Yu Darvish named NL Pitcher of Month for September

In six September starts, Darvish went 5-1 with a 1.85 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 39 innings for the Padres, who have clinched a spot ...

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Munetaka Murakami earns place in NPB history with dominant season

The Swallows slugger broke new ground for a Japan-born player on Monday when he finished the regular season with his 56th home run, wrapping up ...

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Munetaka Murakami celebrates youngest Triple Crown with 56th homer

The Swallows slugger is only the eighth player to achieve the feat and the first since Nobuhiko Matsunaka of the then-Daiei Hawks in 2004.

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Nick Kyrgios excited to be at Japan Open as court case looms at home

The 27-year-old Wimbledon finalist is due to have his case heard at a magistrates' court in Canberra on the same day he is scheduled to ...

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Patrick Mahomes leads Chiefs to win over Buccaneers

Patrick Mahomes threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns to spark the Kansas City Chiefs over the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41-31 in an ...

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Seventeen children listed among dead after Indonesian soccer stampede

"Seventeen children died and seven were treated, but there is a possibility that could increase," a ministry official said.

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Shohei Ohtani extends hit streak to 17 games during Angels’ win over Orioles

Fresh from signing a new one-year, $30-million deal with the Angels, the two-way superstar kept the streak alive with a line-drive single to center in ...

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