Daryl Mitchell’s 119 lifts New Zealand to 269-7 in the 1st ODI against the West Indies

Daryl Mitchell Daryl Mitchell scored 119 from 118 balls to lift a dawdling innings yesterday as New Zealand made 269-7 batting first in the first one-day

Bats Rugby season up and running in Hong Kong

The first Hong Kong mini-Rugby festival took place at King’s Park earlier this month hosted by the USRC Tigers. The Macau Bats entered five teams

Skipper Ben Stokes defends England’s preparation for the Ashes series in Australia

England’s Ben Stokes smiles during warm up Skipper Ben Stokes has defended England’s lack of warm-up matches ahead of the first Ashes cricket test against Australia in Perth

MLB, sportsbooks cap bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal

Major League Baseball said its authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlays, a day after two Cleveland

What to know about FIFA’s new peace prize and who might receive it 

FIFA President Gianni Infantino There is a new worldwide peace prize on the scene and it was created by FIFA, not Nobel. The world soccer body said

Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, who coached the most games in NBA history, dies at 88

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family

Doping bans for 12 Russians in track and field cases going back over a decade

Russia’s Elena Kotulskaya, left, competes in a women’s 800-meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia The Russian doping crisis

There was no championship hangover for the Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (right) collides with Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard The last team standing last season is the last team to remain

Table shows rich elite on top ahead of PSG-Bayern and Liverpool-Madrid clashes

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League. The standings look very different heading

50 torchbearers carry flame through Macau to open National Games events

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai noted the city’s efforts to ensure the successful running of all events in the Macau Competition Zone of the 15th National

How NFL’s league is finding talent in unexpected places

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata The NFL’s search for elite talent has taken scouts far beyond the football fields of the United States and Canada.

CL winner PSG made nearly $1 billion in club-record revenue last season

Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain generated club-record revenue of 837 million euros ($976 million) last season. The figures released by the club yesterday include

Trump’s granddaughter gets exemption to LPGA tournament

US President Donald Trump’s granddaughter will be taking a detour on her way to playing college golf at the University of Miami — Kai Trump will

In-form Bellingham key for Madrid as it ended its losing streak in clasico

Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham reacts after El Clasico match, in Madrid, against Barcelona The day after the first clasico of the season saw Real Madrid celebrating

FIFA opens 2nd phase of ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) is presented with a novelty World Cup ticket by FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Parliament Hill in Ottawa FIFA began

Amber Glenn beats Alysa Liu to win figure skating Cup of China

Amber Glenn Amber Glenn overcame neck pain to beat her world champion U.S. teammate Alysa Liu and win the figure skating Cup of China for the

Transfer portal, NIL money credited for tighter games

Quarterback Diego Pavia ran for a first down only to stop at the LSU 1, sacrificing a chance to pad his stats to ensure Vanderbilt could run

NBA rosters feature a record 135 international players, and more things to know entering season

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić Basketball keeps getting more global. The NBA season opens today , and the league’s opening night rosters show a record 135

Emily Scarratt, a 2-time WC winner with England, retires

England’s Emily Scarratt (right) Double World Cup winner Emily Scarratt announced her retirement from rugby yesterday, ending a career in which she played 119 times for her

F1 leader Piastri in poor form and fighting to hold off Norris, Verstappen in title chase

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia Oscar Piastri likely can’t leave Texas fast enough. McLaren’s Formula 1 championship leader certainly wasn’t very fast Sunday at the Circuit

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