Imagine if the United States could not compete under its real name at the Olympics. Or Japan, or Spain or India. That’s the reality for Taiwan, which is
Of the Asian games at the Asian Games, sepaktakraw should get some billing as a festival event. With origins in rural southeast Asian provinces — several
Despite a change of coach, Bayern Munich and the rest of the Bundesliga expect the outcome to be the same. With the league resuming
There was a silver lining for seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina at the Asian Games. The 43-year-old Uzbekistan gymnast took silver in the vault, one-tenth
What’s left of Finton Lewis’ thinning hair is spiked and dyed an orange-red color. The 64-year-old Lewis says the haircut keeps him feeling younger on the outside,
There’s no disputing this was a gold medal that ranked up there with a world title. Japan’s drought-breaking win over China in the women’s team badminton
By placing the captain’s armband on Paul Pogba, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho might have thought he would quell growing speculation about the World Cup-winning midfielder’s
Liu Xiang swam a world-record time of 26.98 seconds to win the women’s 50-meter backstroke gold medal yesterday night at the Asian Games. The 21-year-old Liu,
Sun Yang won his second gold medal in as many nights at the Asian Games and this time he was rewarded with the raising of a red
Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home yesterday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they “spent the night in
Barcelona scored its 6,000th goal in the Spanish league after another ingenious strike by Lionel Messi got its title defense off to a winning start. Messi
South Korea has appointed ex-Portugal manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team. The 49-year-old Bento is charged with leading the national team to
First it was the athletes parading side-by-side in matching uniforms behind the “unification” flag carried by South Korean basketballer Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong
Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games with an acrobatic victory in wushu’s changquan discipline ahead of local hope Edgar Marvelo.
A regular-season Spanish league game is coming to the United States, possibly as early as this year, but a "clasico" between Real Madrid and Barcelona is
Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from Real Madrid has left a gaping hole at Real Madrid and in the Spanish league. How will Madrid ever replace the
AEK Athens eliminated Scottish champion Celtic in the third round of Champions League qualifying. The three other former European champions in action all advanced as Benfica, Ajax
The shortened transfer window in the Italian league will close on Friday, the day before the season starts. Here is the pick of the signings so
Kevin Harvick capped off his father-son weekend by dominating a race and putting 6-year-old son Keelan in the passenger seat to hold the flapping, checkered flag out
So much still frustrates the man at the forefront of eradicating discrimination from English soccer. While teams are more diverse, there remains a distinct lack of
Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich was arrested early Friday and is being investigated for attempted manslaughter after allegedly attacking an escort at a Frankfurt
Chelsea and Tottenham dispelled doubts about their readiness to make winning starts to the Premier League on Saturday. A week after being swatted aside by Manchester
Taylor Ruck almost psyched herself out before the race even started. Knowing she was swimming against five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in the 200-meter freestyle yesterday
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic and top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the rainy Rogers Cup yesterday . Djokovic, coming off his fourth Wimbledon
Somerville, Massachusetts, 26 May, 1989. Answerphone message, Beep: “It’s your brother-in-law, Andre, Arsenal needed to win by two clear goals at Anfield to win the league
Chelsea has signed Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic (pictured) on loan from Real Madrid for the season. The move was completed on the final day of the Premier League’s
Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash yesterday in the
Central Coast Mariners coach Mick Mulvey says Usain Bolt will be treated as any other player when he joins the Australian A-League club this month on an “indefinite” trial.
NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France announced yesterday he was taking an indefinite leave of absence following his arrest in the Hamptons on charges of driving
Majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has made an offer to take full ownership of Arsenal in a deal that would value the English Premier League club at 1.8
The transfer window has been shortened in the Premier League and will close on Thursday, before the season starts. Here is the pick of the signings
As Zimbabwean soldiers opened fire on rioters, protesters and bystanders after a disputed election, teenagers in an International Tennis Federation tournament were playing each other on hard
Chinese Superleague team Shanghai Shenhua has accused an opposing player of racially abusing its Senegalese star forward Demba Ba during a match Saturday. Shenhua coach Wu
Christian Fittipaldi plans to retire from driving after the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the January race he was won three times. The 47-year-old Brazilian racer announced
Kento Momota of Japan defeated Shi Yuqi of China 21-11, 21-13 in the men’s final at the badminton world championships yesterday. Momota won the final eight
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