CAIRO, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese shooter Maria Ines Coelho De Barros claimed the title of women's trap shooting after an impressive victory on Thursday as the 2023 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup concluded in Cairo.
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Wyatt Johnston and Tyler Seguin both collected one goal and one assist and the host Dallas Stars scored three times in a dominant second period in a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken, evening their Western Conference second-round playoff series. Evgenii Dadonov and Joe Pavelski also scored for the Stars in Game 2. Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 25 saves, 12 of them in the third period. Tye Kartye and Jordan Eberle sco
The Los Angeles Angels return home to begin a three-game series against the American League West-leading Texas Rangers Friday night in Anaheim, Calif. Angels manager Phil Nevin continues to go with 22-year-old rookie Zach Neto not only as his starting shortstop, but now also as his leadoff hitter. Despite having to leave Wednesday's game early after being hit by a pitch on his right hand, Neto was back in the starting l
By sportswriter Xiao Yazhuo
PARIS, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Where will Lionel Messi play football after this summer? Barcelona, Saudi Arabia, or the United States? Nobody can tell now, but one thing seems to be for sure: the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner's future will not be in Paris.
The Argentine international's current contract with the Ligue 1 giants expires after this season, with an "agreement in principle
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Napoli win their historic third Serie A trophy in history with five rounds to spare.
ROME, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Napoli became the first European top-five league side to win the title on Thursday, as they tied with Udi
Cairo [Egypt], May 5 (ANI): Prithviraj Tondaiman missed out on a chance to win back-to-back ISSF World Cup individual medals, bowing out in a shoot-off to finish ninth in the men's trap competition, on the final day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Cairo. Prithviraj, who won his first-ever individual medal at the Doha World Cup earlier in the year, shot a perfect 25 in the fifth a
The American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins travel to Cleveland to play the second-place Guardians Friday night in the first of a three-game weekend series. Many preseason pundits had these two teams so closely rated that Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA standings projected the Twins to win 88.4 games and lose 73.6 this season -- while they forecast the Guardians to finish with a record of 87.8-74.2. The two teams re
Two teams trending in opposite directions will meet when the New York Mets begin a three-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday. Colorado owns a season-high four-game winning streak after a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, while the Mets have fallen to .500 after losing nine of their last 11 games. New York was shut out for the sixth time in Thursday's 2-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers, who outscored th
Two of the winningest teams in the major leagues will go head-to-head for the first time since 2021 when the Baltimore Orioles visit the Atlanta Braves to begin a three-game series on Friday. The Braves have the best record in the National League and are coming off a three-game road sweep of theMiami Marlins. Atlanta has won eight of its last 10 games. The Orioles have the second-best record in the American League behin
The St. Louis Cardinals remain mystified by the season-long slump that has them dead last in the National League at 10-22. "There's not one thing that sticks out that, if we would just do that better, that we'd be winning and playing better," first baseman Paul Goldschmidt after the Cardinals fell to the visiting Los Angeles Angels 11-7 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. "We all have to look at ourselves and fi
Manchester [UK], May 5, (ANI): Manchester City appointed Pep Guardiola in the summer of 2016 and since then they have scored 1000 goals in all competitions. City reached this landmark against West Ham United in a premier league match. Pep Guardiola's men defeated the Hammers 3-0. Centre-back Nathan Ake scored the opening goal with a header from the near post. Star striker Erling Haaland, chipped over the West Ham goalkeep
Klay Thompson poured in a game-high 30 points in 31 minutes, the Golden State Warriors held Anthony Davis to 11 and the defending champions evened their Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Lakers at one win apiece with a 127-100 shellacking Thursday night in San Francisco. The best-of-seven now moves 400 miles to the south, with the seventh-seeded Lakers hosting Game 3 and 4, beginning Saturday ni
