The Vancouver Whitecaps look to maintain their home dominance when they host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday. The Whitecaps improved to 5-0-2 in their last seven home league games after scoring a franchise-high six goals in a 6-2 win over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Wednesday. Vancouver (5-5-5, 20 points) became the first team in MLS history to score within the first 30 seconds of each half. The Whitecaps set franch
Back to their winning ways, expansion St. Louis City will have their eyes on first place in the Western Conference as they host the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. St. Louis (8-4-1, 25 points) is tied with LAFC for second in the West, one point behind the Seattle Sounders. Seattle faces the Portland Timbers on Saturday afternoon. After three straight losses across all competitions, St. Louis City have won their past two gam
The San Jose Earthquakes will try to build on their first away win of the season when they visit last-place Colorado on Saturday night. The Earthquakes (6-5-4, 22 points) snapped their winless road mark with a gutsy 1-0 victory at the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night. Jeremy Ebobisse scored his sixth goal of the season just after halftime. From there, the Quakes held on with some valiant defending and goalkeeping. "
Minjee Lee shot an 8-under-par 64 and Cheyenne Knight posted a 4-under 68 to move into a tie for the lead at the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open on Friday in Jersey City, N.J. Lee, an Australian ranked No. 5 in the world, and Knight were at 7-under 137, a stroke ahead of world No. 3 Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Ko finished her second straight 69 to get to 6 under at Liberty National Golf Club. A fascinating collection of pla
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's first speech from the Oval Office focused on the bipartisan approval of the country's debt-ceiling bill, during which he declared a "crisis averted" from his desk in the White House, reported Al Jazeera. Biden said on Friday, "When I ran for President, I was told the days of bipartisanship were over, and that Democrats and Republicans can no longer work together," ad
Edward Cabrera struck out 10 batters in six scoreless innings to lead the host Miami Marlins to a 4-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Oakland, which has the worst record in baseball at 12-47, has lost 13 of its past 15 games. Oakland has also fallen in 12 straight road contests. The A's managed just five hits -- including one by former Marlins first-round pick JJ Bleday. Jesus Sanchez went 3-for-4 with
Andruw Monasterio made a key diving stop of a sharp grounder in extra innings and Milwaukee pitching held Cincinnati batters to three hits over 11 innings as the visiting Brewers edged the Reds 5-4 on Friday before a record crowd. The Brewers loaded the bases in the 10th with two outs, but reliever Fernando Cruz (1-1) worked out of it. Milwaukee loaded the bases again in the 11th against Cruz, with the Brewers scoring tw
Resurgent Austin FC will be chasing history and look to move up in the standings when it hosts struggling Real Salt Lake on Saturday in a Western Conference match. Austin has won three of its past four matches (3-1-0), including both matches at home. The club has never won three straight games at home in its three years in MLS. Austin's most recent win was a rousing 2-1 home victory over Minnesota United on Wednesday. T
Lightning temporarily delayed the first round of the Principal Charity Classic, but did not slow Steve Stricker, who opened with a bogey-free 64 on Friday in pursuit of his third consecutive victory on the PGA Tour Champions. Stricker is at 8 under, two shots ahead of a trio of players, includingthe past two champions, Jerry Kelly (2022) and Stephen Ames (2021) of Canada, at Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa. After six b
Friday's series opener between the Tampa Bay Rays and host Boston Red Sox was called off due to inclement weather in the Boston area. With a doubleheader already scheduled for Saturday, the game was postponed till 4:05 p.m. on Monday, when both teams had a scheduled day off. The Rays entered the series with the best record in baseball (40-18), while the Red Sox were last in the American League East despite being above .
Goals have been hard to come by for both Toronto FC and Minnesota United this season. But if their brief head-to-head history is any indication, a matchup between the two could be just what the doctor ordered when they square off on Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. The two sides, who will face off for only the fourth time, have combined for 19 goals in their three previous meetings, with at least five total goals in each co
Nashville SC will look to extend their unbeaten run in MLS play to eight games when they visit FC Dallas on Saturday. Nashville (8-3-4, 28 points) is coming off a 3-1 home victory over the Columbus Crew last Saturday and is in second place in the Eastern Conference standings, eight points behind FC Cincinnati. FC Dallas (6-4-5, 23 points) had its five-game unbeaten run (2-0-3) end in MLS play with a 2-1 loss at Sporting
By Sportswriters Dong Yixing, Ma Kai and Sun Zhe
URUMQI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The first day of the 2023 Taklimakan Rally saw Li Yifei take a tumble into the mud, her bike tumbling heavy and hard above her. Among 37 motorcyclists in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Li was one of only three female riders and an amateur making her debut in the Taklimakan Rally.
