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Braves beat Giants 6-0 to clinch 2nd straight NL East title
The Atlanta Braves clinched their second straight NL East title as Ronald Acuña Jr. hit his 41st homer in a 6-0 win over San Francisco on Friday night that eliminated the Giants from postseason contention in Bruce Bochy's last year as San Francisco manager. Acuña scored three runs to back… Read
Kerber through to Pan Pacific Open semifinals
Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber advanced to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday after Madison Keys retired injured in the deciding set. Kerber led 6-4, 4-6, 2-1 when the fifth-seeded Keys retired. "It was a really good match in the first two sets, and this is never the… Read
Rakuten buys Taiwan pro baseball team
Rakuten Inc. and La New International Corporation (La New) have concluded a basic agreement in which all shares held by La New in Lamigo Monkeys Co (Lamigo), the La New subsidiary that manages the Taiwanese professional baseball team the Lamigo Monkeys, will be transferred to Rakuten. Through this share purchase,… Read
Yankees clinch first AL East title since 2012
The New York Yankees clinched their first American League East division title since 2012 on Thursday with their 100th win of the Major League Baseball season. The Yankees cruised past the Los Angeles Angels 9-1 at Yankee Stadium -- one day after wasting a chance in a loss to the… Read
Kawai wins 3rd world wrestling championship
Japan's Risako Kawai defeated defending women's 57-kilogram champion Rong Ningning of China on Thursday to capture the third world championship gold medal of her career. Kawai had booked her spot at next year's Tokyo Olympics in the 57-kg division the day before by winning her semifinal. The 2016 Olympic 63-kg… Read
Giorgi upsets Stephens at Pan Pacific Open
Camila Giorgi dropped just three games to upset third-seeded Sloane Stephens 6-0, 6-3 in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Thursday. The unseeded Italian, who reached the semifinals last year, beat the 2017 U.S. Open champion to set up a quarterfinal match against Belgian Elise Mertens.… Read
Woods part of 'Japan Skins' game to be shown live worldwide
Tiger Woods is playing another skins game with two big differences. This one is in Japan and will be broadcast live around the world by Discovery-owned GOLFTV. The exhibition is called "The Challenge: Japan Skins," and it will be played Oct 21 leading into the PGA Tour's first official event… Read
Arsenal, Man United open Europa League with wins
Arsenal and Manchester United both relied on a teenager to get their Europa League campaigns off to a winning start on Thursday. Arsenal, last year's finalist, saw 18-year-old winger Bukayo Saka score one goal and set up the other two in a 3-0 away victory over 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt. And… Read
Hamilton looking to extend F1 lead at Singapore Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton aims to turn up the heat in his bid for a sixth Formula One championship at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver heads into Sunday's race with a 63-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas. As with last year's race, drivers can expect sweltering heat and humidity.… Read
$1 million payday awaits inaugural SailGP champion
SailGP's inaugural season will end with one crew sailing off with $1 million. Tom Slingsby's Team Australia and Nathan Outteridge's Team Japan have all but clinched spots in the winner-take-all match race final scheduled for Sunday at the global league's season championship regatta in Marseille, France. It's a big payday… Read
