Fame Game leads foreign raid for Melbourne Cup

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Fame Game has been installed as the overwhelming favorite to win Tuesday's A$6.2 million ($4.42 million) Melbourne Cup and become the second Japanese-trained horse to gallop away with Australia's richest prize in thoroughbred racing.

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Royals rally to take Game 4

A charmed October for Eric Hosmer and the Kansas City Royals ended with one more comeback. Now, a win in November and they’ll be World Series champions. Second baseman Daniel Murphy’s error on Hosmer’s grounder in the eighth inning keyed another rally by the tenacious Royals, and Kansas City startled the New York Mets 5-3 […]

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Shirai claims gold in men’s floor exercise

Kenzo Shirai picked up his second gold medal in men’s floor exercise and Russia’s Maria Paseka earned a gold on women’s vault at the world gymnastics championships on Saturday. Shirai’s score of 16.233 beat silver medalist Max Whitlock of Britain by more than half a point. Spain’s Rayderley Zapata Santana edged China’s Deng Shudi for […]

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Woodbury, Warren combine to lead Phoenix past HeatDevils

The defending champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix rode the one-two punch of Terrance Woodbury and Reggie Warren to a 102-88 victory over the Oita Ehime HeatDevils on Saturday night. Woodbury sank 6 of 10 3-pointers en route to a game-best 32 points. He also grabbed 11 rebounds for the Phoenix (6-3). Warren scored 26 points, grabbed […]

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Nightmare at Citi Field as Mets lose another lead late

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a Halloween nightmare for the New York Mets as they watched a late one-run lead in Game Four of the World Series slip away under second baseman Daniel Murphy's glove.

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Curry lights up Pelicans, scoreboard for 53

(The Sports Xchange) - Reigning MVP Stephen Curry scored 53 points and defending champions Golden State won their third consecutive game to open the season with a 134-120 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.

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Royals within one win of World Series title

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kansas City Royals moved within one win of their first World Series crown in 30 years by beating the New York Mets 5-3 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven for the Major League Baseball championship.

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All Blacks overwhelm Australia to win record third World Cup

LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand cemented their status as the greatest team in rugby history when they overwhelmed Australia 34-17 at Twickenham on Saturday to become world champions for a record third time, and the first nation to retain the Webb Ellis Cup.

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Schumacher still fighting, says Todt

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton's third Formula One world championship also serves as a reminder of how remarkable Michael Schumacher's achievements were, his former Ferrari boss Jean Todt said on Saturday.

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