GRACE Christian Academy and Saipan International School 1 bagged their first victories in the 2021-2022 PSS Girls High School Volleyball Tournament at the Marianas High School gym on Tuesday.

(NMSA) —  The Northern Marianas Sports Association will host a three-day workshop, beginning this Thursday for national sporting federations in support of preparations for the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games next year.

(Reuters) — Emma Raducanu has spent her time hopping from one media interview to another since her fairytale U.S. Open triumph and how she deals with her new-found fame could be as important as her tennis skills for her long-term success.

MONTREAL (Reuters) — After being caught up in a showbiz whirlwind following her unexpected run to the U.S. Open final, Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez said she now feels like Cinderella.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) — Afghanistan's women's soccer team has left for neighboring Pakistan, the information minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday, as questions linger over the status of female athletes under Taliban rule.

(Reuters) — The U.S. Open women's final between Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez attracted a bigger audience on ESPN than the men's clash featuring calendar year Grand Slam-chasing Novak Djokovic and Russia's Daniil Medvedev, the U.S. sports channel said.

(Reuters) — FedEx Cup winner Patrick Cantlay is the PGA Tour Player of the Year.

RAMPAGE showcased their “rage” in the 2021 Islandwide Men's Bud Light Basketball League with a blowout victory over the Power Builders 76-61 Monday on Tinian.

JOSEPH Santos reigned supreme in the Newbies Class  of the  Marianas Racing Association Labor Day race on Sept. 5, 2021 at Cow Town Raceway Park.

(NMIBF) — Long-time CNMI sports patron IT&E is on board the island-wide interscholastic basketball program of the Public School System and the Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation.

(Reuters) —  Patrick Mahomes passed for 337 yards and three touchdowns, all in the second half, as the host Kansas City Chiefs didn't lead until the fourth quarter but edged the Cleveland Browns 33-29 on the first Sunday of the NFL season.

(Reuters) — The San Francisco Giants clinched their first postseason berth since 2016 on Monday night, using a five-run first inning against Yu Darvish as a springboard to a 9-1 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres.

DEV Bachani and Kaithlyn Chavez finished first in their respective divisions in the high school 5K categories of the Public School System/Northern Marianas Athletics Cross Country Qualifier 1 Saturday at Banzai Cliff.

CORRY Pangelinan topped the Novice Class of the Marianas Racing Association Labor Day Race on Sept. 5, 2021 at  Cow Town Raceway Park.

BAMBOO MJD Marianas Water trounced Last Shot Ball Breakers 11-2 on Tuesday last week in the Tuesday Division of the Saipan Billiards Association Budweiser League at the Last Shot Bar.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Novak Djokovic's quest for a record 21st major title that would have completed the calendar year Grand Slam collapsed at the final hurdle in a stunning 6-4 6-4 6-4 defeat by Russian Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open final on Sunday.

(Reuters) — Max Scherzer allowed one hit over eight innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-0 win against the visiting San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon, completing the three-game sweep.

AUDREY Christley and Shuji Kuroda were the top finishers in their respective divisions at the Gecko 5000 run on Saturday.

(NMIBF) — The Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation and CNMI Public School System have formalized their partnership by signing a Memorandum of Agreement for the 2021-2022 season of the interscholastic basketball competition.

The 2021 Tee Ball League on Tinian features two teams: Team Little Strikers and Team Angels. Special thanks to sponsors Linda Torres, the 18th Tinian Municipal Council and Monika Diaz, Tinian Athletics Sports Association officers, as well as the Marines who are on Tinian, and DLNR staff. 

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Britain's Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairytale on Saturday by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the clash of the teens to be crowned U.S. Open champion.

(Reuters) — CJ Verdell scored three touchdowns and ran for 161 yards as No. 12 Oregon overcame No. 3 Ohio State 35-28 at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.

AFTER a year-long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 16th Annual CNMI Labor Day Softball Tournament was held this year with PAC CHAIN coming out victorious in a tight championship match against SWEET ROLLS 23-20 over the weekend in Boise, Idaho.

BEHIND every successful athlete is a coach and without one, an athlete would not achieve greatness, said Jerry Diaz, a certified National Academy of Sports Medicine personal trainer.

