Tennis | Venus Williams beats Pliskova to win WTA Elite Open in Hengqin

Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 7-6 to win the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai yesterday. The tournament was played at the newly built International Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Center,

Golf | Scott says caddie’s book won’t be a distraction

Adam Scott hasn’t read caddie Steve Williams’ book about Tiger Woods and doesn’t expect it to be a distraction when Williams is working for him. “I haven’t been lucky enough to

Football | Belgium moves to No. 1 in FIFA rankings for 1st time

Belgium has moved up to No. 1 in the FIFA rankings for the first time. Despite only reaching the World Cup quarterfinals last year, Belgium rose two places after two wins

Football | Chelsea and Roma score late, stay alive in Champions League

GROUP E With Messi watching from the Camp Nou stands, Neymar converted a penalty on the half-hour mark, then set up Suarez’s strike in the 60th and scored his second goal

Golf Lahiri wearing 3 hats this World Championship

One year after Anirban Lahiri made his debut in the World Golf Championships, progress is measured by how much is at stake in the HSBC Champions. He no longer is simply

Tennis in Zhuhai | Vinci beats Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4 at WTA Elite

U.S. Open finalist Roberta Vinci won her first match at the WTA Elite Trophy, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4 yesterday. One break in each set proved enough for the fourth-seeded Italian,

Football | Real Madrid, Man City ensure Champions League progress

GROUP A Nacho scored two minutes after coming on for Real Madrid against PSG, capitalizing on a mistake from goalkeeper Kevin Trapp to score from a tight angle after Toni Kroos’

Briefs | Rugby – All Blacks to celebrate World Cup title with parades

Already enduring the worst run of results in his Chelsea career, Jose Mourinho will be banned from the stadium for Saturday’s match at Stoke after being punished by the English

Horse racing | Female jockey makes history with 1st win at Melbourne Cup

Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup yesterday when she rode the 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance to victory in Australia’s richest horse race. Payne pushed

F1 | Briton who intruded Singapore track jailed for 6 weeks

A British national who walked into the track while cars were hurtling toward him at about 280 kilometers per hour during Singapore’s Formula One night race was yesterday sentenced to

RUGBY | New Zealand beats Australia 34-17, retains RWC 

New Zealand capped one of the most dominant eras in rugby history by becoming the first team to retain the World Cup, repelling Australia’s second-half resurgence in a 34-17 win sealed

Rugby | All Blacks not just the best but also the most resilient

Sunday, 00:00 New Zealand v Australia H 1.4, D 29, A 3.5 When the great Victor Matfield was sent into the Rugby World Cup semifinal last weekend with South Africa down by five

Baseball | Royals’ Orlando becomes first Brazilian in World Series

Paulo Orlando had returned home to Brazil last offseason when he flipped on the television to catch the news, and saw this strange report about the first Brazilian to play

Football | Including Platini, FIFA accepts 7 in presidential race

Seven men are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, with Michel Platini’s candidature accepted but pending because of his suspension from soccer. FIFA published the list of

Cultural sharing trumps sports at World Indigenous Games

Supersized Maori from New Zealand, diminutive Aeta from the Philippines and native peoples of all shapes and sizes in between tested their mettle at the first World Indigenous Games, a

Sports | Disappointing results at National Youth Games

The Sports Development Board (ID) revealed some of the local athletes’ results in the first edition of the nationwide games. In taekwondo, Freeman Yiu was knocked down by Shenzhen’s Ren Ming

Sheikh Salman enters FIFA presidential race

Bahraini royal family member Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa is running for FIFA president, a move that will put his human rights record under renewed scrutiny. The Asian soccer

Hamilton wins US Grand Prix and F1 season championship

Lewis Hamilton took off his racing helmet and bent low in a moment of quiet reflection after winning a tight race and another Formula One championship. Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg sat nearby, slumped

Australia into Rugby World Cup final, posts 4 tries v Pumas

Adam Ashley-Cooper’s third try set up by a brilliant run from Drew Mitchell secured Australia’s 29-15 win over Argentina and its spot in the Rugby World Cup final against archrival New Zealand

Golf | Rose holds off Bjerregaard to win Hong Kong Open

Justin Rose won his first European Tour title in 15 months Sunday, warding off a stubborn challenge from Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark to win the Hong Kong Open by one shot. The Englishman,

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