Master yachtsman Ben Ainslie said the sport has “huge potential” in Asia after he powered to victory in the first America’s Cup event held in the region. Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR won the two-day event in Fukuoka on Sunday, sealing the America’s Cup World Series title and gaining bonus points ...
New Japan national women’s softball team skipper Reika Utsugi said Monday she will put everything she has experienced as a ...
A clear-cut, straight-sets defeat to Novak Djokovic on Saturday in the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals saw ...
John Tortorella had worried about Sunday’s game, the first matinee for Columbus all season. He didn’t want the Washington Capitals to get off to a quick start. The Capitals scored on Nicklas Backstrom’s goal barely three minutes into the game, but the Blue Jackets ...
New backup, same result for rookie quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. Prescott threw three touchdown passes, two to Dez Bryant, in the first game with Tony Romo as his backup, and the Cowboys set a franchise regular-season record with their ninth straight ...
Without a doubt, Andy Murray will be the No. 1 player in the world for the rest of the year. The Wimbledon champion needed to win the final match of the season to ensure his place at the top. And he did it, rather ...
Yukiko Inui and Kanami Nakamaki won the women’s duet free routine in synchronized swimming at the Asian swimming championships on Sunday. Inui, who won the bronze medals both in duet and team events at the Rio Games this summer, and her new free-routine partner ...
Mikki Isle went wire-to-wire for his second Grade 1 victory, holding off Isla Bonita to win the Mile Championship on Sunday. The 5-year-old horse, ridden by Suguru Hamanaka and trained by Hidetaka Otonashi, went past the winning post in 1 minute, 33.1 seconds on ...
Before Ohio State could move on to next weekend’s showdown with Michigan, the Buckeyes had to deal with a different nemesis. As usual, Michigan State gave Urban Meyer’s team all it could handle. Mike Weber ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and No. ...
Connor McDavid, among the league’s most electrifying young stars, got his first career hat trick behind a few fortunate breaks Saturday night. McDavid scored once off a defender’s stick and put back two other juicy rebounds, and his three goals helped the Edmonton Oilers ...
A great season for Kei Nishikori came to a disappointing finish on Saturday, when he was knocked out of the ATP World Tour Finals by world No. 2 Novak Djokovic. Nishikori, ranked fifth in the world, lost their semifinal match 6-1, 6-1 in 1 ...
Japan came within 20 seconds Saturday of once again shocking the rugby world. Despite missing a plethora of players through injury and self-imposed exile, the Brave Blossoms pushed Wales all the way before a last-gasp drop goal from Sam Davies saw the hosts win ...
Masato Sakai held off fellow Rio Olympic medalist Daiya Seto to win the men’s 200-meter butterfly at the Asian swimming championships on Saturday. Sakai, who won silver in the event in Rio this summer, touched the wall in 1 minute, 54.53 seconds ahead of ...
Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith will return to Mexico City to light the torch honoring late Raiders owner Al Davis before Oakland plays Houston in an NFL game. Smith will make his second trip back to Mexico City since he famously raised his black-gloved ...
Dez Bryant hesitated to talk about playing a day after the death of his father, and preferred not to try to add anything to Tony Romo’s heartfelt statement about the quarterback situation in Dallas. The Cowboys’ star receiver had already drained enough emotion on ...
