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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) celebrated Friday here the 10th anniversary of the world baseball and softball governing body and the inaugural World Baseball Softball Day.

(Photo credit: Christopher Creveling-USA TODAY Sports) Real Salt Lake will visit the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night in Carson, Calif., for a meeting of teams that are proving themselves genuine Western Conference contenders. Salt Lake (6-2-3, 21 points) has won three in a row and gone unbeaten in seven to climb to the top of the West table. Striker Cristian Arango has emerged as the most likely challenger to Miami

(Photo credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports) The Florida Panthers built a four-goal lead and finished off a 6-2 win over the host Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday. Evan Rodrigues scored twice, Brandon Montour had a goal and an assist, while Vladimir Tarasenko, Carter Verhaeghe and Brandon Montour also scored for Florida, which took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Matthew

(Photo credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports) Andrew Nembhard made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 17.8 seconds remaining to fuel the Indiana Pacers to a 111-106 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series in Indianapolis. The Knicks still lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. New York's Jalen Brunson sank a 3-point

(Photo credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports) Korey Lee and Paul DeJong connected on back-to-back home runs and Garrett Crochet struck out a career-high 11 in six shutout innings to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Chicago secured at least a split of the four-game series against Cleveland by winning for the fifth time in seven games. The White Sox had just six victori

(Photo credit: Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports) Baltimore Orioles left-hander Cole Irvin had another solid outing by working 5 2/3 innings in the Orioles' 4-2 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson had run-scoring doubles as the Orioles won for the sixth time in their last seven games. Ketel Marte homered and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits for Arizona, which had

(Photo credit: Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports) Baltimore Orioles left-hander Cole Irvin had another solid outing by working 5 2/3 innings in the Orioles' 4-2 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson had run-scoring doubles as the Orioles won for the sixth time in their last seven games. Ketel Marte homered and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits for Arizona, which had

(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports) Patrick Corbin pitched five innings to earn his first victory of the season as the visiting Washington Nationals kicked off a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox with a 5-1 victory Friday night. Corbin (1-3) limited Boston to a run on seven hits. He struck out four and walked one. Fifty-four of his 86 pitches were strikes. Trey Lipscomb had a two-run single for th

(Photo credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports) Clarke Schmidt fired 6 2/3 scoreless innings, Anthony Rizzo drove in both runs and the New York Yankees earned a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday at St. Petersburg, Fla. Schmidt (4-1) won for the third time in four starts, while limiting the Rays to five hits and two walks while striking out six in 87 pitches. New York relievers Nick Burdi, Luke Weaver an

(Photo credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports) While it will not be reflected in the MLS standings, Sporting Kansas City's win over USL Championship side Union Omaha in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday could not have come at a better time. Sporting Kansas City's victory came after an 0-3-2 downturn in MLS play going back to the start of April. The club returns to MLS action Saturday when it plays host to the Houston Dynamo i

(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports) Carlos Santana hit the go-ahead home run in the fifth, Joe Ryan pitched seven strong innings and the visiting Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Friday night. Carlos Correa added two hits and two runs for the Twins, who have won 16 of their past 18 games. Ryan (2-2) allowed one run and six hits with seven strikeouts. Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in both of

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JEDDAH, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese pairs Chen Meng/Wang Manyu and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin dominated the doubles field by winning the women's and men's doubles titles respectively here on Friday, the seventh day of the 2024 WTT Saudi Smash.

(Photo credit: Mike Dinovo-USA TODAY Sports) St. Louis City will be looking to add to the misery of the visiting Chicago Fire as the two Midwestern sides meet on Saturday. Though St. Louis (2-1-7, 13 points) is unbeaten in its last four matches (1-0-3), wins have been at a premium for a team that won 17 times in their inaugural season in 2023 and finished at the top of the Western Conference standings. "We like to play

(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) Jeremy Pena knocked in the go-ahead run during a four-run, eighth-inning rally as the visiting Houston Astros downed the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Friday. Kyle Tucker homered and scored two runs for Houston, while Pena and Yordan Alvarez each had two hits and an RBI. The Astros have won two straight after a four-game losing streak. Astros starter Framber Valdez (2-1) gave up t

ROME, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan bounced back from the defeat to Sassuolo by humiliating Frosinone 5-0 away in Serie A on Friday, with top scorer Lautaro Martinez ending his goal drought.

MARSEILLE, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Kylian Mbappe confirmed on Friday that he will leave French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, without revealing his next destination.

Clarke was a hugely influential figure Down Under and served on the Cricket Australia board from 1999 until 2011. He was the chair for the final three years of his tenure.

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) The Columbus Crew are rested are ready to build on their CONCACAF Champions Cup success as in-state rival FC Cincinnati visit Saturday. The Crew (3-1-6, 15 points) are riding high after their 3-1 win in the second leg of the Champions Cup at Mexican powerhouse CF Monterrey on May 1 to advance to the June 1 final at CF Pachuca. Now comes time to work on re

(Photo credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports) Austin FC will hope to build on their best run of play of the season when they travel north to face struggling FC Dallas on Saturday in the latest rendition of the Texas Derby in Frisco, Texas. Austin (4-3-4, 16 points) stays on the road after splitting the points in a scoreless draw at Vancouver last Saturday. It was the Verde's third consecutive shutout as goalkeeper B

(Photo credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports) Steve Stricker birdied the 18th hole Friday to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Regions Tradition -- the PGA Tour Champions major he has dominated in recent years -- in Birmingham, Ala. Stricker is a three-time winner of the event, including in 2022 and 2023, with a six-shot final margin every time. After posting a 7-under 65 at Greystone Golf and Country Club, he

Canada, seen here playing the Black Ferns, have a chance to lift the Utrecht Shield for the first time when they face Australia in the Pacific Four Series this weekend. Photo - Mike Lee

Bath move level on points with Northampton Saints atop the Premiership with a 28-17 bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons.