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Anna Bondar upends Elina Svitolina in Madrid
Hungary's Anna Bondar delivered a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,It was the first career top-10 win for Bondar, who advanced to face Czech teenager Laura Samson in the third round of the WTA 1000 clay-court tournament...

Canadian team signs Yasiel Puig, despite potential prison sentence looming
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League signed former Major League Baseball All-Star Yasiel Puig for the 2026 season.,How long his tenure with the team will last is up to Judge Dolly M. Gee in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Puig is sche...

D.C. United end scoring drought, earn 4-4 draw with Red Bulls
Tai Baribo scored his third goal in the 80th minute as D.C. United ended a long scoring drought and escaped with a 4-4 draw in an adrenaline-fueled match against the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night in Harrison, N.J.,Jackson Hopkins added a goal and an assist for D.C. United (2-4-3, 9 points), ...

Stars take 2-1 series lead, edge Wild on Wyatt Johnston's 2OT goal
Wyatt Johnston scored a power-play goal with 7:50 left in double overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series on Wednesday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Matt Duchene and Jason Robertson finished with a goal and two assists ap...

Stars take 2-1 series lead, edge Wild on Wyatt Johnston's double-OT goal
Wyatt Johnston scored a power-play goal with 7:50 left in double overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Matt Duchene and Jason Robertson finished with a goal and two assist...

Earthquakes score 5 second-half goals to beat Austin FC
Timo Werner scored the tiebreaking goal on a penalty kick in the 78th minute and the MLS-best San Jose Earthquakes erupted for five second-half goals in a 5-1 victory over visiting Austin FC on Wednesday night.,Preston Judd recorded his second career brace while Jack Jasinksi and Ousseni Bouda also ...

Rapids' defense rises up in scoreless draw vs. LAFC
The visiting Colorado Rapids delivered one of their best defensive performances of the season and continued Los Angeles FC's offensive doldrums as the teams played to a scoreless draw on Wednesday.,The Rapids (4-4-1, 13 points) have allowed 15 goals this season, tied for fourth most in the Western C...

Ildemaro Vargas blasts 2 homers as Diamondbacks defeat White Sox
Ildemaro Vargas hit two homers and drove in a career-high five runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks withstood Munetaka Murakami, who homered in a fifth straight game, to hold off the Chicago White Sox 11-7 in Phoenix on Wednesday.,Murakami leads the American League with 10 homers, eight on the road, an...

Cutter Gauthier's 3-point game sparks Ducks' Game 2 win over Oilers
Cutter Gauthier produced two goals and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks evened their Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-4 win in Game 2 on Wednesday.,Game 3 is on Friday in Anaheim.,Ryan Poehling also scored twice for the Ducks, who earned their first pl...

Thunder cruise past Suns again but lose Jalen Williams (hamstring)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and dished out nine assists, leading Oklahoma City to a 120-107 home win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday and giving the Thunder a 2-0 lead in a first-round Western Conference playoff series.,The victory, however, might have been a costly one.,Thunder star ...

After weather delay, Crew defeat Galaxy for first home win of season
Daniel Gazdag and Diego Rossi scored as the Columbus Crew downed the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 on Wednesday for their first home win of the season.,Gazdag in the 41st and Rossi in the 47th staked the Crew (2-4-3, 9 points) to the lead before Gabriel Pec countered for the Galaxy in the 86th minute on th...

Patrick Bailey's 3-run homer carries Giants past Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani pitched six shutout innings, but Patrick Bailey belted a tiebreaking three-run homer off reliever Jack Dreyer in the seventh, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 3-0 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.,Tyler Mahle (1-3) tossed seven innings and teamed with two...

Solid hitting, pitching lead Rockies to easy win vs. Padres
Hunter Goodman homered and doubled twice, Mickey Moniak also had two doubles, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.,TJ Rumfield, Jake McCarthy and Willi Castro had two hits each to back a strong outing by Colorado starter Tomoyuki Sugano (2-1), who allo...

Inter Miami rally late to beat RSL, complete Rocky Mountain sweep
Rodrigo De Paul and Luis Suarez scored a minute apart late in the second half, breaking a deadlock and handing Inter Miami a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.,Dayne St. Clair made four saves in his first clean sheet of the season as Miami (5-1-3, 18 points) went 2-0-0 on a tri...

Ibrahim Aliyu’s 35th-minute goal stands up as Dynamo beat San Diego FC
Ibrahim Aliyu's goal in the 35th minute was the difference maker as the host Houston Dynamo defeated swooning short-handed San Diego FC 1-0 on Wednesday in a Western Conference match.,Jonathan Bond had to save just one shot to earn his second clean sheet of the season and secure consecutive shutouts...

Oneil Cruz's HR caps Pirates' ninth-inning rally for win over Rangers
Nick Gonzales beat the tag at home plate and scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates picked up an 8-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.,Gonzales came home on pinch hitter Jake Mangum's slow roller to third base. Jalen Beeks then replaced Cole ...

Minnesota United hold off FC Dallas attack in narrow win
Anthony Markanich scored in the 32nd minute Wednesday night and visiting Minnesota United shut down FC Dallas for a 1-0 victory to extend its winning streak to four matches.,Minnesota (5-2-2, 17 points) maintained a tight defensive shell against one of the best offenses in MLS. While Dallas (3-2-4, ...

Seiya Suzuki's 2-run HR helps Cubs beat Phillies to extend win streak
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Seiya Suzuki connected on a two-run homer on Wednesday, helping the Chicago Cubs earn a 7-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, securing their eighth straight win.,Ian Happ also drove in two runs and Alex Bregman tallied three hits for ...

Shooting woes sink Magic as Pistons even up series in G2
Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and had 11 assists and Tobias Harris added 16 points and 11 rebounds on Wednesday night as the Detroit Pistons bounced back to even their Eastern Conference playoff series with a 98-83 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic.,Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson each had 1...

Strong second period carries Flyers past Penguins for 3-0 edge
Trevor Zegras, Rasmus Ristolainen, Nick Seeler and Noah Cates all scored their first career playoff goals to guide the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 home victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday and a three-games-to-none series lead.,After capturing Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference qu...