Baseball: Yankees v Red Sox game in London a best-seller: StubHub
Major League Baseball’s first-ever game in London featuring world champion Boston Red Sox and rival New York Yankees is the best-selling game of the 2019 regular season, ticket seller StubHub said on Thursday.
Olympics: Sony wins Tokyo 2020 broadcast rights in India, subcontinent
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has won the broadcast rights in India and the subcontinent for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
Kenya, Ethiopia urge IAAF not to cut Diamond League races
Kenyan athletics chiefs said on Thursday they would oppose the decision by the sport’s world governing IAAF to cut the 5,000m and 10,000m from the lucrative Diamond League circuit.
Spring training roundup: Syndergaard tops Cole in pitchers’ duel
Noah Syndergaard threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday, surrendering just two hits and striking out five to lead the New York Mets to a 2-1 win over the visiting Houston Astros at Port St. Lucie, Fla.
NHL roundup: Blackhawks build big lead, hold off Leafs
Brendan Perlini had a goal and two assists, Brandon Saad added a goal and an assist, and the visiting Chicago Blackhawks held on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 Wednesday night.
Boxing: Yearning for Olympic gold, ‘Magnificent Mary’ keeps punching
M.C. Mary Kom has spent close to two decades slugging it out in the ring but even at 36 one of the most decorated women boxers in the amateur game has no intention of quitting before she gets a chance to land the ultimate prize in Tokyo next year.
NBA roundup: Warriors end Rockets’ 9-game win streak
DeMarcus Cousins served as a facilitator before thriving as a battering ram, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 106-104 victory over the host Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
NBA roundup: Thunder rally past Nets
Paul George and Russell Westbrook combined for 56 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 108-96 on Wednesday night.
Horseracing: Frost riding the risk as she gears up to conquer Cheltenham
British jump jockey Bryony Frost is gearing up for what could be the most exciting week of her career at this week’s Cheltenham Festival but the 23-year-old is well aware that she is always potentially one fall away from ending it – or worse.
Motor racing: F1 mourns sudden death of race director Whiting
The death of Formula One race director Charlie Whiting, a popular and key figure in the sport, cast a pall over the paddock on Thursday, three days before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
