puig will now face the local favourite, wang qiang.34 in the world, beat the unseeded australian daria gavrilova to stay on course for back—to—back tour titles following her victory in guangzhou last week. wang, who also won on home soil in jiangxi back in july, came through in straight sets 7—5, 6—2. she's on the verge of breaking into the world's top 30 for the first time. in the other half of the draw, the number three seed and reigning wimbledon champion, anqelique kerber, was knocked out by ashleigh barty. the number 16 seed from australia won a tight first set 7—5, and then raced through the second for the loss ofjust one game. barty now plays anastasia pavlyuchenkova, who beat petra kvitova, but had to come from behind to win after the number five seed and former wimbledon champion took the first set 6—3. but pavlyuchenkova, who's now ranked 39 in the world, turned it round by winning the next two sets, 6—3, 6—3 to claim her place in the last eight. we're just over 24 hours away from the start of this year's ryder cup between eu

semi—finals and a match against estonia's annett kontaveit after beating the olympic champion monica puigu last week, came through 6—3, 6—1. reigning champions india take on bangladesh in the final of cricket's asia cup on friday. india have won six of the previous 13 editions of this tournament and they come up against a bangladesh team who have featured in two of the past three finals with indian batsman shikhar dawhan aware of the threat their opponents pose in dubai. it is tough to beat bangladesh in bangladesh. you have seen all the overseas teams, and they are really strong. i believe selections are more stronger than words —— actions of. they are showing by their performances that they have gotten so performances that they have gotten so much better. and they have experienced players in their side that know the game. india is a far better team, the number one team that know the game. india is a far betterteam, the number one team in the world. they are coming here as the world. they are coming here as the favourite team. as i said, you never know. anything can happen. we have to be

shame on yasiel puig.. seriously..hing about his home security. here's what he saw on his phone tuesday night, burglars hitting his house while he was hitting balls at the stadium. it's the fourth time his home as been burglarized while he's been working. you know how they say you never want crooks to know when you're not home.. kinda hard when it's broadcast on tv: dodgers play the padres tonight. ( darya ) tiger's in the lead at the tour championship in atlanta.. it's his last chance to win a big tournament this year and my producer thinks that i'll blow if i say anymore. i'll blow it??? i love supersticious sports fans.. tiger's the one who eagled the last hole, richard! it's not my fault that every time i say he has a chance to win that he doesn't. ( darya )if you're like me and you think your kids are wasting their time with social media.. instagram will get you nowhere! well apparenlty we're wrong. cuz look at where it's gotten this travel blogger.. she's in first class with fairy lights.. harimao lee wanted to s

when puig was away from home as well.cribed as three men in their 20's. it is unclear what if anything, was taken from the home, or if anyone was there at the time. down in santa clara, life without jimmy garoppolo is now in full swing. earlier this week, the 49ers worked out 7 different quarterbacks, but for now, they are going with cj beathard. the 2nd-year qb...will start this sunday in l-a against the chargers. this after jimmy g was placed on injured reserve with a torn acl. some of the free agents that came through the facility were tom savage, tj yates, landry jones, and former raider ej manuel... but no one was signed... instead, nick mullens was promoted from the practice squad to the backup spot. last year, beathard...played in 6-games and the team went 1-and-5. kyle shanahan...confident in his qb...and cj is ready to step in. "you really are one play away and you just never know when that play is going toe. you could play zero an entire season or you could be playing in the third game of the year

second inning things didn't get much better yasiel puig....line shot to left field. that ball is gone as well. two to nothing dodgers. but here come the giants. gorkys hernandez...base hit to left field. brandon crawford is chugging...he's chugging to get home. there is a play and he is safe giants on the board. then hunter pence playing what could be his last couple of games in the league. base hit to left field....and that could be a run. avelino is comin' home. another play at the plate and he is safe... top of the ninth giants down 7 to 5...bloop hit. that one is gonna drop. two runs would score. giants go on to lose this 10 to 6. the team has now lost eight of their last nine with just one game remaining. dodgers clinch the playoffs. (j.r.)we are less than 24 hours away from the san francisco 49ers will take on their first game this season without jimmy garoppolo. the starting q-b is out for a torn acl. quarterback cj beathard will take over for jimmy g. he played in seven games last season and threw for four touchdown passes and six interceptions. he also ran f

second inning things didn't get much better yasiel puig....line shot to left field. that ball is gone as well. two to nothing dodgers. but here come the giants. gorkys hernandez...base hit to left field. brandon crawford is chugging...he's chugging to get home. there is a play and he is safe giants on the board. then hunter pence playing what could be his last couple of games in the league. base hit to left field....and that could be a run. avelino is comin' home. another play at the plate and he is safe... top of the ninth giants down 7 to 5...bloop hit. that one is gonna drop. two runs would score. giants go on to lose this 10 to 6. the team has now lost eight of their last nine with just one game remaining. dodgers clinch the playoffs. (j.r.)we are less than 24 hours away from the san francisco 49ers will take on their first game this season without jimmy garoppolo. the starting q-b is out for a torn acl. quarterback cj beathard will take over for jimmy g. he played in seven games last season and threw for four touchdown passes and six interceptions. he also ran f

yasiel puig definitely one of the top. and i know matt kemp is coming. >> jimmy: he is, yes.warren were at senator mccain's memorial service and i didn't realize that you were such close friends. you were very close friends with the mccains. >> yes, we are. >> jimmy: and with cindy. >> exactly. and the family and our families spent quite a bit of time together years ago. on the issue of campaign finance reform, mccain was very, very progressive, and my husband made a film about it called "bulworth." >> jimmy: i remember that well. yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> so what an amazing man. and what an honor it was to know him. and when he would come to los angeles, he would come over and we would all talk. >> jimmy: that's so interesting because now we have this -- the way things are now, you know, obviously, warren is very prominent liberal democrat and senator mccain, a lifelong republican senator from arizona, that they would be such close friends. would they argue over things? >> well, if you noticed at the funeral, there were a lot of people there who were from both sides of

i'm starting to fall in love with this bobble head yaseal puig has been on a tear.mmy: is he the most unusual guy you've played with in the major leagues? >> he's crazy. but i mean, crazy in a good way. he pitchsses a lot of people ofn the other side of the dugout, but you know, we embrace it. he brings a lot of energy to the field and he's been on a tear. you know, player of the week and game winning home run last night. we've been doing really good. we're playing really good, and we're getting hot at the right time. >> jimmy: yeah. it does seem like you're getting hot at the right time. is that -- is that something that just happens if it happens, or is it something that you feel like you can rest up and really turn it on? >> at the beginning of the year, i think most dodger fans were like, what's going on? we suck. and we're just like, still in the locker room, chilling, turning up. having a great time. because we knew how good we were. we knew what we were capable of. we don't panic. you know, we're where we want to be. we're right in the might games ago, nine g