Two clubs with a long history of heated rivalry will battle for a spot in the Korean baseball championship series starting this weekend. The Samsung Lions and the Kia Tigers will square off in the best-of-five second round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason. The opening game is 2 p.m. Sunday at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu. The second game will also be in Daegu at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The series will then shift to the Tigers' home in the southwestern city of Gwangju, with Game 3 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field. If necessary, Game 4 is 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Gwangju. Should the teams need a Game 5 to decide the winner, the final game will be in Daegu at 2 p.m. Oct. 31. The winner of this showdown will advance to the Korean Series, where the KT Wiz, the regular-season champions, are waiting. The Lions, by finishing in second place in the regular season, earned a bye to this series. The Tigers, who finished third, swept the 2025 Korean Series champions LG Twins in the previous round to get to this stage. The Lions and the Tigers

Collingwood went goal-less in a 48-point thumping by Port Adelaide to open round 11 of the AFLW season as the teams jockey for finals positions. Follow along live.

Port Adelaide still have a small chance of making the AFLW finals after a crushing 48-point win over a goalless Collingwood team held to their lowest ever score

Retiring Wallaroos Cecilia Smith and Emily Chancellor have gone out winners as Australia edged Scotland in a drama-filled Canberra contest.

Brisbane Roar have opened their A-League Men campaign with a 2-1 win over Perth Glory with goals from Justin Vidic and star recruit Nam Tae-hee.

The Sydney Flames were wooden spooners last season, but the revamped squad are now 3-0 this campaign after adding Canberra to their growing list of victims.

Tolu Koula pounced on a loose ball and then ran 95m to score down the other end for Tonga.

Sonny Bill Williams reveals he recently underwent open heart surgery in an emotional YouTube video.

Chatham Town welcome second-placed Welling United to the Bauvill on Saturday looking to build on their midweek thrashing of Dulwich Hamlet.

Gianni Infantino's controversial pitch for re-election as FIFA president has received the endorsement of the head of the Asian Football Confederation.

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Fresh from his Everest win, Chad Schofield feels Ceolwulf is primed to give him a second “surreal” Cox Plate – 13 years after his first.

Manager Gareth Ainsworth wants Gillingham to put past Grimsby misery behind them when the Mariners return to Priestfield on Saturday.

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The Supercars finals series has got under way with some big names enduring sub-par qualifying sessions to begin the Gold Coast 500.

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The PNG Chiefs have spoken with All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie’s management about a shock 2028 code switch amid a bitter legal battle between New Zealand Rugby and the NRL over the Chiefs name.

Australian netball coach Stacey Marinkovich says she has a clearer understanding of recent umpiring decisions against her side in New Zealand.

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Wallabies coach Les Kiss has included a rookie scrumhalf and beefed up the forwards with some international flavour for the side's end-of-year European tour.

Toby Greene will be reunited with Jeremy Cameron at Geelong and the big-name Cats recruit is backing the key forward to put this year's struggles behind him.

Emerging Australian boxing superstar Nikita Tszyu will place his undefeated record on the line in his eagerly anticipated US debut in Arizona.

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