(Reuters) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered in the ninth inning after Teoscar Hernandez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the seventh as the Toronto Blue Jays ran their winning streak to seven games Wednesday night with a 6-3 victory over the host New York Yankees.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — World number one Novak Djokovic saw off Matteo Berrettini in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday then swatted away questions about his bid to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to sweep all four majors in the same calendar year.

SOUTHERN United Football Club won the Premier Division championship of the Dove Women's League Summer 2021 after pummeling Shirley's Football Club Team B, 13-0, on Wednesday last week at the NMI Soccer Training Center.

VETERAN golfer Joe “Kamikaze” Camacho on Sunday topped the second round of the tryouts hosted by the CNMI Federation of Golf Associations  which will select the members of the islands’ team that will compete in next year’s Pacific Mini Games.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continued her U.S. Open dream run on Tuesday by storming into her first Grand Slam semi-final with a battling 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) win over Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Veteran quarterbacks including Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will look to maintain their dominance amid an influx of new talent in the sport's most crucial position when the NFL season kicks off this week.

TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) — Matilda Castren sank a final hole put to ensure Team Europe retained the Solheim Cup before they went on to edge the United States 15-13 at the Inverness Club on Monday and win for only the second time on American soil.

RICHARD McWilliams and Coby Santos were named the finals and regular season Most Valuable Players at the conclusion of the NMI Rollers Basketball Association Men's Tournament on Sunday at the Koblerville gym.

THE Oleai Smokerz remain at the top of the Flame Tree Thursday B Division of the Saipan Electronic Darts Association Bud Light League after outshooting JustChilling Serial Killaz 9-6  at the Oleai Bar & Girll.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — An out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic scraped his way to a 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American wildcard Jenson Brooksby on Monday to move into the U.S. Open quarter-finals and three wins from tennis immortality.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Her U.S. Open journey isn't over but Emma Raducanu has already written herself into the history books, reaching her first Grand Slam quarter-final to take up the mantle of British tennis.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova mounted a strong defensive effort to send Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova packing 7-5 6-4 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday, keeping on track her bid for a maiden major title.

(Reuters) — Nelson Cruz's tiebreaking, 10th-inning single helped Tampa Bay overcome a six-run deficit Monday, sending the visiting Rays past the Boston Red Sox 11-10 in a wild Labor Day matinee.

KLIQ came from behind to defeat KLAL twice and win the championship of the Budweiser King of the Diamond Labor Day Softball Tournament presented by Roil Soil Marketing on Monday at the Capital Hill ballfield.

FATHER and daughter Dave and Nanako Celis topped their respective classes in the recently concluded Marianas Racing Association 2021 Points Race Series.

WARSAW (Reuters) — Belarusian equestrian Olga Safronova has been given a humanitarian visa allowing her to live in Poland, Polish state news agency PAP reported on Sunday, after she was ostracized at home for speaking out against the Belarusian government.

(Reuters) — Team Europe's Mel Reid birdied the 18th hole to draw even with the Americans in the final four-ball match on Sunday to give the visitors a 9-7 lead heading into the final day of the Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio.

(Reuters) —  Cyle Larin's 62nd minute equalizer earned Canada a 1-1 draw with the United States in their CONCACAF World Cup qualifier in Nashville on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Barbora Krejcikova survived a Garbine Muguruza fight back and late injury issue to claim a 6-3 7-6(4) win and move into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Sunday, while her Spanish opponent's run at Flushing Meadows ended at a familiar roadblock.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Leylah Fernandez has had a great start to her career and the teenager has a big future ahead of her, former champion Angelique Kerber said on Sunday after losing 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 to the Canadian at the U.S Open.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Felix Auger-Aliassime broke through Frances Tiafoe's defenses to win 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Sunday in a fourth-round battle between two of the sport's brightest young talents.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player in the Open era to reach the quarter-finals of the men's tournament at Flushing Meadows after the 18-year-old Spaniard beat Germany's Peter Gojowczyk 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0 on Sunday.

THE Game stunned the Sixers in the finale of the NMI Rollers Basketball Association Men's Tournament to claim the championship Sunday at the Koblerville gym.

PUES OK 4Nate will continue to fight their way to the top of the heap in the King of the Diamonds Labor Day Softball Tournament presented by Roil Soil Marketing after they outlasted Toka Hao 8-6 on Sunday at the Capital Hill baseball field.