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Australia wicket-keeper Alex Carey expects his side to use the same tactics that helped them qualify for the ICC World Test Championship final when they take on England in the upcoming Ashes series. The powerful Aussies qualified for next month's World Test Championship final in first place on the back of a strong home record and will look to take that momentum into the meeting with India,
The Chicago Cubs are returning home from a dreadful road trip that began with a three-game sweep at the hands of the Miami Marlins. With prized first base prospect Matt Mervis expected to make his major league debut, the Cubs will hope to avoid a fourth straight defeat on Friday and begin some redemption against the visiting Marlins, who have also dropped three straight. On April 19, the Cubs were 11-6, batting .286, av
The Philadelphia Phillies will return home Friday looking to climb back toward .500 after a rough road trip as the streaking Boston Red Sox visit in the first of a three-game series. The Phillies were above .500 for a brief three-game stretch last week. After an inauspicious start, the Phillies battled their way out of the losing column and to an even record when they reached 13-13 with a 1-0 win over the Mariners last
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A pair of starting pitchers in search of their first win of the season square off when the Chicago White Sox visit the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. The White Sox had their modest three-game winning streak snapped Thursday while the Reds are coming off a 3-3 road trip through Oakland and San Diego. Right-hander Lance Lynn (0-4, 7.16 ERA) will take the mound for the White Sox for t
Two teams trying to keep strong starts from fading too fast meet Friday when the Toronto Blue Jays open a series against the host Pittsburgh Pirates. The Blue Jays lost 11-5 Thursday, finishing a four-game sweep at Boston and stretching their skid to a season-worst five straight. Pittsburgh fellat Tampa Bay 3-2 to get swept in three games and reach a season-worst four losses in a row. In the tight American League East w
The New York Yankees have plenty of ground to make up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East standings. A good time to start would be Friday night in the opener of a three-game series in St. Petersburg, Fla. Despite having the second-highest payroll in the majors, the Yankees enterthe series last in the division, nine games behind the MLB-best Rays, who have the 28th-ranked payroll. "We have time to make up
Charlotte [US], May 5 (ANI): American Indians Akshay Bhatia and Sahith Theegala, who have both been knocking on the doors of a maiden PGA Tour win, will be in the starry field assembled at this week's US$20 million Wells Fargo, one of the elevated events on the Tour. Bhatia, who has got his Special Temporary Membership, is in the field after a fourth-place finish at Mexico Open last week. Bhatia, the 21-year-old southpaw,
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): KL Rahul's bid to make the World Test Championship final has taken another blow with the wicketkeeper-batter's leg injury forcing him out of the Indian Premier League (IPL). KL Rahul pulled up in the field in Lucknow Super Giants' match with Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 1, quickly clutching at his thigh and then limping from the field. The wicketkeeper-batter has since left the IPL ca
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): Mumbai Indians became the first team in the history of IPL to successfully chase down 200-plus targets in consecutive games. The Rohit Sharma-led side defeated Rajasthan Royals at home by chasing down 213 and made the run chase of 215 against Punjab Kings in Mohali look ridiculously easy. Riding upon blistering half-centuries from their Indian batting mainstays, Ishan Kishan and Surya
The Baltimore Orioles took the rubber game from the host Kansas City Royals 13-10 on Thursday afternoon to collect their seventh straight series victory. After mounting an 8-1 advantage in the third, the Orioles surrendered the lead on eight straight Royals runs. Baltimore's Ramon Urias, who cameon as a pinch hitter, made the most of his two at-bats, driving in four runs on hits in the eighth and ninth. Anthony Santande
For the second time in four days, Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. avoided a serious injury. Acuna fouled a ball off his left knee in the sixth inning of Thursday's 6-3 Atlanta win over the host Miami Marlins. He grabbed at his leg for a while but stayed in the game to complete his at-bat and manned right field for the bottom of the sixth. He was then removed in the seventh inning as a precaution, and manager
The visiting Florida Panthers scored twice 66 seconds into the second period to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Thursday night in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Panthers, who upset the Boston Bruins in the first round, have won the first two games of the best-of-seven series and play the next two games at home, starting Sunday. Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who ral