Tigers clinch first Central League pennant since 2005
Teruaki Sato homered for the second straight game as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 to clinch their first Central League title in 18 years and sixth overall on Thursday.
Teruaki Sato homered for the second straight game as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 to clinch their first Central League title in 18 years and sixth overall on Thursday.
Ozeki Takakeisho joined seven other wrestlers with one loss to lead the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament after three rank-and-filers lost their perfect records after five days on Thursday.
South Africa's World Cup title defense suffered a major blow on Thursday when hooker Malcolm Marx was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament with a long-term knee injury.
Former Japan and Southampton forward Tadanari Lee is retiring at the end of the season, Albirex Niigata Singapore announced Thursday.
When England assistant coach Kevin Sinfield said, "Everyone wants the best players to go head to head," most people probably knew what he meant, but it was still an unfortunate slip amid his defense of his team's questionable tackling technique.
Formula One leader Max Verstappen will have to win where he has never won before to continue his record run this weekend.
Jets coach Robert Saleh envisions Aaron Rodgers breaking the huddle as his quarterback again next season, and a "heartbroken" Rodgers is thinking in a similar vein.
The game of rugby was invented 200 years ago and has undergone many changes since then, but according to scrum coach Shin Hasegawa, the Brave Blossoms' next opponent at the Rugby World Cup has been playing the same way for much of that time.