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Yankees' stars collect homers before Rangers' comeback falls short
Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning and tied a season high with four RBIs as the host New York Yankees earned an 8-7 victory over the struggling Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,The Yankees won for the 10th time in 14 games and for the 70th time this season.,Juan Soto ho...
Trailing early, Reds halt Brewers' win streak at 5
Spencer Steer drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly as the visiting Cincinnati Reds avoided a sweep with a 4-3 comeback victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, snapping the Brewers' five-game winning streak.,Steer put the Reds up 4-3 in the seventh with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Joe Ross (...
Modern pentathlon: Michelle Gulyas takes women's gold for Hungary
VERSAILLES, France -- Hungary's Michelle Gulyas won women's modern pentathlon gold at the Olympics on Sunday with a world record points haul in the sport's last final featuring horses before a switch to obstacle courses.,France's Elodie Clouvel took the silver, after starting the final laser run wit...
Astros roll over Red Sox, complete sweep
Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning as the visiting Houston Astros completed a three-game series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 10-2 on Sunday.,Bregman hit a three-run homer that handed the Astros a 4-0 lead before Alvarez followed with a solo shot, hi...
Jake Burger, Marlins end Padres' 7-game winning steak
Jake Burger slugged his 10th homer in his past 16 games as the host Miami Marlins ended the San Diego Padres' seven-game winning streak with a wild 7-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.,San Diego appeared to tie the score 7-7 with two outs in the ninth on a solo home run by Ha-Seong Kim. But, upon review...
Rays avoid home sweep, edge O's on late sac fly
Curtis Mead drove in the tiebreaking run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Tampa Bay had loaded the bases with one out on three walks off Orioles ...
Athletics use big first inning to beat Blue Jays
JJ Bleday and Zack Gelof each hit two-run home runs in the first inning and finished with three hits apiece as the Oakland Athletics defeated the host Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 Saturday afternoon.,Lawrence Butler also had three hits for Oakland in the decisive game of the three-game series.,Oakland left...
Kevin Pillar helps Angels dispatch Nationals
Kevin Pillar hit a three-run double, and Jack Kochanowicz recorded his first major league win to propel the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-4 win over the host Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Kochanowicz (1-2) threw 7 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on six hits and a walk and fanned two batters.,In the f...
Japan takes 2 wrestling golds; American Kennedy Blades wins silver
PARIS -- Wrestling powerhouse Japan bagged two freestyle golds through Kotaro Kiyooka and Yuka Kagami on the final day at the Paris Olympics on Sunday to boost their bumper crop of medals.,Japan finished its campaign with eight golds -- three more than in Tokyo three years ago -- with Iran, Bulgaria...
China's Wenwen Li dominant in women's over 81kg weightlifting
PARIS -- China's Wenwen Li won her second Olympic gold medal with a dominant performance to take the title in the women's over 81kg weightlifting at the Summer Games on Sunday.,The defending gold medalist in the heaviest women's class did not come close to threatening her own world record of 335kg, ...
Denmark's Mikkel Hansen retires a winner with handball gold
LILLE, France -- Denmark clinched its second men's Olympic handball gold medal, defeating Germany 39-26 in the final as one of the sport's greatest -- left back Mikkel Hansen -- retired on a high Sunday.,It was Denmark's second title in the event in the past three Games, having played in all three f...
U.S. women win basketball gold over France by a foot
The United States -- behind 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from A'ja Wilson won its 61st consecutive game in women's Olympic basketball play and captured its eighth consecutive gold medal, beating France 67-66 in a gritty battle Sunday in the closing event of the Paris Olympics.,The game did...
Netherlands' Sifan Hassan completes Paris medals sweep in marathon
PARIS -- The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to win the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding the gold to her bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters earlier in the week.,Hassan battled with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia and managed to shake her off in the ...
Serbia wins gold in men's water polo; Americans capture bronze
PARIS -- Serbia extended its reign over Olympic water polo by beating Croatia 13-11 for a third consecutive gold in the men's event on Sunday, the final day of competition in the 2024 Paris Games.,The Balkan battle was spirited and physical, with both teams committing a slew of fouls and occasionall...
Italy crushes U.S. to win women's volleyball gold medal
PARIS -- Top-ranked Italy dominated the United States to win the Olympic women's volleyball final on Sunday, crushing the defending champions in straight sets to claim their first gold medal.,Italy came into the Olympics as the Volleyball Nations League champions and did not lose a match en route to...
Team Liquid remains unbeaten at LCS Summer Split
Team Liquid swept NRG 2-0 on Saturday to remain undefeated as teams continue to battle for playoff positions in the League Championship Series Summer Split.,Team Liquid won both matches on red, in 28 minutes and 23 minutes, to improve to 7-0. ,Also on Saturday, 100 Thieves defeated Shopify Rebellion...
Four Group A teams coast to sweeps at IEM Cologne
Natus Vincere, Astralis, SAW and The MongolZ all cruised to 2-0 sweeps in Group A on Saturday during the group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne in Germany. ,All four teams advanced to the upper-bracket semifinals thanks to their victories. Natus Vincere blanked paiN Gaming, Astralis downed...
Andrey Rublev shines on busy day in Montreal
No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia capped a busy Saturday with an upset of the No. 1 seed, topping Jannik Sinner of Italy 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal. ,Rublev saved 10 of 12 break points for the match and overcame an ugly second set by winning the first t...
Serghei Spivac gets payback vs. Marcin Tybura at Fight Night
Serghei Spivac made quick work of Marcin Tybura on Saturday night, winning their main event heavyweight bout in less than two minutes via submission at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. ,Spivac (17-4-0) got Tybura (25-9-0) caught up in an armbar just 1:44 into the first round, and just like that, the fi...
Logan Gilbert sharp as M's blank Mets for 2nd straight game
Logan Gilbert pitched seven scoreless innings as Seattle defeated the visiting New York Mets 4-0 Saturday night, the Mariners' major-league-leading 13th shutout of the season.,Randy Arozarena and Justin Turner, both acquired at the trade deadline, each went 2-for-3 with doubles for the Mariners, who...