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WTA roundup: Donna Vekic sweeps Emma Raducanu in London final
Donna Vekic swept local favorite Emma Raducanu 6-0, 7-6 (6) to become the first lucky loser to ever win a WTA 500-level title at the HSBC Championships on Sunday in London.,The 29-year-old Croatian won her fifth career singles title -- her first at the 500 level -- with a dominant opening set and a ...
Spacestation, LuneX, Liquid win opening-day matches at OWCS Stage 2
Spacestation Gaming, LuneX Gaming and Team Liquid all won on the opening day of regular-season play for Stage 2 of North American qualifying for the Overwatch Champions Series on Saturday.,Spacestation and LuneX are tied atop the standings after delivering 3-0 wins on Day 1 over Dallas Fuel and The ...
South Korean duo take 1-stroke lead after 3 rounds in Michigan team event
South Korea's Hye-Jin Choi and Hyo Joo Kim posted a steady 1-under-par 69 and vaulted past three duos to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Dow Championship on Saturday at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.,The South Korean team sits at 10-under 200, one stroke ahead of Gina Kim and Yana Wi...
Celine Borge, Polly Mack halfway to first LPGA wins at Dow
Celine Borge of Norway and Polly Mack of Germany surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway point of the Dow Championship as they collaborated for a 10-under-par 60 score during the second round of the Dow Championship on Friday at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.,Borge and Mack began the day ...
WTA roundup: Katie Boulter stuns Elena Rybakina to reach London semis
Home favorite Katie Boulter continued her run through the HSBC Championships with a pair of wins Friday in London -- including a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 defeat of No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina to reach the semifinals.,The British wild card followed a Tuesday upset of No. 8 seed Leylah Fernandez with a 6-1, 6-3 de...
Report: 2026 NWSL title game set for Nov. 21 at D.C.'s Audi Field
The 2026 NWSL Championship game will be played on Nov. 21 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., The Athletic reported Tuesday.,It is the first time the title contest will be held in the nation's capital, at the home of the Washington Spirit, since the 2022 season. The Portland Thorns defeated the Kansa...
No. 1 seed Princeton thrashes Notre Dame for men’s lax title
Chad Palumbo tallied four goals, Colin Burns had three and Princeton used a dominant second quarter to roll to a 16-9 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA men's lacrosse national championship game Monday in Charlottesville, Va.,It marked the Tigers' first national title in men's lacrosse since 2001 a...
Scott Hend wins Trophy Hassan II for first Champions title
Australian Scott Hend recorded a 4-under-par 69 to rally for the Trophy Hassan II title by five shots on Saturday at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco.,It marked the first PGA Tour Champions victory for the 52-year-old grinder, who has spent much of his career on the Asian Tour. Hend's previ...
Consistent Tommy Gainey moves atop leaderboard at Trophy Hassan
Tommy Gainey posted his second straight 6-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead through two rounds of the Trophy Hassan II on Friday in Rabat, Morocco.,Gainey, who began the day a stroke out of the lead, paired eight birdies with two bogeys to improve to 12-under 134 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. He'...
Four Biggest Takeaways From Aronimink's 2026 PGA Championship
Aaron Rai captured his first major title with a clutch finish at the PGA Championship. Here are four major takeaways from Aronimink....
Lottie Woad wins 2nd LPGA title in 10 months as a pro at Queen City
Lottie Woad blew the three-stroke lead she began the day with but rallied with a 1-under 69 in the final round to win the Kroger Queen City Championship on Sunday in Cincinnati.,The Englishwoman, buoyed by her 11-under combined showing in the second and third rounds, finished with a 12-under-par 268...
Shopify Rebellion earns LCS Spring playoff spot with Disguised defeat
Cloud9 closed out an undefeated regular season while Shopify Rebellion clinched a playoff spot with a win on Sunday at the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.,Cloud9 improved to 7-0 with a sweep of Team Liquid, while Shopify Rebellion swept Disguised, which was in the final playoff spot but will now fi...
PGA Championship Picks: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and More
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick headline the top betting picks for the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink....
Rory McIlroy cuts PGA Championship practice round short due to blister
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy ended his Tuesday practice round at Aronimink Golf Club after just three holes due to a blister on his right pinky toe ahead of this week's PGA Championship in Newtown Square, Pa.,In his first event back after winning his second consecutive Masters championship in April, McI...
Cloud9 remained unblemished at LCS Spring
Cloud9 remained upbeaten at 6-0 while LYON handed Team Liquid their first defeat to move both teams to 5-1 on Sunday in Week 6 of the regular season of the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.,Eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season before advancing to the pla...
Boo Weekley snaps 13-year win drought at Insperity Invitational
Boo Weekley delivered a bogey-free 3-under-par 69 to comfortably win his first Champions Tour event at the Insperity Invitational on Sunday in The Woodlands, Texas.,Weekley didn't live up to the 6-under scores he posted in each of the first two rounds. But he still finished the event with no bogeys ...
Disguised, Sentinels win basement battles at LCS Spring
Sentinels and Disguised earned victories as the bottom four teams in the standings were in action on the opening day of Week 6 of the regular season of the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles on Saturday.,Sentinels remained locked into a top-five spot with a 2-0 sweep of Shopify Rebellion, and Disguised...
AFCA recommends elimination of conference championship games
The American Football Coaches Association issued a statement Tuesday recommending a number of changes to the college football schedule.,"The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has identified the length of the college football season as a critical issue that needs to be addressed," the stat...
Matt Fitzpatrick advising brother as he brings win streak to Truist
Two weeks ago, Matt Fitzpatrick helped his brother Alex earn his PGA Tour card through 2028 with their dual victory at the Zurich Classic pairs event.,‘,This week at the Truist Championship in Charlotte, they'll play alongside each other as full-time PGA competitors for the first time at Quail Hollo...
Thunder odds-on NBA title favorites as second round begins
Eight teams are left standing in the NBA playoffs, but it's the top overall seed that stands head and shoulders above the field.,The Oklahoma City Thunder are heavy favorites to win their second straight league title as the conference semifinals began Monday night.,At both DraftKings Sportsbook and ...