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Teenager Julian Hall scores 3 times as Red Bulls edge Crew
Teenager Julian Hall scored three goals, including the late winner for the New York Red Bulls in a 3-2 win against the Columbus Crew in Harrison, N.J., on Wednesday.,He poked in a loose ball off a corner kick in the 79th minute to break a 2-2 deadlock for his first career hat trick.,Hall, 18, has ni...
Fire heat up late to drop D.C. United, three-game losing streak
MLS scoring leader Hugo Cuypers tallied in the 71st minute as the Chicago Fire snapped a three-game losing streak in all competitions with a 3-1 victory over D.C. United Wednesday in Washington.,Robin Lod and Maren Haile-Selassie also scored second-half goals for Chicago (6-4-2, 20 points), which av...
Braves first to 30 wins, hand Cubs fourth straight loss
Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking pinch-hit RBI double and Mauricio Dubon crushed a two-run home run in the eighth inning to help the Atlanta Braves earn a 4-1 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.,J.R. Ritchie started for Atlanta, allowing one run on two hits, striking out four and ...
Nashville blanks Revolution to claim Eastern Conference showdown
Bryan Acosta netted a brace as Nashville SC solidified their early-season hold on the Eastern Conference with a 3-0 win over the New England Revolution on a cool Wednesday night in Foxborough, Mass.,The match marked New England's first home defeat of the season as the Revolution (7-4-1, 22 points) m...
Casper Ruud, Luciano Darderi advance to Italian Open semis
Both Italian Open men's quarterfinal matches were delayed by varying circumstances on Wednesday before 23rd-seeded Casper Ruud and 18th-seeded Luciano Darderi advanced to the semifinals in Rome.,Ruud reached his fourth semifinal in the Italian capital by outlasting Russia's No. 13 Karen Khachanov, 6...
Early goal enough for NYCFC in shutout of Charlotte FC
Nicolas Fernandez's eighth-minute goal held up for New York City FC in a 1-0 road victory over Charlotte FC on Wednesday.,New York City (5-5-3, 18 points) is on a two-match winning streak, with clean sheets in both victories. NYCFC's previous match was a 3-0 home shutout over the Columbus Crew on Su...
Marina Mabrey nets 26, paces Tempo over Storm in first franchise win
Marina Mabrey scored 26 points as the Toronto Tempo secured their first victory in franchise history, defeating the Seattle Storm 86-73 on Wednesday night in Toronto, Ontario.,Mabrey connected on 9 of 20 from the floor and 6 of 11 from 3-point land while also notching four rebounds, four steals and ...
Ceddanne Rafaela's pinch-hit homer powers Red Sox past Phillies
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer and Trevor Story also went deep, propelling the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.,After Wilyer Abreu singled in the sixth, Rafaela pinch-hit for Masataka Yoshida and delivered his fourth home run of the se...
Elina Svitolina rallies past Elena Rybakina to reach Italian Open semis
No. 2 Elina Svitolina saved 16 break points to rally for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to reach the Italian Open semifinals for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday in Rome.,The Ukrainian competitor saved 80% of the break points she faced on her serve to win in a bat...
Angel Martinez leads Guardians to sweep of Angels
Angel Martinez hit a leadoff homer, stole two bases and scored twice as the Cleveland Guardians completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 4-2 win on Wednesday afternoon.,Martinez, who homered for the second straight day, later came home on Chase DeLauter's sacrifice fly ...
Kyle Bradish, Orioles blank Yankees to claim series
Kyle Bradish held the New York Yankees to one hit over six innings and Adley Rutschman belted a two-run home run and drove in three total runs as the Baltimore Orioles won the rubber match 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,The Yankees were held without a hit until Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s fifth-inning, one-out...
Venus Williams, 45, to play doubles at French Open
Venus Williams will compete in doubles at the French Open later this month, organizers confirmed on Wednesday.,Williams, 45, will partner with Hailey Baptiste, 24, for the clay-court tournament at Roland Garros, which begins on May 24 in Paris.,Williams, however, will not compete in the singles tour...
G2, Aurora and magic sweep into PGL Astana playoffs
Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports and magic clinched the final three playoff spots on Wednesday at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 event in Kazakhstan.,All three Round 5 matches were decided with sweeps as Aurora eliminated The MongolZ, G2 knocked out Monte and magic ousted Gentle Mates to conclude the group s...
Maple Leafs fire head coach Craig Berube
The Maple Leafs fired coach Craig Berube on Wednesday after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016.,Berube, 60, went 84-62-18 after succeeding Sheldon Keefe in 2024. Toronto finished last in the Atlantic Division and next to last in the Eastern Conference this season.,"Craig is a tremend...
Legacy sweeps another foe at Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta
Four unbeaten teams remain at the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta. But among those four, one team stands out after two days of play.,For the second time in as many days, Legacy cruised to a 2-0 sweep Tuesday to advance to the Group B upper-bracket final, where they will face Natus Vincere on Wednesday...
Pavel Dorofeyev's OT goal gives Knights 3-2 series lead over Ducks
Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals, including the game-winner 4:10 into overtime, as the Vegas Golden Knights took a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series against the Anaheim Ducks with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night in Las Vegas., ,Dorofeyev, stationed alone on the ba...
Eric Haase hits 2 HRs, Giants beat Dodgers again
Eric Haase hit two home runs, Harrison Bader added another and the San Francisco Giants continued their success against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season with a 6-2 road victory on Tuesday.,Adrian Houser (1-4) gave up two runs on three hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first w...
JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals extend strong stretch vs. Athletics
JJ Wetherholt smacked a two-run homer and Jose Fermin added a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Ivan Herrera joined Wetherholt with two hits as St. Louis ended a two-game slide and won for the 10th time in t...
Sarah Ashlee Barker's basket at buzzer gives Fire first WNBA win
Sarah Ashlee Barker made a layup off an offensive rebound at the final buzzer as the expansion Portland Fire earned their first WNBA victory, defeating the visiting New York Liberty 98-96 Tuesday night.,Barker was all alone underneath and grabbed Bridget Carleton's 3-point miss and banked in the win...
Nia Coffey, Lynx notch first win of season at Mercury's expense
Nia Coffey scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter in a critical stretch for the Minnesota Lynx in their 88-84 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,Minnesota (1-1) rebounded after losing its opener 91-90 against the visiting Atlanta Dream on Saturday.,Phoenix (1-2), pl...