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Defending champ Alexander Zverev rolls at Italian Open
No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany cruised into the fourth round of the Italian Open at Rome with a convincing 6-4, 6-0 victory over qualifier Vilius Gaubas of Lithuania.,Zverev, the defending champion, needed just 86 minutes to advance in his ninth consecutive singles match win in the event. He...
Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff avoid upset bug, advance in Rome
Three of the five top seeds in the women's draw were upset Saturday at the Italian Open in Rome. On Sunday, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff made sure it did not happen again.,Top seed Sabalenka came from behind to defeat former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, while the fourth-seeded...
Heretics remain undefeated in CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying
The Miami Heretics won on Saturday over Cloud9 New York and are solidly atop the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying standings with a 4-0 record and plus-6 map differential.,Other winners on Saturday were Minnesota Rokkr, the Los Angeles Thieves and Optic Texas.,The Stage 4 Major qualifyi...
NTMR, Extinction open with sweeps at OWCS NA Stage 2
NTMR and Extinction both opened Week 1 with 3-0 victories on Saturday at Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2.,NTMR blanked Sakura Esports, while Extinction followed suit against DhillDucks. ,Team Liquid also prevailed, defeating Spacestation Gaming 3-1. ,The tournament, played online, f...
Cloud9 top Team Liquid, improve to 3-0 at 2025 Split 2
In a matchup of undefeated Group A teams to open Week 6, Cloud9 downed Team Liquid 2-0 on Saturday to improve to 3-0 at the LTA North 2025 Split 2 of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,Shopify Rebellion picked up their first win, taking down 100 Thieves 2-1 in Group B play. FlyQuest is...
Team Falcons, Tundra Esports battle in BLAST Slam III final
Team Falcons and Tundra Esports swept their way on Saturday to Sunday's grand final of the BLAST Slam III playoff stage in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Tundra Esports downed Gaimin Gladiators 2-0, winning in 58 minutes on red and 38 minutes on green.,Bozhider "bzm" Bodganov of Bulgaria led Tundra with an 11...
Jack Della Maddalena ends Belal Muhammad's title reign at UFC 315
Jack Della Maddalena took away Belal Muhammad's potent wrestling ability, only allowing one takedown en route to becoming the new welterweight champion in the main event of UFC 315 on Saturday night in Montreal.,He won the five-rounder by scores of 48-47, 48-47, 49-45.,Della Maddalena used volume st...
FC Dallas hold off steady Real Salt Lake attack in 1-1 draw
Anderson Julio's goal early in the second half pulled FC Dallas even and Maarten Paes' timely save late kept things that way in a 1-1 draw with short-handed Real Salt Lake on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.,FC Dallas (4-4-4, 16 points) is still searching for the winning form...
Cubs overcome Brett Baty's 2 HRs, 5 RBIs to beat Mets
Cade Horton got a win with four innings in relief in his major league debut as the Chicago Cubs made an early lead stand, hanging on for a 6-5 victory over the host New York Mets on Saturday night.,Called up to replace injured Shota Imanaga (strained left hamstring), Horton (1-0) followed opener Bra...
Santiago Moreno lifts Timbers past Sporting Kansas City
Santiago Moreno provided a viral Mother's Day weekend moment, scoring a spectacular bicycle kick and then embracing his mom in the stands, in what proved the winning goal of the host Portland Timbers' 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.,Moreno's overhead kick was the second such...
Angels strike early, knot series with 5-2 win vs. O's
Jack Kochanowicz threw 5 2/3 solid innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Saturday night, evening the series in Anaheim, Calif.,Jo Adell homered and the Angels scored in three of the first five innings on the way to snapping a two-game skid.,The Orioles lost for the six...
Jays rally, go ahead late to end M's series win streak
Addison Barger's run-scoring single broke a tie in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night.,Bo Bichette doubled and homered for the Blue Jays, who won their third consecutive game and snapped Seattle's streak of having won nine straight ser...
Carson Hocevar wins rugged Truck Series race at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Carson Hocevar survived last-lap contact from the Ford of Layne Riggs, bounced off the outside wall and half a lap later took the checkered flag to win Saturday night's Heart of Health Care 200 at Kansas Speedway.,The victory was Hocevar's first of the season in his second NASCA...
Knights stun Oilers with last-second goal, avoid 3-0 hole
Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game in the final second of regulation, giving the visiting Vegas Golden Knights a shocking 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round series.,With overtime looming after the Oilers erased yet another...
Cristian Arango scores again, Earthquakes shut out Rapids
Cristian "Chicho" Arango scored his MLS lead-tying eighth goal and the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 2-0 victory over the host Colorado Rapids on Saturday night in Commerce City, Colo.,DeJuan Jones added his first goal since joining San Jose (5-6-1, 16 points) last month, one match after providing h...
Strong starts for Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, paiN Gaming at PGL Astana
Natus Vincere, Team Spirit and paiN Gaming swept their opposition on Saturday, the first day of the PGL Astana 2025 group stage.,Other winners were BIG, Astralis, The MongolZ, MIBR and Ninjas in Pyjamas.,PGL Astana 2025, which runs through May 18, has a $625,000 prize pool, with first place worth $2...
Anthony Edwards lifts Wolves to 2-1 lead vs. Warriors
Anthony Edwards poured in a game-high 36 points, Julius Randle had 24 as part of a triple-double and the Minnesota Timberwolves wrestled back home-court advantage in their second-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors with a 102-97 triumph Saturday night in San Francisco.,Game 4 in t...
Milan Iloskis goal leads San Diego FC past St. Louis City
Milan Iloski scored in the 79th minute Saturday night to snap a scoreless tie and visiting San Diego FC continued its fine start to its expansion season in MLS with a 2-1 win over St. Louis City SC.,Serviced through Anibal Godoy, Iloski beat Ben Lundt with his team's second shot on frame, a right-fo...
Nashville SC go ahead early in 2nd half, top Charlotte FC
Nashville SC scored two goals in an eventful five-minute span early in the second half in a 2-1 win over visiting Charlotte FC on Saturday night.,Nashville (6-4-2, 20 points) is unbeaten in its last three games and moved past Charlotte (6-5-1, 19 points) into fifth place in the Eastern Conference. T...
FC Dallas holds off steady Real Salt Lake attack to salvage 1-1 draw
Anderson Julio's goal early in the second half pulled FC Dallas even and Maarten Paes' timely save late kept things that way in a 1-1 draw with short-handed Real Salt Lake on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.,FC Dallas (4-4-4, 16 points) is still searching for the winning form...