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Braves use three home runs to finish off sweep of Twins
The Atlanta Braves hit three home runs to back a solid pitching effort from Grant Holmes and earn a 6-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sunday to sweep a three-game series.,Matt Olson, Drake Baldwin and Marcell Ozuna all went deep to help the Braves extend their overall winning streak a...
Thunder pour it on in 51-point Game 1 victory over Grizzlies
Aaron Wiggins scored 21 points off the bench and Jalen Williams added 20 as the Oklahoma City Thunder earned a 131-80 home rout in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series. ,The Thunder had plenty of blowout victories in the regular season, setting an NBA record for scoring margin in runnin...
Oscar Piastri wins at Saudi Arabia, leads drivers' standings
McLaren's Oscar Piastri cruised to the victory in the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday to move atop the driver's championship after five races on the season.,While becoming the first driver this season to win while not starting on the pole, Piastri was well ahead of runner-up Max Verstap...
WTA roundup: Final set in Germany, Elina Svitolina wins in France
Aryna Sabalenka, the World No. 1, will attempt to win her first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in her fourth attempt on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany.,She reached the final for the fourth time in five years on Sunday with a 7-5, 6-4 semifinal win over No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in one hour, 35 mi...
Alexander Zverev tops Ben Shelton for third title in Munich
Alexander Zverev gave himself a memorable birthday gift on Sunday, defeating Ben Shelton 6-2, 6-4 to win the BMW Open in Munich.,On his 28th birthday, the German secured his third title at the tournament in front of his home fans in just 71 minutes. It was his 24th ATP Tour victory.,Since reaching t...
Crazy Raccoon rally to win in grand final of Champions Clash
Crazy Raccoon swept NTMR in the lower-bracket final and overcame a pair of deficits in a 4-2 victory over Team Falcons in the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series' 2025 Champions Clash on Sunday in Hangzhou, China.,Team Falcons captured the early advantage against Crazy Raccoon by sandwichi...
Surge, Heretics top standings at CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The Vancouver Surge were among the notable winners on Saturday, extended to five maps to down Cloud9 New York in Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying.,The Miami Heretics, who also won on Saturday, share first place with Vancouver at 4-1 in the standings.,The Stage 3 Major qualifying round ha...
FlyQuest, Cloud9 post wins ahead of showdown in North 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest stayed unbeaten on Saturday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,FlyQuest (5-0) defeated LYON in 29 minutes on blue to stay ahead of Cloud9 (4-1), who also played on blue in knocking off Team Liquid in 28 minutes. FlyQuest and C...
Dynamo Eclot, ENCE reach semifinals at YaLLa Compass Qatar
Dynamo Eclot and ENCE won their quarterfinal matches on Saturday in the YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 playoffs.,ENCE swept 9Pandas with wins by 13-3 on Anubis and 13-6 on Mirage.,Dynamo Eclot defeated Nexus Gaming 13-6 in the other quarterfinal on Inferno, suffered a 13-7 setback on Nuke and rallied with...
Liquid, Spirit among winners as PGL Wallachia Season 4 opens
Team Liquid, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports and PARIVISION swept to opening-day victories on Saturday in the PGL Wallachia Season 4 group stage in Bucharest, Romania.,Other winners were Aurora Gaming, Edge, Team Tidebound and Team Falcons.,The $1 million tournament features 16 teams in a modified Swiss...
SKC explode for five goals in beating host Earthquakes
Daniel Salloi scored a brace Saturday night and Sporting Kansas City notched its first road win since July 2024 with a 5-3 decision over the San Jose Earthquakes.,Logan Ndenbe, Manu Garcia and Eric Thommy also scored for Sporting KC (2-6-1, 7 points), which improved to 2-1-0 under interim coach Kerr...
Denis Bouanga clutch for LAFC in high-scoring draw with Timbers
Denis Bouanga scored from the penalty spot in the 90th minute after contributing an earlier assist to rally LAFC to a 3-3 draw against the host Portland Timbers on Saturday night.,Olivier Giroud added his first career MLS goal from a late first-half free kick in his 16th league appearance for LAFC (...
UFL roundup: Strong defense leads Renegades to win over Battlehawks
Ajene Harris returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown and the host Arlington Renegades scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to beat the St. Louis Battlehawks 30-15 on Saturday.,The Renegades (3-1) led 16-15 when Dae Dae Hunter rushed 3 yards for a touchdown with 13:47 left in regulation ...
Toronto FC get rare win in Utah on Theo Corbeanu's first goal
Theo Corbeanu scored his first MLS goal and Toronto FC won in the state of Utah for the first time since 2007 with Saturday's 1-0 victory over Real Salt Lake at Sandy, Utah.,Toronto FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson made six saves while registering his third shutout of the season and 105th of his career. H...
Giants score 3 early runs, hold to beat Angels
Matt Chapman hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Landen Roupp surrendered two solo shots to Mike Trout but just three other hits, and the visiting San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Saturday night.,Willy Adames singled home what proved to be the difference-making...
Nathan MacKinnon leads Avs to playoff-opening win over Stars
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a three-point performance and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won his Stanley Cup playoffs debut as the visiting Colorado Avalanche claimed a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday to open their series.,Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews and Charlie Coyle also score...
Evander scores twice as FC Cincinnati handles Chicago Fire
FC Cincinnati rode on the back of Evander's brace to extend their winning streak to four matches with a 3-2 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday night.,The Fire (3-3-3, 12 points) are now four matches removed from their last victory.,Evander opened the scoring early in the ninth minute. Cincin...
Wolves put aside slow first quarter, take playoff opener from Lakers
Jaden McDaniels collected 25 points with nine rebounds and Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves rolled to a 117-95 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the opener of a first-round Western Conference playoff series., ,Naz Reid score...
Akie Iwai's 64 good for 3-way tie atop LA Championship
Akie Iwai of Japan fired a third-round 64 on Saturday to move into a three-way tie for first place at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.,Iwai began her round with an eagle on the par-5 first hole and made five birdies on the back nine to go 8 under for the day after the bogey-free round. S...
Ondrej Lingr's goal in debut helps Houston tie Colorado Rapids
Ondrej Lingr scored in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time in his MLS debut and the Houston Dynamo salvaged a 2-2 draw against the visiting Colorado Rapids after giving back an early lead.,Amine Bassi added his second goal before halftime for the Dynamo (1-4-4, 7 points), who brought on Li...