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Injured Casper Ruud, Arthur Fils withdraw from Wimbledon
Casper Ruud and Arthur Fils, who sit Nos. 15 and 16 in the ATP rankings, withdrew from Wimbledon over the weekend due to their respective injuries.,Norwegian star Ruud is dealing with a knee injury and hasn't played since a second-round loss to Portugal's Nuno Borges at the French Open in May.,Ruud,...
RB Salzburg, Al Hilal tussle to 0-0 draw at Club World Cup
RB Salzburg and Al Hilal played to a scoreless draw in a Group H match of the Club World Cup on Sunday in Washington.,Salzburg (1-0-1, 4 points), a 17-time Austrian Bundesliga champion, had an opportunity to become the first from Group H to advance to the quarterfinals but instead is second to Real ...
Max Muncy drives in seven as Dodgers take rubber over Nationals
Max Muncy hit a grand slam in the sixth and a three-run homer in the seventh to help the Los Angeles Dodgers rally for a 13-7 win against the visiting Washington Nationals in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Shohei Ohtani had a three-run triple in the seventh, a two-ru...
Giants beat Red Sox in slugfest to take series
Casey Schmitt, Mike Yastrzemski and Willy Adames hit home runs, Heliot Ramos collected four RBIs and the San Francisco Giants outslugged the visiting Boston Red Sox for a 9-5 victory to compete a three-game series win Sunday afternoon.,Completing his first set of games against his former team, Rafae...
Jose Iglesias the hero as Padres escape Royals
Jose Iglesias' RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals.,Luis Arraez started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) and Xander Bogaerts lined a one-out double to left-center to...
Slade Cecconi continues superb pitching in Guardians blanking of Athletics
Slade Cecconi tossed seven shutout innings as the Cleveland Guardians blanked the Athletics 3-0 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Cecconi (3-3) allowed six hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Cade Smith and Tim Herrin combined for a scorel...
Keegan Bradley stuns Tommy Fleetwood on No. 18 to win Travelers
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley birdied the final hole of the Travelers Championship and catapulted past England's Tommy Fleetwood to win the tournament in a stunning conclusion Sunday in Cromwell, Conn.,Bradley shot 2-under-par 68 for a four-round total of 15-under 265 to win by one stroke ov...
Red Sox place RHP Hunter Dobbins (elbow strain) on IL
Right-handed pitcher Hunter Dobbins has been placed on the 15-day injured list with an elbow strain, the Boston Red Sox announced Sunday.,The former eighth-round pick out of Texas Tech in 2021 has made his MLB debut this season for Boston, posting a 4.10 ERA with a 4-1 record in 12 appearances (10 s...
Mickey Moniak, Antonio Senzatela lead Rockies past D-backs
Mickey Moniak homered, Antonio Senzatela pitched solidly into the sixth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Sunday in Denver.,Senzatela (3-10) allowed a pair of runs over 5 1/3 innings to earn the win for the second straight start. Senzatela had gone nine games (eigh...
10-man Real Madrid defeat Pachuca for first win of Club World Cup
Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler scored late in the first half to help 10-man Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory over CF Pachuca in a Group H clash played amid sweltering conditions Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.,Federico Valverde's sliding volley in the 70th minute sealed Xabi Alonso's first victory as Madrid m...
Andrew Abbott, Reds halt Cardinals' win streak at five
Andrew Abbott was effective through seven innings, Matt McLain homered and the visiting Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.,Abbott (7-1) allowed one run on three hits and struck out three in his third quality start over his pas...
Alex Palou garners sixth win of season at Road America
Alex Palou returned to the familiar setting of the winner's circle Sunday, taking the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America by 2.175 seconds for his sixth win in nine races this season Sunday in Elkhart, Wis.,The Spaniard notched his first victory since the Indianapolis 500 and extended his dominant lead ...
Mets option slumping C Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A
Once a highly touted prospect, New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday in the wake of his offensive struggles this season.,Alvarez, 23, baseball's No. 1 prospect in 2022 who hit 25 home runs as a rookie in 2023, is hitting just .236 with three homers and ...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz wins fifth title of season in London
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain took down the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the HSBC Championships in London on Sunday, claiming his fifth title of the season and 21st overall. ,Alcaraz, 22, who also won at Queen's Club in 2023, is the fifth active men's player to win four o...
Sports world mourns death of FedEx founder Fred Smith
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx Corp. and a notable financier of various sporting endeavors, has died at the age of 80, his company announced Sunday.,Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, attended Yale, and began the shipping company that became synonymous with his hometown of Memphi...
Kenan Yildiz scores twice to propel Juventus past Wydad AC
Kenan Yildiz scored two goals to lift Juventus to a 4-1 victory over Wydad AC on Sunday in a Group G match in Philadelphia.,Juventus (2-0-0, 6 points), which sit atop the group standings, benefited from an own goal to open the scoring in the sixth minute before Yildiz tallied in the 16th and 69th mi...
Viktor Hovland (neck) WDs from Travelers Championship
Norway's Viktor Hovland was forced to withdraw during the final round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., on Sunday due to a neck injury.,Hovland, 27, appeared to be in pain on his opening tee shot in the final round, though he made par on the first hole. He bogeyed the second hole bef...
Report: Rockets to acquire Kevin Durant from Suns
The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star forward Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for guard Jalen Green, forward Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and five second-round picks, ESPN reported Sunday.,Durant has one season left on his current deal and ...
WTA roundup: Marketa Vondrousova wins first title in 2 years
Marketa Vondrousova captured her first WTA title since she won Wimbledon in 2023, defeating Xinyu Wang in three sets at the Berlin Open on Sunday.,Vondrousova, a Czech, outlasted Wang 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-2 on a scorching day in Berlin. The grass-court win signaled, perhaps, the start of a comeback for ...
Orioles C Maverick Handley injured in collision vs. Yankees
Baltimore Orioles catcher Maverick Handley left Sunday's game against the host New York Yankees in the second inning following a collision at the plate with Jazz Chisholm Jr.,With two outs in the second, DJ LeMahieu lined a single to left field and Chisholm scored from second base. Chisholm collided...