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Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators advance at Riyadh Masters
Team Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators advanced to the upper-bracket final with 2-1 wins Thursday at the $5 million Dota 2 Riyadh Masters in Saudi Arabia.,Liquid defeated Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators beat Team Falcons in the upper-bracket semifinals.,Also Thursday, PSG Quest eliminated OG from th...
Bears training camp capsule
Chicago Bears (7-10),OPEN CAMP: July 19, Lake Forest, Ill.,LAST YEAR: Justin Fields nearly steered the Bears back into the playoff picture in the second half, but Chicago's postseason bid fell short, leading to another offseason remodel. Head coach Matt Eberflus kept his job despite a 10-24 record a...
Texans training camp capsule
Houston Texans (10-7),CAMP OPENS: July 18, Houston,LAST YEAR: The Texans were resurrected as contenders under DeMeco Ryans with a roster reloaded by GM Nick Caserio and anchored by two rookies of the year, QB C.J. Stroud and OLB Will Anderson Jr. Houston won 10 games, the AFC South division and beat...
Dodgers, Cubs to open 2025 MLB season in Tokyo
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the 2025 season against Japanese countrymen Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo on March 18-19, Major League Baseball announced Thursday.,The opening series at Tokyo Dome marks the 25th anniversary of the f...
Raptors to host Wizards in preseason game in Montreal
The Toronto Raptors will host the Washington Wizards in a preseason game at the Bell Centre in Montreal as part of the NBA's Canada Series.,The game will be contested on Oct. 6 and be the eighth time the Raptors have played in Montreal. The team last played a game in the Quebec city in 2022.,Montrea...
Justin Thomas takes early lead at Open Championship
Justin Thomas birdied his final two holes to shoot a 3-under-par 68 and set the early pace at the 152nd Open Championship on Thursday at Royal Troon in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. ,Thomas, a two-time major champion who's struggled in recent seasons, rang up seven birdies to make up two bogeys a...
Galaxy beat Rapids, move to top of West standings
Joseph Paintsil recorded one goal and one assist to help the Los Angeles Galaxy produce a 3-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night at Carson, Calif.,Diego Fagundez and Riqui Puig added goals and Gabriel Pec had two assists as the Galaxy (13-5-7, 46 points) bounced back from a...
Whitecaps clip Sporting Kansas City thanks to Fafa Picault
Fafa Picault scored a go-ahead goal late in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps edged visiting Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Wednesday night.,With the victory, the Whitecaps (11-7-5, 38 points) stretched their unbeaten streak to five matches (4-0-1). ,A Robert Voloder own goal got Vancouver on ...
Billy Napier: Florida ‘on schedule’ despite on-field results
On the hot seat entering his third season in Gainesville, Billy Napier insisted Wednesday that Florida's rebuild is "on schedule to some degree.",The Gators went 6-7 with a Las Vegas Bowl loss in Napier's first season and 5-7 in 2023. The coach Napier replaced at Florida, Dan Mullen, went 34-15 in h...
Pitt extends coach Jeff Capel through 2029-30
Pitt coach Jeff Capel signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the school through the 2029-30 season on Wednesday.,Capel, 49, guided the Panthers to back-to-back 20-win seasons, going 24-12 in 2022-23 and 22-11 last season. They qualified for the 2023 NCAA Tournament after being ...
WTA roundup: Diane Parry reaches Palermo quarterfinals
Fourth-seeded Diane Parry advanced to her fourth tour-level quarterfinal this year with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory over Jil Teichmann on Wednesday at the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy.,Parry, of France, converted 7 of 10 break-point opportunities, to 3 of 8 for Switzerland's Teichmann, the 2019 Pale...
RHP Domingo German exercises opt out, released by Pirates
Right-hander Domingo German has exercised an opt-out clause in his contract and has been released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.,Signed to a minor-league deal, German posted a 4-4 record with a 5.35 ERA in 10 starts for Triple-A Indianapolis. He also allowed one run on three hits in four innings in one ...
Canes place Evgeny Kuznetsov on unconditional waivers
The Carolina Hurricanes placed forward Evgeny Kuznetsov on unconditional waivers Wednesday for the purpose of terminating his contract.,Kuznetsov, 32, had one season remaining worth $7.8 million on his current contract, with the Washington Capitals retaining half of that following the teams' deal at...
Richard Carapaz claims first Tour de France stage win
Richard Carapaz became the first rider from Ecuador to win a stage at the Tour de France on Wednesday with his victory in the mountainous Stage 17.,The 31-year-old Olympic gold medalist finished the 178-kilometer journey from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to SuperDevoluy 37 seconds ahead of Britain's Si...
Daniel Faulkingham picks up first eNASCAR win at Indy
Daniel Faulkingham held off a furious charge by Steven Wilson in the closing laps to take the checkered flag at a virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday night, and in the process picked up his first career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series win.,Faulkingham, who resides in Jonesport, Maine, le...
Whitecaps look to continue recent hot streak vs. KC
The Vancouver Whitecaps will look to stretch their unbeaten streak in MLS play to five matches when they play host to Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night.,The Whitecaps (10-7-5, 35 points), sixth in the Western Conference, have not lost since dropping a 2-0 decision to the Timbers in Portland on...
Galaxy hoping to move on from poor outing, take on Rapids
The LA Galaxy will try to put a subpar performance behind them when they face the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night at Carson, Calif.,The Galaxy placed just one shot on target out of 11 attempts while losing 2-0 to host FC Dallas on Saturday for their second loss in three matches.,Though LA (12-5-7...
WTA roundup: Top seed Diana Shnaider notches win in Hungary
Top seed Diana Shnaider was extended to three sets in winning her first career match against Hungary's Fanny Stollar 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in first-round action Tuesday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Russia's Shnaider, ranked 28th in the world, was 6 of 9 on break-point conversions, to 5 of 8 for ...
Tiger Woods: Too much on plate to be U.S. Ryder Cup captain
Tiger Woods said his decision against serving as captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team was a result of having too many other commitments.,Keegan Bradley, in turn, will be the captain when the Americans face the European team at the Bethpage Black Course in September 2025 in Farmingdale, N.Y.,"Well...
WTA roundup: Aliaksandra Sasnovich rallies for Budapest upset
Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 upset of No. 2 seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria in first-round action Monday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Sasnovich converted seven of eight break points and advanced to face Russia's Maria Timofeeva, a 7-5, 7-6 (3) winner aga...