ATHLETICS
Taiwan wins 10th gold
Taiwan on Tuesday defeated Hong Kong 8-0 in the final of the men’s soccer to clinch the country’s 10th medal at the East Asian Youth Games in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Yang Chao-jing, Yang Chen-ying and Yeh Ching-chun each scored twice, with Taiwan stretching their lead to eight with a goal from Chen Kuan-lin and a Hong Kong own-goal. Taiwan’s men’s team, which trained in Japan in preparation for the tournament, reached the final with wins over Mongolia and Macau.
TENNIS
Taiwan’s Chan advances
Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico on Monday beat Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara 6-2, 2-6, 11-9 to advance to the women’s doubles quarter-finals at Tennis in The Land in Cleveland, Ohio. Chan and Olmos next face Makoto Ninomiya of Japan and Sabina Santamaria of the US, who earlier beat Chan’s sister Latisha Chan and Chinese partner Yang Zhaoxuan 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) on Sunday. Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan also exited in Sunday’s round of 16, losing 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 to Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Miriam Kolodziejova of the Czech Republic.
BASKETBALL
Harden fined US$100,000
The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden US$100,000 for public comments he made about his status with the team. Harden on Monday and Thursday last week said he would not perform the services called for under his contract unless he were traded to another team. Harden picked up his player option for next season in June, but the 76ers have not found a deal, prompting Harden’s anger. Among other things, he called 76ers president Daryl Morey a liar at a promotional event in China. “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of,” Harden said at the event. “Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.”
OLYMPICS
Sewer polluted Seine: report
A faulty valve in Paris’ sewage system was likely to have degraded the Seine’s water quality, leading to the cancelation of a pre-Olympics swimming event, Le Canard Enchaine and Le Parisien newspapers reported yesterday. The swimming stage of the World Triathlon Para Cup — a test event for next year’s Summer Games — was canceled on Saturday due to poor water quality. Citing the municipal government, Le Parisien said that findings from an investigation pointed to an incorrectly closed sewer valve upstream from the historic Pont Alexandre III bridge where the event should have taken place at the weekend.
TENNIS
Williams has 2nd daughter
Serena Williams has given birth to her second daughter, her husband announced on Tuesday. “I’m grateful to report that our house is teaming with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy & healthy mama,” her husband, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, posted on Instagram alongside a photograph of himself with a beaming Williams hugging both her daughters. Addressing his 41-year-old wife, he told her she had “given me another incomparable gift — you’re the GMOAT,” a twist on the sporting accolade Greatest Of All Time.
‘SOURCE OF PRIDE’: Newspapers rushed out special editions and the government sent their congratulations as Shohei Ohtani became the first player to enter the 50-50 club Japan reacted with incredulity and pride yesterday after Shohei Ohtani became the first player in Major League Baseball to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. The Los Angeles Dodgers star from Japan made history with a seventh-inning homer in a 20-4 victory over the Marlins in Miami. “We would like to congratulate him from the bottom of our heart,” top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo. “We sincerely hope Mr Ohtani, who has already accomplished feat after feat and carved out a new era, will thrive further,” he added. The landmark achievement dominated Japanese morning news
When Wang Tao ran away from home aged 17 to become a professional wrestler, he knew it would be a hard slog to succeed in China’s passionate but underdeveloped scene. Years later, he has endured family disapproval, countless side gigs and thousands of hours of brutal training to become China’s “Belt and Road Champion” — but the struggle is far from over. Despite a promising potential domestic market, the Chinese pro wrestling community has been battling for recognition and financial stability for decades. “I have done all kinds of jobs [on the side]... Because in the end, it is very
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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 medalists from the Paris Olympics Americans Vincent Hancock and Conner Prince. Lee on Monday said that he was surprised by the result, although he had expected his ranking to rise after the Games, which was also the first time a Taiwanese athlete had competed in men’s skeet. Despite topping the rankings, Lee said he believed Hancock, who