Angels fire manager Kurt Suzuki after 100-loss season

The Los Angeles Angels have fired manager Kurt Suzuki after a poor season in Major League Baseball. The Angels announced Wednesday that Suzuki would step down as manager and that the club would begin searching for a new manager and coaching staff. Suzuki, a Japanese American born in Hawaii, took over as Angels manager last October but guided the team to a 62-100 record this season, the worst mark since the franchise was founded in 1961. The Angels finished last in the American League West for th

2026-10-22 14:35:01:00

Superrace finale set for Oct. 24-25 as battle for second heats up

The 2026 O-NE Superrace Championship, South Korea's premier motorsports series sponsored by CJ Logistics, will hold its final races of the season this weekend. Rounds 7 and 8 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing 6000 class, the championship's top category, will be held Oct. 24-25 at Everland Speedway in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, as part of the season finale titled "Golden Moments." Lee Chang-wook of Kumho SLM clinched the drivers' championship after winning Round 6, raising his total to 159 points and op

2026-10-22 14:27:50:00

Vinicius Junior goes scoreless again for Real Madrid in Champions League. Drought extends to 9 games

MADRID (AP) -- Vinicius Junior's scoring slump continued in his return to the Real Madrid lineup in the Champions League. The Brazilian forward had an ineffective performance and couldn't find the net in Madrid's 4-1 win over Leipzig at home on Wednesday, reaching nine straight appearances without a goal for the Spanish club. "It's actually a very good thing that he's sad because it means he really cares about the team and the fans," teammate Kylian Mbappé said. "He needs to stay calm and be pro

2026-10-22 14:27:33:00

Yankees owner blames players for lackluster season

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner blamed New York's players for the team's failure to win the World Series and defended manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman, who is getting a new contract as he enters his 30th season in charge of baseball operations. "I thought Boone managed a good season, especially with the pitching staff," Steinbrenner said Wednesday. "The bottom line is the players didn't live up to their end of the bargain in the playoffs." New York has gone 17 seasons without

2026-10-22 10:00:36:00

South Korea rises to No. 17 in FIFA women's rankings

South Korea climbed to 17th in the FIFA women's world rankings, its highest position in 40 months, after winning bronze at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. South Korea moved up two places from June in the latest rankings released by FIFA on Tuesday. It is the team's highest ranking since it was also 17th in June 2023. Among Asian Football Confederation members, South Korea ranks fourth behind Japan at No. 5, North Korea at No. 12 and Australia at No. 15. South Korea also moved ahead of China,

2026-10-21 15:19:57:00

Atletico draws Stuttgart 1-1 as Lee Kang-in stays on bench

Atletico Madrid drew Stuttgart 1-1 in the third round of the UEFA Champions League league phase Tuesday despite playing the final portion of the match with 10 men, while Lee Kang-in remained on the bench. The draw at MHP Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, left Atletico with one win, one draw and one loss. Stuttgart remained unbeaten at 2-1-0. Lee, who had started up front for Atletico in its first two league-phase matches, was named among the substitutes but did not enter the game. Stuttgart opened th

2026-10-21 15:02:05:00

Barcelona suffers first loss of season, falls 4-2 to PSG

Barcelona suffered its first defeat of the season Tuesday, losing 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in the third round of the UEFA Champions League league phase. Barcelona entered the match at Parc des Princes in Paris having won all 11 of its competitive matches this season — nine in La Liga and two in the Champions League. PSG, meanwhile, extended its perfect Champions League start to three wins, scoring 14 goals and conceding five to move alone atop the league-phase standings. The defending European

2026-10-21 15:01:54:00

LeBron James opens 24th NBA season hoping for his own banner night with the Philadelphia 76ers

NEW YORK (AP) -- The first basket of LeBron James' career with the Philadelphia 76ers was a simple one. He took a feed from Joel Embiid in the paint and went up strong for an uncontested right-handed layup. Just two points. Just one bucket of what the Sixers expect to be many, many more over the next two seasons as James opened his record 24th NBA season on a milestone night in New York. Embiid appeared to wonder during the national anthem where the Knicks' championship banner was hanging in the

2026-10-21 10:22:48:00

Infantino set to take FIFA reelection campaign to Japan to court Asian soccer federations

TOKYO (AP) -- Gianni Infantino's campaign for reelection as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the Asian Football Confederation. This comes after Infantino apologized last week in Zurich, Switzerland, to FIFA's 37-member ruling council -- which he chairs -- for "mistakes" he made in assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion sell-off plan for the World Cup. The council is FIFA's main decision-making body, with officials from around the world.

2026-10-21 10:22:11:00

UEFA demands FIFA disclose World Cup sale documents by Nov. 2

UEFA has called on FIFA to disclose key documents and answer questions within two weeks regarding President Gianni Infantino's proposed and later abandoned plan to sell a stake in World Cup-related commercial rights, as well as FIFA's governance. The BBC and ESPN reported Sunday that UEFA sent FIFA an eight-page letter containing 42 questions and requested answers by Nov. 2. The letter, sent by UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis to FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom, includes ques

2026-10-20 14:41:30:00