Out with a serious back injury for much of the season, David Wright is enjoying every minute of the New York Mets’ dominating stretch run. Wright had a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, Yoenis Cespedes homered again and the Mets won their eighth straight, 4-3 over the Miami Marlins on Monday night. The Mets lead in the NL East remained at 9 1/2 games with 18 to left play,
The Texas Rangers’ biggest players came up big in the first game of a big four-game series on Monday night, allowing the Rangers to move within a half-game of first place in the AL West. Prince Fielder followed Adrian Beltre’s one-out single in the eighth inning with a tiebreaking, two-run home run to straight-away center field into a stuff wind to lead Texas to a 5-3 win over the first-place
Chicago Sky head coach Pokey Chatman needs only a brief glance at Elena Delle Donne, one of the brightest stars in the WNBA, to know when the high-scoring forward is going to need a break. “Pokey can look at me in the morning and tell how I’m doing,” said Delle Donne, the league’s top scorer. A favorite to win the WNBA’s MVP award this year, Delle Donne believes she contracted
Australian rugby league convert Jarryd Hayne endured a difficult debut for the San Francisco 49ers before the National Football League giants overpowered the Minnesota Vikings 20-3. Hayne, who only switched sports earlier this year, was a surprise inclusion in San Francisco coach Jim Tomsula’s starting lineup at the Levi’s Stadium for the long-awaited season-opener. Hayne was only a fleeting presence thereafter, upstaged by fellow running back Carlos Hyde, who rushed
(Reuters) – Jarryd Hayne’s hopes of making a fairytale start to his NFL career slipped away when he fumbled his very first punt return on Monday, but the Australian rugby league convert settled and gave the San Francisco 49ers glimpses of his huge potential. Hayne walked away from a glittering career in the top-flight National Rugby League (NRL) a year ago in a bid to realize his dream of playing
Lydia Ko can become the Tiger Woods of women’s golf if she sets herself higher goals, according to compatriot and former major winner Michael Campbell. Ko’s win at the Evian Championship on Sunday made her the youngest woman to win a major and the third New Zealander after men’s players Bob Charles and Campbell. American Woods won his 14 majors over a 12-year period from 1997 and Campbell said Ko
(The Sports Xchange) – Running back Carlos Hyde rushed for a career-high 168 yards and two touchdowns, leading the 49ers to a 20-3 season-opening victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday at Levi’s Stadium in new San Francisco coach Jim Tomsula’s debut. Hyde, who carried 26 times, scored on a 10-yard run in the second quarter and a 17-yard run in the fourth. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who missed
By Krisztina Than and Ivana Sekularac SERBIAN-HUNGARIAN BORDER (Reuters) – Hungary’s right-wing government shut the main land route for migrants into the EU on Tuesday, taking matters into its own hands to halt Europe’s influx of refugees. An emergency effort led by Germany to force European Union member states to accept mandatory quotas of refugees collapsed in discord. Under new rules that took effect from midnight, Hungary said anyone seeking
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a U.S. expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week. The photographs taken for Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank on Sept. 8 show construction on Mischief Reef, one of seven artificial islands China has created in the
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that dialogue between Moscow and Washington on solving the Syria crisis was indispensable. Peskov made the comments when asked whether talks on Syria were possible between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama. (Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Christian Lowe)