Li received her motorcycle lic
Golf fans are starting to learn the name Justin Suh as he contends at big tournament after big tournament. For his latest trick, Suh fired a 6-under-par 66 in his second round to take over the lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio. Suh stands at 8-under 136 through two rounds, one ahead of Japan's Hideki Matsuyama in second. Matsuyama shot the round of the day -- a bogey-free, 7-under 65 -- to leap i
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic won in straight sets while Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz were upset in five-set marathons during Friday's action at the French Open in Paris. Top-seeded Alcaraz of Spain cruised past Canadian 26th seed Denis Shapovalov 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, capitalizing on Shapovalov's 10 double faults and 39 total unforced errors. In the Round of 16, Alcaraz will face 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, wh
The Boston Red Sox placed oft-injured left-handed pitcher Chris Sale on the 15-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation on Friday. Sale left his start Thursday night against the Cincinnati Reds after 3 2/3 innings due to soreness in his pitching shoulder. He had allowed one run on five hits while walking one and striking out six. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Sale had an MRI Friday morning and the results wer
FC Cincinnati have just one defeat in their last 19 MLS home matches. That setback came against the Chicago Fire, who haven't been nearly successful on the road since that triumph. League-leading Cincinnati sets out to improve to 9-0-0 at home this season and push its club-record MLS winning streak to six games when it faces the Fire on Saturday night. FCC (11-1-3, 36 points) currently have an eight-point lead over sec
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto will begin a rehab stint at Triple-A Louisville on Saturday as he makes another attempt to return from surgery nine-plus months ago. Votto, 39, had surgery on his left shoulder on Aug. 19 to repair his rotator cuff and biceps. There remains no timetable for his return to the majors. Votto attempted a rehab stint at Louisville earlier this season and had to halt it after 10 games
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 3 (ANI): Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, narrowed the gap with leaders Panjab University, Chandigarh (PUC), picking up four golds on the penultimate day of the 3rd Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP), being held across four cities of the state. GNDU athletes won golds Boxing (one), Fencing (two) and Judo (one) to end the day with 22 golds. They are
Washington [US] June 3 (ANI):Retired athlete Kroy Biermann and American television personality Kim Zolciak-Biermann are now embroiled in a bitter custody battle, with each claiming sole legal and physical custody of their four youngest children. On Thursday, Kroy took to Instagram and posted a quote with the caption "Great memories with all 6 of my kids as well! One day at a time."The quote read," When I look back on my l
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz displayed guile, cunning and ruthlessness to outmanoeuvre Denis Shapovalov on Friday night and sweep into the last-16 at the French Open.
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Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery on Friday in Barcelona, Spain, for the injured left hip flexor that has sidelined him since January. The injury forced Nadal to miss the French Open for the first time in 19 years. Results of the surgery will be announced on Saturday, the Spaniard's 37th birthday, said his spokesperson, Benito Perez-Barbadillo. Nadal, who plans to retire after the 2024 season, is a 14-time champion
Inter Miami will play their first match since the firing of coach Phil Neville when they take on D.C. United on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami (5-10-0, 15 points) suffered their fourth straight loss Wednesday night, 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls. Miami's lackluster performance so far this season has led it to last place in the Eastern Conference, resulting in the club dismissing Neville on Thursday.
The Philadelphia Union will aim to continue their surge toward the top of the Eastern Conference standings Saturday night in Chester, Pa., when they host a CF Montreal team that is also much improved recently. The Union (8-4-3, 27 points) are unbeaten in their last eight games -- six of those wins -- during an extended run that has seen the defending Eastern Conference champions climb from beneath the playoff line up to
The records don't look all that good for either Orlando City or the New York Red Bulls, but their outlooks aren't quite as dim ahead of their showdown Saturday night in Harrison, N.J. Orlando City (5-4-5, 20 points) has played 14 games -- fewest in the Eastern Conference -- so there's time to make up ground. One of their wins was a season-opening 1-0 home victory against the Red Bulls. "I think we're going in a good dir