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Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon semis after Alex de Minaur WDs
Novak Djokovic advanced into his record-tying 13th semifinal Wimbledon after Alex de Minaur of Australia withdrew due to a hip injury on Wednesday.,Scheduled to face Djokovic on the quarterfinals, de Minaur admitted that he injured his hip in the closing stages of his 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Art...
Donna Vekic rallies to reach Wimbledon semifinals
Croatia's Donna Vekic rallied to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory at Wimbledon over New Zealand's Lulu Sun on Tuesday in London.,The unseeded Vekic, 28, advanced in 2 hours and 8 minutes and improved to 10-3 this year on grass, including a final at Bad Homburg two we...
F Dairon Asprilla ends 10-year run with Timbers
Forward Dairon Asprilla's 10-year run with the Portland Timbers ended on Tuesday.,The club transferred the 32-year-old veteran to Atletico Nacional in his native Colombia.,He tallied 33 goals and 20 assists in 203 MLS matches (114 starts) since his Portland debut in 2015.,"While Dairon departs Portl...
Daniil Medvedev takes out ailing top seed Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon
Russian Daniil Medvedev toppled World No. 1 Jannik Sinner 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3 in a grueling four-hour match Tuesday to move into the semifinals at Wimbledon.,The victory on the grass courts of London snapped Medvedev's five-match losing streak to Sinner, who was two sets down to Medvedev...
Former 6-foot-11 hoops prospect to play OT at Georgia
Jahzare Jackson was part of one of the top junior basketball leagues in the country, but on Monday, he committed to one of college football's premier programs.,Jackson, who stands 6-foot-11, will play offensive tackle at recent two-time national champion Georgia.,Jackson played in Overtime Elite, th...
Madison Keys hurt hamstring in Wimbledon pullout match
Madison Keys revealed Monday that she suffered a hamstring injury of unknown severity during Sunday's fourth-round match at Wimbledon against Jasmine Paolini.,Keys, the No. 12 seed, was tied a set apiece with the seventh-seeded Italian. Keys led 5-2 in the decider set and was serving but could not c...
Down two sets, Taylor Fritz reaches Wimbledon quarterfinals
No. 13 seed Taylor Fritz dropped the first two sets against No. 4 Alexander Zverev of Germany, but rallied for 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory to reach his second quarterfinal at Wimbledon on Monday.,Fritz, who lost to Spain's Rafael Nadal in the 2022 quarterfinals, will face No. 25 Lorenzo ...
Elina Svitolina breezes into Wimbledon quarterfinals
No. 21 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine returned to the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory Monday over China's Xinyu Wang in just 55 minutes.,A semifinalist at the All England Club in 2023 and 2019, the 29-year-old Svitolina moved a step closer to her first Grand Slam title by committing...
Timbers use first-half outburst to top Nashville SC
Jonathan Rodriguez recorded a brace and the Portland Timbers scored four first-half goals en route to an easy 4-1 whipping of visiting Nashville SC on Sunday night.,Felipe Mora and Eryk Williamson also scored goals for the Timbers, who are 6-1-2 over their past nine matches. Santiago Moreno had two ...
No. 19 Emma Navarro sweeps No. 2 Coco Gauff out of Wimbledon
No. 19 seed Emma Navarro continued her breakout season Sunday by dispatching No. 2 seed Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-3 at Wimbledon to reach the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career.,Navarro controlled the round of 16 match against her fellow American while winning in just 74 minutes. She will face seve...
Madison Keys (leg) retires in Wimbledon fourth round
Seventh-seeded Jasmine Paolini advanced to her first Wimbledon quarterfinal on Sunday when No. 12 Madison Keys retired because of a left leg injury with the third set tied at 5-5.,Italy's Paolini, who had never won a Wimbledon match before this year, was leading the fourth-round match following a 6-...
No. 1 Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz reach Wimbledon quarters
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain are one win away from another Grand Slam semifinal showdown after both advanced to the quarterfinals Sunday at Wimbledon.,Sinner saved four set points in the third set in a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (9) victory over No. 14 seed Be...
Timberwolves G Jaylen Clark cleared to play after missing last season
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jaylen Clark, who missed all of his rookie season recovering from a left Achilles tendon rupture, has been cleared for full-contact, 5-on-5 basketball activities, the team said Sunday.,The Timberwolves said the 6-foot-4 Clark, 22, would participate in the NBA summer leag...
With unbeaten streak over, Timbers set sights on Nashville SC
The Portland Timbers look to start a new streak of success when they host Nashville SC on Sunday night.,Portland had a seven-match unbeaten streak (5-0-2) halted with a 3-2 road loss against FC Dallas on Thursday night.,It marked the first loss for the Timbers (8-8-6, 30 points) since they fell 2-1 ...
Athletics score early and often, down Orioles
Brent Rooker and Max Schuemann hit home runs as part of an early 10-run explosion and the host Oakland Athletics beat the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles for the third time this season in a 19-8 shellacking on Saturday afternoon.,Shea Langeliers, Tyler Nevin and Kyle McCann also homer...
Ben Shelton pulls off another rally, advances to fourth round
Ben Shelton lost a first-set tiebreaker in the third round at Wimbledon before he rallied to win a five-set thriller over Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Saturday at the All England Club.,With eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the stands on the No. 1 court, Shel...
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek falls to Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon
Unseeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan shocked World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at Wimbledon on Saturday. ,Swiatek had won 20 consecutive matches -- including titles in Madrid, Rome and Paris -- and 44 matches in 2024 to lead all WTA players.,Putinseva had lost all four previous matc...
Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu out of Wimbledon mixed doubles
Andy Murray's storied Wimbledon career apparently is over. ,He was scheduled to play mixed doubles with fellow Brit Emma Raducanu, but she pulled out of the pairing Saturday -- hours before their scheduled match -- citing a wrist issue.,By tournament rules, Murray is not allowed to play with a repla...
Coco Gauff makes quick work of Brit Sonay Kartal at Wimbledon
World No. 2 Coco Gauff lacked home-court advantage but had everything else going for her in defeating British qualifier Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-0 on Friday at Wimbledon.,Kartal, 22, entered the tournament at No. 298, but with two victories found herself at No. 1 Court in the third round against Gauff, 2...
Carlos Alcaraz tops Frances Tiafoe in 5-set Wimbledon battle
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz clawed back from the brink of elimination at Wimbledon on Friday, defeating Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to move to the fourth round.,A packed house that included Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was treated to a three-hour, 51-minut...