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Miguel Angel Jimenez captures his third senior major in playoff
Miguel Angel Jimenez continued his brilliant season by capturing the third major on the PGA Tour Champions slate, the Kaulig Companies Championship, on Sunday in Akron, Ohio.,Jimenez, who triumphed for the fourth time in 2025, defeated Steven Alker on the second extra hole of a playoff at the famed ...
Minjee Lee wins Women's PGA Championship for third career major
Minjee Lee of Australia steadied herself after a bumpy start, carded a final round of 74 and captured the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Sunday in Frisco, Texas.,Lee began the day with a four-stroke advantage over Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul and was never seriously threatened. She finished 4-under-p...
UFC's Dana White: Jon Jones retires, Tom Aspinall undisputed champ
Jon Jones, a legend in mixed martial arts, has retired and interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has been elevated to the undisputed title holder, UFC president and CEO Dana White said Saturday.,"Jon Jones called us last night and retired," White said during a press conference in Azerbaijan, whe...
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Steven Alker lead through three at Kaulig Companies Championship
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 4-under-par 66 on Saturday to forge a tie atop the leaderboard with New Zealand's Steven Alker at the Kaulig Companies Championship on Friday in Akron, Ohio.,Jimenez got to 8 under for the tournament, the third major of the PGA Tour Champions season, despite a bog...
Flamengo dispatch Chelsea, clinch knockout round spot
Bruno Henrique, Danilo and Wallace Yan scored as Flamengo rallied for a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in Club World Cup Group D play on Friday afternoon at Philadelphia.,Gonzalo Plata set up two goals for Flamengo (2-0-0, 6 points), who secured their place in the knockout round.,Chelsea takes on ES Tunis...
Jeeno Thitikul extends lead to three at Women's PGA
World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul is halfway home to her first major victory, as she will take a three-shot lead into the weekend at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas.,The 22-year-old star from Thailand followed a first-round 68 with a 2-under-par 70 on Friday to reach 6-under 138 at the F...
Tim Petrovic, Steven Alker join lead at Kaulig Companies Championship
Tim Petrovic fired a 66 and New Zealand's Steven Alker posted a 67 to join Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina for the 36-hole lead at the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the PGA Tour Champions season, on Friday in Akron, Ohio.,Gonzalez was a first-round co-leader and shot 68 on Friday t...
Flamengo dispatches Chelsea, clinches knockout round spot
Bruno Henrique, Danilo and Wallace Yan scored goals as Flamengo rallied for a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in Club World Cup Group D play on Friday afternoon at Philadelphia.,Gonzalo Plata set up two goals for Flamengo (2-0-0, 6 points), who secured their place in the knockout round.,Pedro Neto had a go...
Stars trade F Mason Marchment to Kraken for picks
The Dallas Stars traded veteran forward Mason Marchment to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.,In exchange, the Stars received a fourth-round draft pick in 2025 and a third-round selection in 2026.,Marchment, 30, tied a career high with 22 goals and added 25 assists in 62 games for Dallas in 2024-...
Jeeno Thitikul grabs first-round lead at Women's PGA
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul overcame an early double bogey to finish with the first-round lead at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday in Frisco, Texas.,Thitikul shot a 4-under-par 68 at Fields Ranch East to hold a one-stroke edge over Australia's Minjee Lee.,Yealimi Noh, South Korea's Somi L...
Sacramento State to join Big West in 2026, except for football
Sacramento State will leave the Big Sky Conference to join the Big West Conference beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, the school announced this week.,Sacramento State officials have sought a waiver for the Hornets' football program to leave the Football Championship Subdivision for the Footba...
2-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova to retire after U.S. Open
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova plans to retire from professional tennis at the end of the season.,Kvitova, 35, announced her intentions Thursday on both Instagram and X., ,"I've been privileged to reach incredible heights over the past 19 years since becoming a professional tennis player,...
Pirates-Tigers postponed, will play doubleheader Thursday
The Wednesday night contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and host Detroit Tigers was postponed due to inclement weather.,The game has been rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Thursday. The first game is slated to begin at 1:10 p.m. ET with the nightcap scheduled for 5:40 p.m. ET.,Tigers...
Amy Yang looks to repeat at Women's PGA in wide-open field
The LPGA has a new commissioner on the way, a new course to play and no shortage of parity as it marks the halfway point of the season at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which begins Thursday in Frisco, Texas.,It's an important time on the women's golf calendar for more reasons than one. Three of...
$12M purse ups ante at Women's PGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship raised the purse of the major tournament to $12 million, matching last month's U.S. Women's Open for the biggest purse of the season.,To boot, the winner of the 156-player field at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Texas this week will pocket $1.8 million. ,The purse wa...
Nelly Korda suffers neck spasm, but will be ready for Women’s PGA
World No. 1 Nelly Korda attended a press conference Tuesday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship with therapeutic tape on her neck.,Korda explained that she suffered a spasm the day before during practice at PGA Frisco, the site of this week's major championship.,"I hit a shot out of the rough yeste...
Aryna Sabalenka apologizes to Coco Gauff for French Open remarks
Aryna Sabalenka said she apologized to Coco Gauff for her "unprofessional" comments following her loss in the final of the French Open.,Sabalenka, ranked No. 1 in the world, told reporters during her post-match news conference in Paris on June 7 that her mistakes -- rather than Gauff's play -- were ...
Flamengo open Club World Club with 2-0 win over Esperance
Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Luiz Araujo scored and Jorginho had an assist in his Flamengo debut in the 2-0 win over Esperance Sportive de Tunis in their Group D opener of the Club World Cup in Philadelphia on Monday.,de Arrascaeta put the Brazilian club up 1-0 in the 17th minute and Araujo extended t...
Georgia flips 4-star CB Caden Harris from Vanderbilt
Four-star cornerback Caden Harris flipped his commitment from home-state Vanderbilt to Georgia on Saturday.,Harris, who plays at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., is ranked as the No. 11 cornerback and No. 85 prospect overall in the 2026 class by the 247Sports composite.,He announced his Ge...
Chargers' Jim Harbaugh had cardiac ablation, hip surgery
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he's in top shape after undergoing cardiac ablation and hip replacement surgery in the offseason.,"The doctors can't find anything wrong with me. A-grade," Harbaugh said Tuesday.,Harbaugh, 61, said in mid-October that he previously underwent ablation...