fieldlevelmedia Page 3606 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Mexico lose Edson Alvarez, but top Jamaica 1-0
Mexico overcame an early injury to captain Edson Alvarez to defeat Jamaica 1-0 to open their Group B play in Houston on Saturday.,The West Ham midfielder and one the most experienced players on the Mexican team was sprinting in pursuit of a Jamaica counter when he grabbed his leg and immediately wen...
Tyler Boyd's early goal lifts Nashville over NYCFC
Tyler Boyd's goal in the 23rd minute was more than enough for homestanding Nashville SC in a 1-0 victory over offense-challenged New York City FC on Saturday in an Eastern Conference clash., ,The Gold and Blue (6-5-8, 26 points) moved from eighth to seventh in the East standings with the win, their ...
Austin FC halt skid, edge Minnesota United 1-0
Diego Rubio scored in the first half as Austin FC snapped a five-match winless streak with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Minnesota United on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn., ,Brad Stuver, who entered the contest leading MLS with 86 saves, finished with one save for his sixth clean sheet for Austin (...
Mexico loses Edson Alvarez to apparent hamstring injury
Mexico captain Edson Alvarez was helped off the field in the first half of Saturday's Copa America match against Jamaica on Saturday due to an apparent left hamstring injury. ,The West Ham midfielder, who has been linked to a move to Manchester United, was sprinting downfield when he grabbed the bac...
Robert Whittaker KOs Ikram Aliskerov at UFC Fight Night
It took Robert Whittaker just 1:49 to knock out Ikram Aliskerov during their main event middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. ,A right hook from Whittaker (27-7-0) got Aliskerov stumbling, and from there, Whittaker looked to finish it. He followed with a left jab...
Eyeing first major, Amy Yang grabs 2-shot lead at Women's PGA
Amy Yang of South Korea shot a one-under-par 71 to grab a two-shot lead Saturday after the third round of the Women's PGA Championship.,Yang, 34, who has yet to win a major, followed both of her bogeys with birdies on the next hole at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.,"My mindset for tomorrow...
Aaron Judge pads MLB-best stats as Yanks handle Braves
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer to raise his major-league-leading total to 28 as the host New York Yankees stopped a three-game losing streak by beating the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Saturday night.,Judge hit his second homer since missing Wednesday's game against the Baltimore Orioles after being hit b...
Lynx top Mercury, push winning streak to 6 games
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx held on for a 73-60 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Alanna Smith contributed 14 points for Minnesota (13-3), which won its sixth game in a row. Courtney Williams finished with 12 points an...
Sebastian Ferreira (hat trick), Dynamo defeat D.C. United
Sebastian Ferreira scored twice in three minutes en route to a second-half hat trick and the Houston Dynamo pulled away to a 4-1 road victory against a frustrated D.C. United side that finished Saturday night with nine men.,Ferreira's first career MLS hat trick and first multi-goal performance for H...
Short-handed Padres top Brewers for 4th straight win
Jackson Merrill, Ha-Seong Kim and Kyle Higashioka each homered Saturday and the San Diego Padres overcame injuries to one-third of their starting lineup to beat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 6-4.,Playing without right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (quad/elbow), left fielder Jurickson Profar (knee) and...
Dash, Wave play to scoreless draw
The San Diego Wave and host Houston Dash, two teams desperate for a positive result, settled for a 0-0 draw Saturday night, extending their various levels of futility., ,There was some late-match drama, with Dash defender Natalie Jacobs making a goal-line clearance to help preserve the clean sheet.,...
Cucho Hernandez gets hat trick as Crew crush Sporting KC
Cucho Hernandez recorded a hat trick as the Columbus Crew won at home for the first time in over three months, beating hapless Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday night.,Hernandez scored in the 32nd minute and in the second minute of first-half stoppage time, later making it 4-0 with a goal off a f...
Giacomo Vrioni scores twice as Revolution edge FC Cincinnati
Giacomo Vrioni scored twice in the first half, and the visiting New England Revolution held off short-handed FC Cincinnati 2-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory. ,Vrioni scored in the 21st and 41st minutes for New England (6-10-1, 19 points). Despite Luciano Acosta and Cincinnati (12-4-3...
Facundo Torres (2 goals) leads Orlando City past Fire
Facundo Torres scored twice to help Orlando City snap a five-match winless skid with a 4-2 victory against the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday.,It's the first win for Orlando (5-8-6, 21 points) since May 18.,Hugo Cuypers scored for a fourth straight match for the Fire (4-9-6, 18 points), whose fou...
Patrick Agyemang scores brace as Charlotte FC blank Union
Patrick Agyemang's second-half brace led Charlotte FC to a 2-0 road victory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.,Charlotte FC are unbeaten (3-0-1) over their last four matches and are 6-1-3 in their last 10 matches.,Philadelphia is winless (0-3-3) in its last six matches. After posting one of th...
Tyrrell Hatton climbs to top of leaderboard at LIV Golf Nashville
England's Tyrrell Hatton carded a 7-under 64 on Saturday to grab the lead heading into the third and final round at LIV Golf Nashville in College Grove, Tenn. ,Hatton did nearly all of his damage on the back nine, recording six of his seven second-round birdies over the final seven holes. He rattled...
Yankees DH Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) leaves game
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton exited Saturday's game against the visiting Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness and will undergo imaging on Sunday.,Stanton extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a double. He scored...
Tom Kim holds one-shot lead entering final round at Travelers
South Korea's Tom Kim shot 5-under par 65 to maintain the lead in a tight Travelers Championship despite Cameron Young's 59 in the third round Saturday at Cromwell, Conn., ,Kim -- who had six birdies and one bogey -- is at 18-under 192 going into the final round Sunday. He holds a one-shot advantage...
Mystics roll, hand Wings 10th consecutive loss
Emily Engstler scored a career-high 23 points off the bench and Stefanie Dolson produced a double-double as the Washington Mystics rolled over the visiting Dallas Wings 97-69 on Saturday.,Engstler shot 7-of-11 from the floor and was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line while Dolson finished with 16 poin...
Venezuela leans on substitutes to edge Ecuador
Substitutes Jhonder Cadiz and Eduard Bello scored 10 minutes apart in the second half and Venezuela rallied for a 2-1 victory against 10-man Ecuador on Saturday in Santa Clara, Calif., in both teams' Copa America Group B opener.,Ecuador was forced to play with reduced ranks for over an hour after it...