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.
Manchester City have reached do-or-die territory in the UEFA Champions League earlier than expected ahead of what Pep Guardiola has described as a “final” against Club Brugge today. City have disproved the suggestion a new format to Europe’s top club competition would remove any jeopardy for the top clubs as Guardiola stares down the barrel of failing to make the Champions League knockout stages for the first time in his career. The English champions have endured a torrid season both in their English Premier League title defense and on the continent. A run of one win in 13 games, which included Champions League
Sumo is walking a “tightrope” as it prepares to stage events outside Japan for the first time in 20 years while also trying to preserve its ancient traditions, experts say. The sport is to hold exhibition tournaments in London in October and in Paris in June next year, the first time the Japan Sumo Association has been abroad since Las Vegas in 2005. Sports such as soccer, baseball and football play domestic games overseas in a bid to gain new fans in emerging markets. John Gunning, a former amateur sumo wrestler who commentates on the sport in English on Japanese television, says its
Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Sunday poured in 35 points as the Thunder grabbed a bounce-back 118-108 victory in Portland to push their NBA-best record to 37-8. The Thunder, surprised by the short-handed Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, fended off a late surge from the Trail Blazers to snap their four-game winning streak. Jalen Williams scored 24 points and Isaiah Joe added 16 off the bench. Center Isaiah Hartenstein, back after a five-game absence with a calf injury, added 14 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and a big block. The Western Conference leaders were under pressure late as Portland, trailing by 15 heading
The Golden State Warriors on Wednesday withstood Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 52-point outburst to beat the Western Conference leading Thunder 116-109. Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half as Golden State erased a double-digit deficit and pulled away late for the victory. “We just stayed solid,” said Curry, who entered the contest mired in a shooting slump and had just four points on one basket in the first half. “Just all-around effort.” The Thunder, fueled by 31 first-half points from Gilgeous-Alexander, led by as many as 14 in the
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