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Former Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez has joined Taiwanese outfit EDA Rhinos in a major boost to the island's favourite sport.

Ray Chang hailed the biggest hit of his life after his two-run single secured China's win over Brazil and a spot in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a result which looks set to boost the sport in the country.

Felix Hernandez agreed to terms on a seven-year deal worth $175 million with Seattle on Tuesday that will make the 26-year-old right-hander the highest-paid pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Felix Hernandez could walk into Seattle Mariners training camp on Tuesday as the highest-paid pitcher in Major League Baseball, or he might not be there at all, according to US reports.

A US prosecutor reportedly investigating the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood organized crime syndicate was gunned down Thursday just outside a courthouse in a small Texan town, officials said.

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and other Major League Baseball players were named in a report detailing the records of a Miami clinic that allegedly supplied them performance-enhancing drugs.

Reigning National League Cy Young award-winner R.A. Dickey and former Most Valuable Players Ryan Braun, Jimmy Rollins and Joe Mauer headline the US provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic.

Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui, the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 World Series, has announced his retirement.

A Japanese high-school pitching sensation who gave up his plan to go straight to the US leagues took the perfect first step Thursday in his domestic career, by inheriting Yu Darvish's room.

The Boston Red Sox acquired closing pitcher Joel Hanrahan from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday in a six-player trade.

Japanese right-handed pitcher Yoshinori Tateyama has signed a minor-league contract with the Texas Rangers that includes an invitation to the Major League Baseball team's training camp.

Ichiro Suzuki signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees, giving the Japanese outfielder a chance to crack 3,000 career Major League Baseball hits while wearing Yankee pinstripes.

Japanese slugger Hiroyuki Nakajima has signed a two-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

American sports stars shaken by the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school are paying tribute to the victims of the tragedy.

Japanese star Ichiro Suzuki is finalizing terms of a new two-year Major League Baseball contract with the New York Yankees, according to a story on the team's website.

Outfielder Josh Hamilton is joining fellow Major League Baseball star sluggers Albert Pujols and Mike Trout with the Los Angeles Angels, reportedly inking a five-year deal Thursday worth $125 million.

Former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke signed a six-year, $147 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers that ranks as the biggest annual salary ever given to a Major League Baseball pitcher.

The Los Angeles Dodgers say they're looking forward to watching Ryu Hyun-jin pitch for them after signing the top South Korean left-hander to a six-year deal worth a reported $36 million.

The Los Angeles Dodgers say they're looking forward to watching Ryu Hyun-jin pitch for them after signing the top South Korean left-hander to a six-year deal worth a reported $36 million.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a 6-year deal worth $36 million for top South Korean left-handed hurler Ryu Hyun-jin, MLB.com reported Sunday.