Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus holds a trophy after winning the Madrid Open tennis final in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton) World number one Aryna Sabalenka said her sensational form this year is “like a dream” after defeating Coco Gauff 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win her third Madrid Open title. Last year’s runner-up cruised past the American, ranked fourth, in the first set before digging deep in the second to triumph in a tie-break, sealing victory as Gauff double faulted. Article continues after this advertisement Sabalenka recorded her tour-leading 31st victory this season on the…

Edgar Alqueza (second from left) receiving his trophy and prize from the MTBA organizers. | Contributed photo CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sugbuanon Bowlers United (SUGBU) president Edgar Alqueza turned back the clock with a vintage performance, clinching a podium finish in the Mixed Open Senior Masters division of the 57th Manila Tenpin Bowlers Association (MTBA) Open Tenpin Bowling Championships on Saturday, May 3, at the Playdium Bowling Center in Quezon City. Alqueza finished third overall out of 30 bowlers representing various clubs across the country. He tallied a total of 1,810 pinfalls in the grueling eight-game series, outperforming several decorated…

MIAMI, Florida — Saturday at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix was one of those days for Charles Leclerc that you would rather forget. On his way to the starting grid in the F1 Sprint race Leclerc, working around the circuit on a set of intermediate tires in wet conditions, slid off the racing line and into the barrier, ending his F1 Sprint race before it even began. Then in qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix Leclerc could only manage to put his SF-25 on the fourth row, where he will start eighth and, as he noted when speaking to…

A Taiwan fishing boat (R) is blocked by a Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. | FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse TOKYO — Tokyo has lodged a protest against Beijing after a Chinese helicopter “violated” Japan’s airspace and four vessels entered its territorial waters around disputed islands. The islands in the East China Sea — known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan — are claimed by Beijing but administered by Tokyo and are a frequent hotspot in bilateral tensions. The Japanese foreign ministry said…

James Harden appeared to conquer his eternal elimination game woes by turning in one of the best late-series playoff performances of his career to save the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 6 against the Denver Nuggets. Harden finished with 28 points, eight assists, and six rebounds to pace the Clippers to a blowout win that forced a Game 7 in the Denver in the best first round series of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Clippers needed Harden to be at his best again with Game 7 in Denver. He didn’t deliver. The Nuggets rocked the Clippers, 120-101, to advance to…

Israeli soldiers look on as Palestinians carry their belongings after being ordered to leave their homes during an Israeli operation in the Tulkarem camp for refugees in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on May 2, 2025. Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM — Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. Several news outlets reported the military had begun sending the orders for reservists to replace conscripts and active-duty soldiers in Israel and the occupied West Bank…

MIAMI, Florida — Despite starting in pole position, the Sprint race did not go Kimi Antonelli’s way at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. But the young Mercedes phenom just put himself in a position to deliver even bigger points tomorrow. While Antonelli lost the lead in the F1 Sprint race to Oscar Piastri in Turn 1, ultimately settling for a seventh-place finish, the Mercedes rookie delivered his best Grand Prix qualifying result of his F1 career later in the day, qualifying third behind only pole-sitter Max Verstappen, and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Antonelli said on Friday he was over the…

Phoenix Fuel Masters’ Jason Perkins against TNT Tropang 5G defenders during a PBA Philippine Cup game. –PBA IMAGES Winless TNT enters what could possibly be the determining factor of its Grand Slam chances on Sunday when it battles a San Miguel Beer side that seems hell-bent on keeping its revenge tour on the road. But coach Chot Reyes, on the heels of another stinging setback that dropped TNT’s record to 0-3 in the PBA Philippine Cup, is focused more on getting the Tropang 5G’s groove back instead of fanning hope into their slowly fading dreams of completing only the sixth…

FILE – A Star Wars supporter poses for a photo during a fan convention called the Star Wars Celebration Japan in Chiba, near Tokyo, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) HOLLYWOOD, United States — It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th, as fans say — has evolved over the years into Star Wars Day, an informal holiday celebrating the space epic and its surrounding franchise.…

The biggest day in American thoroughbred horse racing is here, and we are just hours from hearing My Old Kentucky Home as 151st Kentucky Derby is set for a 6:57 post time. And the rain in Louisville at Churchill Downs will be more than originally forecast, making for what could be a slower, muddier track than most of these horses have seen before. Here’s the full expected field, with No. 4 Rodriguez and No. 10 Grande having been scratched earlier in the week. 2025 Kentucky Derby Post Position Horse Trainer Jockey Latest Odds Morning Line Odds Post Position Horse Trainer…