Mooney on Wednesday hit one of the most memorable centuries ever in women’s one-day cricket as defending champions Australia overcame a top-order collapse and thumped Pakistan by 107 runs at the Women’s Cricket World Cup.Mooney made a masterful 109 off 114 deliveries to raise her first World Cu
Danylo Yavhusishyn fled the war in his native Ukraine to follow his dream of becoming a professional sumo wrestler in Japan and has taken the ancient sport by storm.The 21-year-old competed in the world junior sumo championships as a teenager, but left Ukraine after Russia’s February 2022 invasion.H
CRICKETFlintoff steps down Andrew Flintoff has stepped down as the coach of the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, suggesting that he did not feel valued by the franchise’s new owners. The former England all-rounder coached the men’s team of the Headingley-based franchise in the past two edition
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