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May 28, 2019; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Reds first baseman Derek Dietrich (22) hits his third two run home run of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, on Tuesday. — Reuters
Reds' Dietrich hits three homers
NEW YORK —Derek Dietrich had a career-high three home runs and drove in six to lead the Cincinnati Reds to an 11-6 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Dietrich blasted two-run homers in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.The run support was more than enough for Cincinnati starter Lucas Sims in his season debut. Sims, who was recalled from Triple-A Louisville earlier in the day, was working on a shutout before giving up a grand slam to Kevin Newman in the eighth.Sims went 7 1/3 innings, the longest outing of the season by a Cincinnati starter, allowing four runs and six hits, striking out nine and walking one.Tucker Barnhart drove in three runs, Jose Iglesias had two hits and scored twice, and Jose Peraza homered for the Reds. Elias Diaz had two hits for the...
May 29, 2019

Reds' Dietrich hits three homers

Boston Bruins center Sean Kuraly (52) scores a goal past St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) in the third period in game one of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden in Boston, on Monday. — Reuters
Bruins rally past Blues in Stanley Cup Final opener
NEW YORK — The Boston Bruins overcame a sluggish start and erased a two-goal deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 and draw first blood in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Final on Monday.The host Bruins used a dominant second period to tie the game and grabbed their first lead of the night when Sean Kuraly corralled a cross-ice pass with his foot and tapped the puck in the Blues net five minutes into the third period.Brad Marchand added an empty-net goal with two minutes to play to seal a victory that gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven games championship series."We want to elevate our game and tonight we started a little low so it wasn't that hard to elevate," said Kuraly. "But I think we did elevate and we are going to have to keep getting...
May 29, 2019

Bruins rally past Blues in Stanley Cup Final opener

Dave Tippett inks three-year deal with the Oilers as their coach, on Tuesday. — Courtesy photo
Oilers name Tippett as coach
NEW YORK —The Edmonton Oilers introduced Dave Tippett as their coach at a news conference on Tuesday.Tippett replaces Ken Hitchcock, who was fired May 7 as general manager and president of hockey operations following a 35-38-9 season.Ken Holland, a longtime executive with the Detroit Red Wings, was named general manager."I come to a team that has lots of upside," Tippett told reporters. "Everybody talks about [captain Connor] McDavid and forward Draisaitl. There's more pieces here [than them]. There's good players to build on."Ken and I ... are very much in alignment with the pace of play we want to play at, how hard we have to compete, allowing players to maximize their talents. That's a coach's responsibility."Tippett has 14 seasons of head...
May 29, 2019

Oilers name Tippett as coach

File photo of Scotland manager Shelley Kerr at the women's World Cup draw. — Reuters
Record attendance as Scotland get winning World Cup send-off
LONDON — Scotland ended their preparations for this year's Women's World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Jamaica in front of a record crowd at Hampden Park on Tuesday.The 18,555 fans present in Glasgow beat the previous best by more than 14,000 for Shelley Kerr's side who head to the competition for the first time in their history.The visitors' Khadja Shaw opened the scoring to stun the home crowd after a quarter of an hour.Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert responded 15 minutes later to equalize with a powerful effort from outside the box.The Scots went ahead on 35 minutes as Manchester City midfielder Caroline Weir bent a free-kick into the top corner.Recent University of Tennessee graduate Shaw, 22, brought the teams back level on the 50-minute mark smoothly chipping Lee...
May 29, 2019

Record attendance as Scotland get winning World Cup send-off

Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova during their women's singles first round match on day three of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Tuesday. — AFP
'Never so nervous' Osaka, Halep survive Roland Garros horror shows
PARIS — World No. 1 Naomi Osaka was just two points from a sensational Roland Garros exit on Tuesday before securing her place in the second round where she was joined by defending champion Simona Halep who also needed three sets to survive.Top seed Osaka, bidding to add the French Open to her US and Australian Open titles, defeated Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 0-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.However, she came within a whisker of becoming only the second top seed to lose in the first round in Paris in the modern era after Angelique Kerber in 2017."I think this is the most nervous I have ever been my entire life during a match," said Osaka.She was also totting up the reasons why she was so under-powered. "First time playing a Grand Slam as No. 1. I have won the last two, so...
May 29, 2019

