SCOREBOARD: Roberts and Valente dominate for U.S. in BMX Freestyle Park and Track Cycling
Highlights and results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● BADMINTON ● China and Thailand win two in Macau Open
As China can be considered the...
THIS WEEK: Tokyo qualifying on the line at Baseball Premier 12; cycling and fencing...
Winter doesn’t always mean snow and ice, as the World Cup seasons for Track Cycling and Fencing begin this week. Plus a major qualifying...
TSX REPORT: UCLA names Drake Stadium track after Rafer Johnson; Kiwi teen Robinson surprises...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 28 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● UCLA dedicates famed Drake Stadium track to Betsy & Rafer Johnson
Anyone connected with UCLA sports since...
SCOREBOARD: Olympic champs Chen, Majlinda and Trstenjak claim wins
A good weekend for Olympic champions from 2016 at the Yonex French Open in badminton and in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam on the...
TSX REPORT: The World Beach Games came and went; did you notice? + Paris...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 24 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● What was all the fuss about the World Beach Games, anyway?
Although a major topic of discussion...
THIS WEEK: Momota looks for seventh win in Paris; four Rio judo champs in...
This is another fairly light week in international sport, just before a heavy schedule of winter events starts to take over the calendar.
Among the...
TSX REPORT: Athlete’s rights seems like a good idea, but for which athletes and...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 21 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Two conferences and two different views of “athlete’s rights”
Two conferences taking place almost simultaneously 7,745 miles...
BADMINTON: Repeat titles for Momota, Tai and Gideon/Sukamuljo in Denmark
Fans attending the 2019 version of the Danisa Denmark Open might have thought they were watching a re-run of the 2018 tournament as three...
BADMINTON: Amazing eighth tournament title for Kento Momota in Korea
“Actually, I didn’t count my number of titles. I just want to keep winning more. I wanted to keep the rallies going. I was...
BADMINTON Preview: All five no. 1-ranked shuttlers in Korea Open in Incheon
No one can say that the Badminton World Tour doesn’t feature its top players on a regular basis. Once again, all five of the...
BADMINTON: Marin returns with win over Tai in China Open in Changzhou
Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain tore her anterior cruciate ligament in January.
On Sunday, she faced no. 4-ranked Tzu Ying Tai (TPE) in...
BADMINTON: World no. 2 Chou thrills the home crowd in Taipei Open
The biggest star in the Chinese Taipei Open was the no. 2-ranked Tien Chen Chou from the home country and he did not disappoint...
TSX DAILY: Skiing superstar Hirscher retires at 30; sprinter Gatlin escapes injury at Zagreb...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 5 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Marcel Hirscher, one of the greatest skiers in history, retires at 30
Although widely...
COMING ATTRACTIONS: Previews in Badminton, Freestyle Skiing, Karate and Table Tennis
Preview of notable events this week:
● BADMINTON: Medal possibility for American Beiwen Zhang at Chinese Taipei Open
Barely days following the close of the 2019...
BADMINTON: Japan wins two titles and leads the medal table in historic World Champs
China has been the leading force in badminton for decades, but for the first time since 1995, it did not lead the medal table...
BADMINTON Preview: World Champs to answer whether China is still the top power in...
A large field of 359 competitors from 45 countries are assembled in the St. Jakobshalle in Basel (SUI) for the 25th BWF Total World...
TSX DAILY: Stunning results at U.S. swim Nationals, anti-Games activists channeling Groucho, and remembering...
= TSX DAILY ~ 5 August 2019 =
| 1. | SWIMMING: New talent shines at the 2019 USA Swimming Nationals, as if the U.S. didn’t...
BADMINTON: Stunning win for India’s Rankireddy and Sheety over China’s World Champions in Bangkok
China’s men’s Doubles pair of Junhui Li and Yuchen Liu are the reigning World Champions and were the heavy favorites in the finals of...
COMING ATTRACTIONS: No. 1 Momota in Bangkok and Mountain Bike star Courtney in Val...
Previews of key events in Olympic sports coming this week:
● BADMINTON: Japan’s Momota and Matsumoto/Nagahara headline Thailand Open
The $350,000 Thailand Open is underway in...
BADMINTON: No. 1s Momota and Yamaguchi claim Singles titles at Japan Open
“Everyone has studied my game, and sometimes even when I play well, things don’t work out. That’s the difficulty I faced this year.”
Japan’s Kento...
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