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Dick Advocaat returns to coach Curacao in World Cup
Months after stepping down, Dick Advocaat has returned to serve as the head coach for Curacao's national soccer team, according to multiple reports Monday.,Advocaat, who at 78 will become the oldest manager in World Cup history, resigned in February for family matters. But with his daughter's health...

Wave sign former Chelsea striker Catarina Macario
The San Diego Wave announced the signing of former Chelsea striker Catarina Macario on Friday.,The 26-year-old U.S. Women's National Team veteran is signed through the 2030 NWSL campaign.,Macario, who was born in Brazil and starred at Stanford, played for youth teams while growing up in the San Dieg...

Former LIV golfer Eugenio Chacarra given PGA Tour event exemption
After last playing in a LIV Golf tournament in 2024, Eugenio Chacarra of Spain will compete on the PGA Tour when he appears at the Puerto Rico Open next week on a sponsor's exemption.,Chacarra, 25, signed with LIV when it launched in 2022. After the 2024 season, though, he did not qualify to return ...

Rockets, Mavs to play preseason games in Macao
The Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will play two preseason games in Macao in October as part of the NBA China Games 2026.,The games are scheduled for Oct. 9 and 11 at The Venetian Arena.,The NBA and co-sponsor Sands China Ltd. also will hold various fan events and programs focusing on health a...

Report: NWSL teams interested in USWNT's Catarina Macario
Multiple NWSL clubs are preparing a push for Chelsea and United States Women's National Team forward Catarina Macario, who can sign a pre-contract Jan. 1 ahead of her deal expiring July 1, ESPN reports.,Macario, 26, is expected to draw strong European interest as well, but the NWSL's pending "High I...

Catarina Macario scores again as USWNT caps sweep of Italy
The U.S. women's national team had a slow start, by its lofty standards, but that was only a temporary setback that Catarina Macario remedied with a 20th-minute goal to spark a 2-0 victory against Italy on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Macario has five goals in a three-match scoring streak to give...

Scott McTominay's bicycle kick helps Scotland secure World Cup spot
Scott McTominay scored the dramatic -- and ultimately decisive -- goal on a bicycle kick on Tuesday to secure Scotland's spot in the 2026 World Cup.,Less than three minutes into his team's final qualifying match in Group C, the Napoli midfielder took a cross from Ben Gannon-Doak in the middle of thr...

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time
Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia claimed his second straight and fourth career Tour de France championship on Sunday in rain-soaked Paris.,Pogacar, who also won in 2020 and 2021, became the sixth man to win the world's most prestigious cycling competition at least four times.,The 26-year-old joined France'...

Kaden Groves wins penultimate stage of Tour de France
Australian Kaden Groves covered the final 16 kilometers solo on Saturday to win the penultimate stage of the Tour de France in Pontarlier.,The Stage 20 victory was the first for Groves, who completed the hilly 184.2-kilometer trek from Nantua nearly a minute ahead of Dutch cyclists Frank van den Bro...

Thymen Arensman wins Tour de France Stage 19
Thymen Arensman collected his second stage win of this year's Tour de France in Friday's abbreviated mountainous Stage 19 trek to La Plagne.,The 25-year-old Dutchman, who also won Stage 14, finished the ride from Albertville two seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Tadej Pogacar of Slove...

Ben O'Connor conquers Stage 18 at Tour de France
Ben O'Connor conquered the Col de la Loze to win Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday in the French Alps.,The mountainous 171.5-kilometer trek from Vif marked the second career stage win and first since 2021 for the 29-year-old Australian.,Three-time and defending champion Tadej Pogacar of Slo...

Valentin Paret-Peintre wins Tour de France Stage 16
Frenchman Valentin Paret-Peintre held off Ireland's Ben Healy to claim his first Tour de France stage win on Tuesday in Mont Ventoux.,Paret-Peintre crossed the line just ahead of Healy in Stage 16, a mountainous 171.5-kilometer trek that began in Montpellier. Colombia's Santiago Buitrago finished th...

Tim Wellens wins first Tour de France stage as Tadej Pogacar retains lead
Tim Wellens of Belgium broke away from the pack at the top of the final climb to win Stage 15 at the Tour de France on Sunday.,It was the first-ever stage win for Wellens, who crossed the finish line 88 seconds ahead of countryman Victor Campenaerts and 96 seconds in front of France's Julian Alaphil...

Thymen Arensman earns first Tour de France stage win
Thymen Arensman collected his first career Tour de France stage win in Stage 14 on Saturday in the Pyrenees.,The 25-year-old Dutch cyclist finished the mountainous 182.6-kilometer trek from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 68 seconds ahead of overall race leader Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia. Jonas Vingegaar...

Tadej Pogacar increases lead at Tour de France with Stage 13 win
Tadej Pogacar won Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday, increasing his overall lead after his fourth stage win of the 2025 event.,The reigning champion finished the 10.9 km mountain time trial, which took him from Loudenvielle to the Peyragudes airfield in the Pyrenees in 23 minutes. It was his ...

Tadej Pogacar retakes yellow jersey at Tour de France
Three-time and defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar reclaimed the yellow jersey with a stunning Stage 12 win Thursday on the slopes of Hautacam.,The Slovenian star dashed to the front with 12.5 kilometers remaining and finished the mountainous 180.6-kilometer trek from Auch more than two ...

Jonathan Milan sprints to stage win at Tour de France
Italy's Jonathan Milan captured Stage 8 of the Tour de France with a successful sprint to the finish on Saturday in Laval, France.,It was the first career stage win at the Tour de France for the 24-year-old Milan, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist in team pursuit and the 2024 world champion in i...

Tadej Pogacar conquers Stage 7 of Tour de France
Defending and three-time champion Tadej Pogacar won Stage 7 of the Tour de France on Friday and reclaimed the yellow jersey.,It was the second stage win of this year's competition and the 19th of the Slovenian cyclist's Tour de France career.,Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard finished second in the hilly, ...

Tadej Pogacar seizes yellow jersey at Tour de France
Remco Evenepoel won Stage 5 on Wednesday as defending champion Tadej Pogacar seized the overall race leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France.,Belgium's Evenepoel won this year's first individual time trial, completing the 33-kilometer route on flat terrain in Caen in 36 minutes and 42 seconds. ...

Defending champ Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France Stage 4
Three-time and defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar collected his first stage win of this year's race in Stage 4 on Tuesday in Rouen.,It is the 18th stage win in the Tour de France and the 100th professional win for the Slovenian star, who attacked on the steepest slopes of the hilly 174....