'Never so nervous' Osaka, Halep survive Roland Garros horror shows

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks during a press conference at the Melwood Training ground in Liverpool, northwest England on Tuesday. — AFP
Liverpool feeling 'pure excitement' ahead of Champions League final, says Klopp
LIVERPOOL — Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool were feeling "pure excitement" ahead of the Champions League final against Tottenham but confirmed on Tuesday that Naby Keita will definitely miss out.The German manager, who guided the Reds to last year's final, which they lost to Real Madrid, saw his side narrowly lose out to Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title.But Liverpool can ease the pain of last year's defeat to Real and finish the season on a high by being crowned European champions for a sixth time in Madrid on Saturday."We are all very excited about having the chance again," Klopp told reporters at Liverpool's training center."It's about dealing with the situation and so far we have controlled our emotions," added the...
May 28, 2019

Liverpool feeling 'pure excitement' ahead of Champions League final, says Klopp

Union Berlin's Swedish forward Sebastian Andersson (C) vies for the ball with Stuttgart's German defender Holger Badstuber (L) and Stuttgart's Turkish defender Ozan Kabak during the German Bundesliga Relegation second-leg football match in Berlin, on Monday. — AFP
'East' Berliners Union promoted to Bundesliga
BERLIN — Union Berlin were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history on Monday after beating Stuttgart in a promotion-relegation play-off.Having narrowly missed out on the top-tier in 2017, they are the first club from the former communist East Germany to reach the Bundesliga since Energie Cottbus were relegated in 2009.Union and Stuttgart drew 0-0 on Monday having also drawn 2-2 in the first-leg on Thursday and went through on away goals.While Bundesliga high-flyers RB Leipzig, who came up in 2016/17, are also from the East, they were founded in 2009 — long after German reunification.Union, by contrast, are an icon of the communist era, and spent the 1970s and 1980s yo-yoing between the top two divisions of East German football.Their Alte Foersterei stadium,...
May 28, 2019

'East' Berliners Union promoted to Bundesliga

Arsenal manager Unai Emery during the press conference prior to the Europa League Final at the Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. — Reuters
Emery planning 'important' Cech send off even if he does not play
BAKU — Arsenal manager Unai Emery has not decided whether Petr Cech will play in the Europa League final against Chelsea on Wednesday, but he said he is still planning an "important" send off for the goalkeeper.Cech, 37, is retiring at the end of this campaign and is in the running to start against his former club Chelsea, who he will rejoin as sporting director in the close season.Bernd Leno has been Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper domestically, but the German has started just three Europa League games this season, compared to Cech's 10, giving Emery a decision to make ahead of Wednesday's final in Baku."The first XI tomorrow I want to say to the players first," Emery said in his pre-match news conference."I can speak about Petr Cech. He is a great...
May 28, 2019

Emery planning 'important' Cech send off even if he does not play

Chelsea's Conor Gallagher during training for the Europa League Final at the Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. — Reuters
Sarri declares love for his Chelsea players before Europa League final
BAKU — Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri declared his "love" for his players, and for English football, before possibly his last match in charge of the Blues in Wednesday's Europa League final against London rivals Arsenal.Sarri, who has been booed on some occasions by fans unhappy with his style of play, declined to comment on speculation that he was about to return to a coaching job in his native Italy after just one year at Chelsea."For me at the beginning of the season it was really very difficult to understand my players, to understand the mentality. But after a very difficult month in January, in February they started to change, I think, or probably I changed, I don’t know," he told reporters on Tuesday."In this moment, I love them because I have 20, 22...
May 28, 2019

Sarri declares love for his Chelsea players before Europa League final

Andre Russell lived up to his big-hitting reputation with a breezy 25-ball 54 against New Zealand during the ICC World Cup Cricket warm-up match in Bristol on Tuesday. — AFP
Windies fire World Cup warning with dominant win over New Zealand
BRISTOL — West Indies posted an incredible total of 421 as their batsmen put on a superb display of power-hitting in a 91-run victory over New Zealand in a World Cup warm-up game on Tuesday.Shai Hope continued his fine run of form as he finished with an 86-ball 101 with nine fours and four sixes, while Andre Russell lived up to his big-hitting reputation with a breezy 25-ball 54 as they sent a warning to Pakistan ahead of their World Cup opener on May 31."We're building towards something special in the World Cup so to get this momentum going into the first game against Pakistan is key," Windies captain Jason Holder said. "It's really good to see the batsmen make full use of the surface."After New Zealand put West Indies into bat at Bristol, Chris Gayle began...
May 28, 2019

Windies fire World Cup warning with dominant win over New Zealand

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