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Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda win a fifth straight Solheim Cup match
The Americans beat Charley Hull and Lottie Woad 4&3 in opening foursomes at Bernardus Golf — the first pairing in Solheim history to win five in a row. The morning session finished United States 2, Europe 2.
The Board
Learner Tien’s US Open ends in a five-set loss to Karen Khachanov
The No. 14 seed from Irvine reached the fourth round for the first time after four straight first-round exits in New York. Khachanov won 7-5, 4-6, 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-4 in nearly four hours on Armstrong.
The Board
The Asian Games are about to start deciding who gets to Los Angeles
Basketball tips Thursday in Nagoya, nine days before the opening ceremony. Across the Games, continental results in squash, hockey, archery, and more will start filling the LA28 Olympic map.
The Board
China’s hottest football league is amateur — and named after a province
Jiangsu’s city league drew 2.43 million fans in its first season and put 62,000 in Nanjing for a final decided on penalties. Adidas arrived for year two. Hubei, Guangdong, and Shandong are already building their own versions.
The Board
Japan targets a record medal haul at its home Asian Games
Chef de mission Kosei Inoue named Hiroshima’s 218-medal record as the target. That is thirty more than Japan won in Hangzhou, and only some sports can supply the difference.
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Athletes to Watch
- 1An Se-young—
Badminton · Korea — World No. 1 and Paris Olympic champion whose form still sets the women’s singles calendar.
- 2Zheng Qinwen↑
Tennis · China — Olympic gold and a sponsor portfolio that held through an elbow layoff — the comeback ranking climb is the next chapter.
- 3Alexandra Eala↑
Tennis · Philippines — First Filipina into the WTA top 30 in the modern era, with a 2026 Wimbledon third-round run as the latest proof.
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College Court
March Madness, NIL, recruiting, and the economics of college sport.
College CourtVolleyball
College volleyball opens in Milwaukee next week. Maggie Li came from Beijing.
Texas A&M defends a title at Fiserv Forum on Aug. 21. UCLA’s 6-foot-3 outside from Beijing was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and just sat Big Ten media day.
College CourtBasketball
College basketball’s ceiling is now six million dollars
On3’s deal-based list put six men’s basketball players in college sports’ top ten — Momcilovic and Bidunga at $6M. The portal is pricing like football QBs, and the international pipeline is collecting checks.
College CourtBaseball
College baseball has another map. Japan just won the first world title.
At Taichung’s WBC stadium, Japan’s university side beat USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team in 11 innings — proof that elite college baseball isn’t only an NCAA story.
Global Game
Soccer, cricket, APAC leagues, and international fandom.
Global GameFootball
How Japanese football became a Europe export
From solitary pioneers to more than a hundred players abroad — Japan built youth depth, stepping-stone leagues, and a calendar that finally matches Europe’s transfer windows.
Global GameTable Tennis
Why table tennis is a major global sport
The ITTF’s biggest-in-sport membership map, Olympic gold concentrated in East Asia, and a tour that fills arenas from Chongqing to Montpellier — whether U.S. primetime notices or not.
Global GameFootball
How Nadeshiko Japan built a World Cup system
From Frankfurt 2011 to a third Asian Cup in Sydney — Beleza depth, a professional WE League, and a WSL generation turned a miracle title into a durable machine.
Strategy Room
Rules, tactics, and how the game actually works.
Strategy RoomBaseball
How to watch MLB’s ABS challenge system
Strategy RoomFootball
Rest defence explained
Strategy RoomFootball
Football pressing triggers
Pathways
Youth costs, recruiting, scholarships, and qualification routes.
PathwaysMulti-sport
What young athletes actually need to eat — and what families waste money on
Growth plus training needs a kitchen plan, not a supplement aisle. Here’s the fueling math that actually moves the needle.
Pathways
Youth sports economics: the parent decision tree
What you’re buying at each tier — and how to decide before club fees, travel, and showcases compound.
Pathways
College pathways for international athletes
Eligibility Center paperwork, amateurism, recruiting visibility, and the F-1 visa chain behind a U.S. roster spot.
Hall of Fame
Legends, iconic games, and sports history.
Hall of FameMulti-sport
Why Asian American athletes are still called “technical”
Discipline and hard work sound like praise. In sports media they often become a ceiling — and the research on that pattern is clearer than the broadcast habit.
Hall of FameCricket
Chopra’s ICC plaque remembers the India that built women’s cricket
Edinburgh’s Class of 2026 put Anjum Chopra beside Sourav Ganguly — one plaque for the captain who made Indian women’s cricket durable, another for the captain who remade the men’s side after the match-fixing crash.
Hall of FameBaseball
Kuriyama’s Hall of Fame plaque is about permission, not percentage
Japan’s Baseball Hall of Fame took Hideki Kuriyama by one vote above 75 percent — for letting Ohtani stay two-way, then finishing the WBC title that made the bet look inevitable.
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