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USMNT victory over Australia draws nearly 15M viewers
The United States men's national team turned a Friday afternoon match into must-see TV with an overnight rating of 14.78 million viewers, according to Nielsen.,The USMNT's 2-0 victory over Australia was the fourth largest watched match in the men's World Cup on English-language television.,The viewe...
G2 Esports grab final IEM Cologne playoff spot in nail-biter
With one playoff spot left, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere played like two teams on the brink of elimination -- which they were -- providing one of the best matches of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Monday in Germany.,And despite dropping the first map, it was G2 emerging with the win, tak...
LYON sweeps past Liquid for LCS Spring championship
LYON maintained a dominant form to sweep Team Liquid 3-0 on Sunday and take home the championship of the LCS Spring playoffs in Los Angeles.,Just one map exceeded 40 minutes of play as LYON coasted to a grand final victory that locked up qualification to the Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South...
Team Liquid still unblemished at OWCS Stage 2
Team Liquid is alone atop of the standings at 2-0 after regular-season play Sunday for Stage 2 of North American qualifying for the Overwatch Champions Series.,A 3-1 win over LuneX Gaming kept Team Liquid at the top, while Dallas Fuel notched their first win in sweeping last-place The Kafe, 3-0, in ...
High drama abounds as 3 more eliminated at IEM Cologne
On a day a trio of teams booked playoff spots and another three were eliminated at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major in Germany, it was hard to find a team more relieved at the end of Sunday's Stage 3 action than Team Falcons. ,Unless you're looking at The MongolZ.,Team Vitality and Aurora Gam...
Team Liquid work way back to rematch with LYON in LCS Spring grand final
Team Liquid swept Cloud9 in the lower-bracket final on Saturday to advance to the grand final in the LCS Spring playoffs in Los Angeles.,LYON await Team Liquid in Sunday's best-of-five championship round. LYON had pushed Cloud9 to the lower bracket with a 3-0 win on June 7 in the upper-bracket final...
Team Spirit, FURIA first to clinch IEM Cologne playoff spots
Team Spirit and FURIA punched their tickets to the playoffs of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major with their third consecutive Stage 3 victories on Saturday in Germany.,Team Spirit, which earned a bye to Stage 2, and FURIA, which earned a bye to Stage 3, are the first two teams to clinch playof...
Chris Richards starting USMNT opener vs. Paraguay; Matt Freese in net
After missing the U.S. men's national team's final two friendlies with an ankle injury, top defender Chris Richards is in the lineup for the Americans' World Cup opener vs. Paraguay on Friday evening.,This isn't a huge surprise after Richards and U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino each said Richards w...
Torrent promote Christine Bumstead to head coach
The Seattle Torrent promoted Christine Bumstead to head coach on Thursday.,Bumstead was an assistant coach during the PWHL club's first season in 2025-26 under Steve O'Rourke, who parted ways with the organization last month following a last-place finish in the eight-team league.,"Season one in Seat...
U.S. primed to plant flag in 'home' World Cup opener vs. Paraguay
IRVINE, Calif. -- The long-awaited World Cup opener on home soil Friday promises to contain deep shades of red, white and blue for the United States men's national team.,Manager Mauricio Pochettino might be from Argentina and goal-producing forward Folarin Balogun grew up in England after he was bor...
USWNT use own goal to earn friendly split in Brazil
Sophia Wilson was involved again in her team's goal and the visiting United States women's national team survived a physical encounter in Tuesday night's 1-0 friendly victory over host Brazil in Fortaleza.,Wilson's match-winning shot was ultimately credited as an own goal after it deflected off defe...
Team Liquid eliminate FlyQuest, advance to LCS Spring lower final
Team Liquid stayed alive in the LCS Spring playoffs with a 3-1 defeat of FlyQuest in the lower-bracket semifinal on Saturday in Los Angeles.,That leaves Liquid as one of just three teams left in the event, awaiting the loser of Sunday's upper-bracket final between LYON and Cloud9 in the lower-bracke...
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, Russian Mirra Andreeva to meet in French semis
Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina played for something much greater than a coveted berth in the semifinals at the French Open on Tuesday.,They took the court at Roland Garros in Paris for their country.,The two Ukrainian women, whose families and friends have been impacted by the Russian invasion of...
Report: Steelers assistant coach out over violation of club policy
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Derius Swinton II, a senior assistant coach for special teams, have split over a violation of club policy, ESPN reported Friday, citing league sources.,Swinton, 41, was hired in the offseason to the staff of new head coach Mike McCarthy for what was to be his 16th season ...
Report: USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino meets with AC Milan
It has been a busy time for U.S. men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who is not only preparing his side for a World Cup on home soil but also meeting with Italy's AC Milan about their vacant coaching position, ESPN reported Thursday.,Pochettino has been front and center this week aft...
Georgia president Jere Morehead: '24-team playoff is a mistake'
Georgia president Jere Morehead doesn't think expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams is a good idea.,In fact, he said this to The Athletic: "A 24-team playoff is a mistake.",With the Southeastern Conference meetings set for next week in Destin, Fla., Morehead doesn't feel the Big Ten has...
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel highlight first-team All-Rookie squad
Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg, the NBA Rookie of the Year and No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, highlighted the Kia NBA All-Rookie first team, which was announced Wednesday night after voting from a panel of 100 global media members.,Flagg was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knu...
Sorana Cirstea (age 36) becomes oldest woman to debut in Top 20
Romania's Sorana Cirstea became the oldest player to make her Top 20 rankings debut in WTA history when she was No. 18 in the update released Monday.,Cirstea, 36, previously reached No. 21 in both 2013 and 2014 but was unable to crack the Top 20. More recently, she reached No. 22 in 2024, No. 25 in ...
Elina Svitolina defeats Iga Swiatek, will face Coco Gauff in Rome final
Elina Svitolina can now turn her attention toward winning a third Italian Open title after she produced a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victory over No. 4 seed Iga Swiatek in Thursday's semifinal match in Rome.,The seventh-seeded Svitolina saved 11 of 16 break points and took advantage of 50 unforced errors by Swia...
On fifth match point, Coco Gauff advances to semifinals in Rome
It took five match points, but No. 3 seed Coco Gauff survived a comeback bid by No. 8 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory to reach the semifinals of the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday.,Gauff held a 5-1, two-break lead in the third set before finally putting away Andreeva with...