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Katie Ledecky locks up fourth title at U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Katie Ledecky made history on Saturday, becoming the first woman to win four titles at a single U.S. Olympic Team Trials thanks to her women's 800-meter freestyle victory in Indianapolis. ,Ledecky finished in 8:14.12, easily topping Paige Madden's second-place mark of 8:20.71. She will now be compet...
Red Bulls wait out 100-minute delay, blank Toronto FC
The New York Red Bulls ended a weather-delayed match with their unbeaten home record intact as they defeated struggling Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night.,Elias Manoel, Dennis Gjengaar, and Cameron Harper each scored for the Red Bulls (9-4-7, 34 points), who improved to 6-0-3 at home. Their six home ...
St. Louis City get long-awaited goal, settle for draw with Atlanta
Indiana Vassilev's second-half goal ended St. Louis City's scoring drought at 342 minutes, but Atlanta United rallied to post a 1-1 draw on Saturday night in St. Louis.,Daniel Rios scored in the 71st minute for Atlanta United.,Before Vassilev's goal in the 50th minute, St. Louis City (3-6-10, 19 poi...
Tyler Boyd's early goal lifts Nashville over NYCFC
Tyler Boyd's goal in the 23rd minute was more than enough for homestanding Nashville SC in a 1-0 victory over offense-challenged New York City FC on Saturday in an Eastern Conference clash., ,The Gold and Blue (6-5-8, 26 points) moved from eighth to seventh in the East standings with the win, their ...
Mexico loses Edson Alvarez to apparent hamstring injury
Mexico captain Edson Alvarez was helped off the field in the first half of Saturday's Copa America match against Jamaica on Saturday due to an apparent left hamstring injury. ,The West Ham midfielder, who has been linked to a move to Manchester United, was sprinting downfield when he grabbed the bac...
Robert Whittaker KOs Ikram Aliskerov at UFC Fight Night
It took Robert Whittaker just 1:49 to knock out Ikram Aliskerov during their main event middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. ,A right hook from Whittaker (27-7-0) got Aliskerov stumbling, and from there, Whittaker looked to finish it. He followed with a left jab...
Eyeing first major, Amy Yang grabs 2-shot lead at Women's PGA
Amy Yang of South Korea shot a one-under-par 71 to grab a two-shot lead Saturday after the third round of the Women's PGA Championship.,Yang, 34, who has yet to win a major, followed both of her bogeys with birdies on the next hole at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.,"My mindset for tomorrow...
Giacomo Vrioni scores twice as Revolution edge FC Cincinnati
Giacomo Vrioni scored twice in the first half, and the visiting New England Revolution held off short-handed FC Cincinnati 2-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory. ,Vrioni scored in the 21st and 41st minutes for New England (6-10-1, 19 points). Despite Luciano Acosta and Cincinnati (12-4-3...
Patrick Agyemang scores brace as Charlotte FC blank Union
Patrick Agyemang's second-half brace led Charlotte FC to a 2-0 road victory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.,Charlotte FC are unbeaten (3-0-1) over their last four matches and are 6-1-3 in their last 10 matches.,Philadelphia is winless (0-3-3) in its last six matches. After posting one of th...
Facundo Torres (2 goals) leads Orlando City past Fire
Facundo Torres scored twice to help Orlando City snap a five-match winless skid with a 4-2 victory against the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday.,It's the first win for Orlando (5-8-6, 21 points) since May 18.,Hugo Cuypers scored for a fourth straight match for the Fire (4-9-6, 18 points), whose fou...
Tyrrell Hatton climbs to top of leaderboard at LIV Golf Nashville
England's Tyrrell Hatton carded a 7-under 64 on Saturday to grab the lead heading into the third and final round at LIV Golf Nashville in College Grove, Tenn. ,Hatton did nearly all of his damage on the back nine, recording six of his seven second-round birdies over the final seven holes. He rattled...
Yankees DH Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) leaves game
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton exited Saturday's game against the visiting Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness and will undergo imaging on Sunday.,Stanton extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a double. He scored...
Tom Kim holds one-shot lead entering final round at Travelers
South Korea's Tom Kim shot 5-under par 65 to maintain the lead in a tight Travelers Championship despite Cameron Young's 59 in the third round Saturday at Cromwell, Conn., ,Kim -- who had six birdies and one bogey -- is at 18-under 192 going into the final round Sunday. He holds a one-shot advantage...
Venezuela leans on substitutes to edge Ecuador
Substitutes Jhonder Cadiz and Eduard Bello scored 10 minutes apart in the second half and Venezuela rallied for a 2-1 victory against 10-man Ecuador on Saturday in Santa Clara, Calif., in both teams' Copa America Group B opener.,Ecuador was forced to play with reduced ranks for over an hour after it...
Christopher Bell earns dramatic Xfinity win with last-lap pass at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. -- Christopher Bell kept it dramatic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon, relying on a last-lap pass in overtime to claim the SciAps 200 victory -- giving him a four-for-four track record in Xfinity Series races at the 1.058-mile track., ,Bell's No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing...
Georgia's Charlie Condon wins Golden Spikes Award
Georgia star Charlie Condon was named winner of the Golden Spikes Award on Saturday, an honor known as college baseball's equivalent to the Heisman Trophy.,Condon, who plays outfield and third base, led the nation in batting average (.433) and homers (37) this season. He is the first Georgia player ...
Bailey Ober, Twins blast A's
Bailey Ober pitched the first complete game of his career, Manuel Margot contributed a three-run home run to a seven-run second inning and the Minnesota Twins thumped the host Oakland Athletics 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Jose Miranda and Carlos Correa chipped in with a combined six hits, four RBIs ...
Logan Gilbert mesmerizes Marlins as Mariners end skid
Logan Gilbert pitched eight scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host Miami Marlins 9-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Gilbert (5-4), a Florida native, allowed four hits and one walk, striking out six batters. He lowered his ERA to 2.71.,Seattle, which halted its three-game losing skid, wa...
Guardians homer 4 times to top Jays for fourth straight win
Bo Naylor and Jose Ramirez each hit two-run homers, and the Cleveland Guardians went deep four times en route to beating the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Saturday for Cleveland's fourth straight win. ,Steven Kwan and rookie Daniel Schneemann also clubbed homers for the American League Central-l...
No More Mookie Betts: MLB's Top 10 Indispensable Players in 2024
Mookie Betts is sidelined, so we took a. look at the top 10 irreplaceable MLB players in 2024....