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Barbora Krejcikova tops hometown hopeful Maria Sakkari for Athens titleCzech No. 3 seed Barbora Krejcikova took down No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-6 (5), 6-3 to claim the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Athens Open title on Sunday.,Sakkari is an Athens native and was pursuing her first WTA title since September 2023, when she won in Guadalajara, Mexico.,The crowd was with...

Report: Fire transfer striker Hugo Cuypers to CF MonterreyThe Chicago Fire agreed to transfer high-scoring striker Hugo Cuypers to CF Monterrey of Liga MX, according to multiple media outlets.,The Belgian forward, dubbed "the European Goal Machine" by website SoyFutbol, leads MLS this season with 13 goals in just 11 matches. According to The Athletic, the ...

Dricus Du Plessis returns with dominant decision over Kamaru UsmanSouth Africa's Dricus Du Plessis leaned on his roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.,The judges scored the bout 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of Du Plessis (24-...

Dricus du Plessis returns with dominant decision defeat of Kamaru Usman

Dricus du Plessis leaned on his roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.,The judges scored the bout 50-45, 50-45, and 49-46 in favor of du Plessis (24-3 MMA), who...

WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari reaches hometown final in Athens

Maria Sakkari moved within one victory of lifting a trophy in her hometown Saturday, defeating Russia's Alina Korneeva 6-1, 7-5 to reach the final of the Athens Open.,The fourth-seeded Sakkari controlled the opening set before Korneeva provided more resistance in the second, but the Greek favorite c...

Reds lock up star RHP Chase Burns with 7-year, $105M extension

The Cincinnati Reds and star right-hander Chase Burns agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension, the club announced Saturday.,Burns, 23, received the largest guarantee of any pitcher in MLB history with less than four years of service time. The deal, which begins next season and runs t...

Orioles, RHP Kyle Bradish agree to 5-year extension

The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a five-year contract extension with right-handed starter Kyle Bradish on Saturday.,The deal is worth $90 million, per ESPN. Per the report, the length of the contract buys out Bradish's last two years of arbitration and the first three seasons of what would have been ...

Mariners activate CF Julio Rodriguez from 7-day concussion IL

Seattle Mariners star outfielder Julio Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Saturday and was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants.,Rodriguez had been out since leaving a game on July 2 vs. the Los Angeles Angels after he was struc...