Sports / Baseball

Rays waste 3-run lead, lose to Twins 6-4 17 Sep 2013 - 01:29 am

MINNEAPOLIS: This was a tough one for the Tampa Bay Rays to lose. With reigning Cy Young Award winner David Price on the...

MLB: Darvish downed again as A’s beat Rangers 15 Sep 2013 - 10:11 pm

DALLAS: Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish lost his fourth start in a row as Oakland’s Bartolo Colon outdueled the Japanese ace in a...

Patriots hold on to beat Jets 13-10 14 Sep 2013 - 03:59 am

FOXBOROUGH, United States: New England’s defence forced four turnovers and sacked quarterback Geno Smith four times as the Patriots held on for a...

Hockey: Pakistan official quits over World Cup failure 12 Sep 2013 - 02:38 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: A top Pakistan hockey official resigned yesterday after the team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup sparked protests from former...

Baseball hope for Olympic home run 08 Sep 2013 - 01:24 am

BUENOS AIRES: The Biogenesis doping scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball could have a positive effect on the sport’s bid to be...

Giants’ Petit just shy of perfection 08 Sep 2013 - 01:24 am

SAN FRANCISCO, California: San Francisco’s Yusmeiro Petit came within one out of pitching a perfect game yesterday, Eric Chavez’s two-out single in the...

Murphy gets first hit, sets Yankees record 03 Sep 2013 - 11:16 pm

New york: JR Murphy made his big-league debut as a pinch hitter for Robinson Cano at Yankee Stadium yesterday in front of an...

Blue Jays trounce Yankees 30 Aug 2013 - 04:41 am

TORONTO: Hiroki Kuroda started the season as a rock in the New York Yankees rotation but the righthander showed a few more cracks...

Japan’s Suzuki reaches 4,000 career hits 23 Aug 2013 - 04:21 am

NEW YORK CITY: Japan’s Ichiro Suzuki wasted no time belting the 4,000th hit of his pro career, achieving the milestone in the first...

Pujols to miss rest of the season for Angels 20 Aug 2013 - 11:45 pm

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols has been shut down for the remainder of the season after deciding to rest his...

Sharapova splits with Connors after one match 17 Aug 2013 - 12:12 am

CINCINNATI: Four-time Grand Slam title winner and former world number one Maria Sharapova has split with coach Jimmy Connors after just one match,...

MLB: White Sox edge Tigers 4-3 14 Aug 2013 - 11:37 pm

Boston: Alejandro De Aza knocked in the game-winning RBI single in the 11th inning as the Chicago White Sox prevailed over their divisional...

Rangers’ Darvish hits 15 in one-hit gem 13 Aug 2013 - 11:45 pm

HOUSTON, Texas: Yu Darvish flirted with a no-hitter yesterday, notching a career-high 15 strikeouts and surrendering one hit -- a home run --...

Thailand hails teen world champion 13 Aug 2013 - 12:41 am

BANGKOK: Thai media cheered teen star Ratchanok Intanon with a flurry of ecstatic headlines yesterday as the nation celebrated a first gold at...

A-Rod fizzles in Yankee Stadium season debut 11 Aug 2013 - 12:27 am

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Disgraced baseball star Alex Rodriguez was greeted by a mixture of cheers and boos, which grew louder after...

USADA tells Rodriguez to accept punishment 07 Aug 2013 - 01:40 am

New York: Alex Rodriguez should not expect a warm welcome back from fans or team mates after refusing to take his punishment and...

A-Rod jeered in Yankees return 07 Aug 2013 - 01:27 am

CHICAGO: Embroiled in a doping scandal that has sent shockwaves through Major League Baseball, New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was booed and...

Rodriguez among 13 players suspended by MLB 06 Aug 2013 - 03:09 am

NEW YORK: Alex Rodriguez, baseball’s highest-paid player and one of the sport’s greatest hitters, was suspended for a record 211 games yesterday for...