WASHINGTON (AP) ― Brandon Belt homered off Tanner Roark in the 18th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to their 10th consecutive postseason victory, edging Washington 2-1 on Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the National League Division Series.It equaled the mark for most innings in a postseason game and set a time record at 6 hours, 23 minutes.Later, Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 home win over the St. Louis Cardinals to l

BaseballOct. 5, 2014

Record-chasing Lionel Messi and Neymar scored as Spanish league leader Barcelona eased to a 2-0 win at nine-man Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.Messi chipped goalkeeper Antonio “Tono” Rodriguez in the 35th minute for his 249th league goal, leaving him two behind the all-time scoring record held by Telmo Zarra since 1955.A minute later Neymar added his seventh league goal in as many rounds.While Messi will have to wait for his own landmark, Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo broke a league record that

SoccerOct. 5, 2014

Aided by world record-breaking performances by its weightlifters, North Korea made a comeback to the top 10 in the Asiad medal tally for the first time in 12 years at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.The communist country also drew spotlight for its proactive sports diplomacy by unprecedentedly sending high-ranking party officials as well as those from the sports circle to the South, boosting expectations that the continental event would serve as a breakthrough for icy inter-Korean ties.With 150 ath

More SportsOct. 5, 2014

Watching athletes nail a gold medal is plenty exhilarating; watching them do so while breaking world records is even more so. And those who attended the Incheon Asian Games saw that happen many times.The 17th Asian Games saw 14 world records shattered by its participating athletes in Incheon. More than half of the new world records were set by weightlifters, who outlifted nine of the previous figures set in the sport. North Korean star weightlifter Kim Un-guk hoisted more than twice his own weig

More SportsOct. 5, 2014

Aided by world record-breaking performances by its weightlifters, North Korea made a comeback to the top 10 in the Asiad medal tally for the first time in 12 years at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.   The communist country also drew spotlight for its proactive sports diplomacy by unprecedentedly sending high-ranking party officials as well as those from the sports circle to the South, boosting expectations that the continental event would serve as a breakthrough for icy inter-Korean ties.   With 1

Olympic GamesOct. 5, 2014

The 17th Asian Games may have had many golden moments --  439 total to be exact -- but it also had its share of lows that suggested the largest sporting event on the continent is never an easy one to organize.   For starters, the symbolic Asian Games cauldron, lit at the Sept. 19 opening ceremony, went out for 10 minutes the next day due to difficulties maintaining the complicated, fountain-shaped flame.The cauldron had already drawn plenty of criticisms, having been lit by a local celebrity wit

Olympic GamesOct. 5, 2014

South Korea, despite accomplishing its initial goal of clinching second place in the medal standings at the Incheon Asian Games, wrapped up aquatics and athletics events on home soil without any gold.   With a total of 100 gold medals up for grabs in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and track and field events, the host country's biggest-ever delegation of 831 athletes failed to grab any Asiad gold, marking its first such drought since the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games.   No South

Olympic GamesOct. 5, 2014

The Asian Games wrapped up on Saturday with China dominating the gold-medal count and North Korea stealing the limelight.As the final events played out ahead of the closing ceremony, China had won 151 gold medals _ well ahead of the 79 won by host South Korea and the 47 golds that went to Japan. All told, 14 world records were set during the games, which brought together more than 9,500 athletes from 45 countries. More than 40 Asian records also fell.``These numbers show the development of sport

Olympic GamesOct. 4, 2014

The Samsung MVP Award Steering Committe announced the winner of the Samsung MVP Award at a press conference today. The award went to the Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who has won four gold medals from 200m and 400m individual medley, 200m freestyle, and 4x200m relay races. He also obtained one silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and two bronze medals in 100m and 200m backstroke races.By Kim Young-won (AGNS) 

Olympic GamesOct. 4, 2014

Josiah Ng is one of the best known professional cyclists in the world while being the forerunner to put Malaysia on the map as one of the best countries for professional cycling. Josiah Ng is a three-time Olympian since 2004, currently holds three gold medals from the Asian Championships, one gold and bronze medal from the Commonwealth Games, and has won a medal in every Asian Games he has participated in with three silvers and one bronze. Along with his medal wins, Josiah became the first Malay

Olympic GamesOct. 4, 2014

South Korea won two golds and two silvers in men's boxing on Friday at the Incheon Asian Games.Light flyweight Shin Jong-hun jabbed his way to the title with a unanimous 3-0 decision over Kazakhstan's Birzhan Zhakypov on the final day of the boxing competition."I still can't believe that I actually won," said Shin during an interview. "I guess I'm so happy right now that I'm not even crying."It was South Korea's first Asiad gold in 12 years. The last time South Korea claimed a gold in the combat

Olympic GamesOct. 3, 2014