World No. 3 and two-time major champion Ryu Hae-ran will headline the field of over 80 players at the upcoming LPGA Tour event in Korea. Organizers of the BMW Ladies Championship announced Wednesday Ryu will be the highest-ranked player teeing off when the four-day tournament begins Oct. 22 at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam, some 330 kilometers south of Seoul in South Jeolla Province. Ryu will be joined by the defending champion Kim Sei-young, No. 9 in the latest rankings, and world No. 5 Kim Hyo-joo, who has two LPGA wins this season. Ryu captured back-to-back major titles this summer, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in June and the Amundi Evian Championship in July, to crack the top three in the world rankings. Ryu also won a Korea LPGA (KLPGA) major tournament at the start of October. At last year's BMW tournament, Kim Sei-young ended her five-year LPGA title drought with her wire-to-wire victory and did so in front of her family and friends. She is from Yeongam, a town about a 30-minute drive from Haenam. The 33-year-old will try to become the first player to win consecutive BMW L

Austin Dean smoked a two-run home run, and starter Carlos Carrasco tossed six innings of one-run ball as the LG Twins edged out the Doosan Bears 4-1 to grab the wild card in the Korean baseball postseason Wednesday. As the fourth seed in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season, the Twins only needed a tie or a win to advance to the next round. The Bears, as the fifth seed, had to win two straight games to move on, and they wasted a strong outing by starter Gwak Been, who struck out 10 over six innings. Gwak's only blemish was Dean's dinger in the bottom of the first inning at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. The Bears eked out one run after loading the bases in the top of the seventh but stranded two runners in the eighth. The Twins tagged on two runs in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win and set up a date with the third-seed Kia Tigers in the next postseason series, a best-of-five affair, starting Saturday in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Carrasco scattered four hits and struck out three in his KBO postseason debut.

MANILA, Philippines — George King sizzled from long range as San Miguel Beer pounded Terrafirma, 135-105 in their PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup match on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. King finished with 44 points, knocking down four of his six attempts from four-point territory while converting on all three of his shots from the three-point zone. The American gunslinger also grabbed five rebounds and five assists for the Beermen, who improved to 8-3 overall to stay at second spot. The loss ousted the Dyip from playoff contention as they dropped to 4-7 overall. Converge is at fourth spot in Group A with its 6-4 card with just two games left in its elimination round schedule. June Mar Fajardo also flexed his muscle to finish with 25 points and 12 rebounds, CJ Perez had 22 while Don Trollano 13 for the Beermen, who bounced back from an 18-point beating from the TNT Tropang 5G last week. Justin String led the Dyip with 28 points and nine rebounds while Maverick Ahanmisi 23.

MANILA, Philippines — Levi Hernandez drilled a dagger three with 26.3 seconds left as Zamboanga SiKat bested Quezon Province, 67-64, on Wednesday and forced a Game 3 decider in their South Division quarterfinal playoffs of SportsPlus MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League)  2026 Season at the Batangas City Coliseum. Familiar with the venue's ring, being a former star of the Batangas City Tanduay Athletics, Hernandez did not hesitate to let the ball fly from the corner to stun the Huskers, who seized control at 64-62 after scoring 10 points against another triple by Hernandez. Quezon's  Diego Dario intruded the lane but missed the layup with 5.5 seconds left and Zamboanga's John Mahari snared the rebound. In the ensuing play, Brandon Wilson got fouled and made both charities for the final count with 3.3 ticks left. "From start to finish, walang sumuko (sa amin)," said Hernandez, adding that their coaches told them to forget about their lopsided 55-88 loss to the Huskers in the series opener on Oct. 7 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City, where Game 3 will also be held on Saturday. Zamboanga homegrown Forthsky Padrigao posted 15 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds and was chosen the SportsPlus best player over Paeng Are, who had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Wilson contributed 13 points and 8 rebounds, followed by Hernandez, with 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Quezon, the reigning back-to-back South Division champion, drew 12 points from Jason Opiso, and 11 points and 5 rebounds from Christian Pagrana. MPBL All-Star Judel Fuentes was held to 8 points, making only two of 10 triple attempts. Quezon started flat, 2-11, but seized the lead at 26-25. Zamboanga, powered by Brandon Wilson, however, countered with an 11-3 run to regain control, 36-33, at the half, The North Division playoffs resume on Thursday, with games pitting Abra Solid North against Quezon City at 5 p.m., and Pasay against Meycauayan Marilao at 7 p.m. The Abra Weavers and the Pasay Voyagers beat the same opponents in the series openers and will be seeking repeats and semifinal slots. TMT

MANILA, Philippines -- University of the Philippines stormed back to nip Adamson University, 69-67, in the UAAP Season 89 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Wednesday.  Down by 12 at 55-43 in the last 52 seconds of the third frame, the Fighting Maroons unleashed a 26-7 run to seize a 69-62 lead capped by a Gani Stevens basket with 1:54 left in the final canto. The Soaring Falcons got within two following a Mat Edding layup and a Monty Montebon trey with 33 seconds to go. Adamson even had two chances to win the game but Earl Medina missed his trey in the last seven seconds and so was Montebon who got the chance off a steal from UP's court. The Maroons took their second straight win for a 4-2 record, joining the FEU Tamaraws and NU Bulldogs atop the team standings from first to third spots. The Falcons dropped to 3-3 to tie the De La Salle Green Archers, Ateneo Blue Eagles, and UST Growling Tigers from fourth to seventh places.

George King ignited from deep to help San Miguel boost its chances for Group A top seed after annihilating Terrafirma, 135-105, in the PBA Season 50 Governors' Cup on Wednesday.

When Damian Lillard tore his left Achilles tendon during the playoffs two seasons ago, he recalls that a television pundit said the injury would be the end of his career. Never doubt Dame. Lillard returns this season for the Portland Trail Blazers after spending some 16 months rehabbing the injury he sustained while playing for

SHANGHAI — Rising Spanish star Rafael Jodar was warned for unsportsmanlike conduct after shouting an expletive at a ballboy in the fourth round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Jodar, 20, was trailing Botic van de Zandschulp after losing the first set on a tie-break when he shouted in Spanish: "Give me the fucking towel!" He had fired a shot just long to lose a break point in the first game of the second set. Jodar was swiftly issued a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct, a violation of the ATP rulebook, by Ecuadoran chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote. The two had a brief exchange in Spanish as Jodar complained to Pinoargote that his request for a towel was being ignored. Pinoargote responded that he understood but could not excuse Jodar's language. "Ask me, and I'll ask him," Pinoargote said. "Not like that — that's not how we speak to them." When Jodar asked Pinoargote, "What did I say?," and the umpire responded: "I can't repeat it. You know what you said." Jodar went on to beat van de Zandschulp 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2. The world number 13 is having a breakout season after starting at 168th. He will face Casper Ruud in the Shanghai quarter-finals after the Norwegian advanced when Felix Auger-Aliassime retired injured from their fourth-round match. Ball boys and girls are stationed around the court to fetch loose balls and toss them to players during service games. They also hand players towels between points.

The University of the Philippines overcame a gritty Adamson University squad to notch their fourth victory of the season, 69-67, Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

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