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Kyle Larson hoping to complete rare Indy-Charlotte double
By sheer volume alone, Memorial Weekend is a motorsports fan's dream come true with action in multiple time zones on two continents.,Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson is the only one who will participate in two-thirds of the action, including the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on Saturday night. ,...
MLB roundup: Carlos Rodon, Yanks blank Rangers 1-0, sweep series
Carlos Rodon earned his fifth straight win by pitching six solid innings as the host New York Yankees became the second team in the American League to reach 30 victories with a 1-0 victory over the struggling Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon.,Rodon (6-3) fanned eight and walked two before giving ...
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic celebrates birthday with quarterfinal win in Geneva
Second-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the semifinals of the Gonet Geneva Open on Thursday, his 38th birthday, with a 6-4, 6-4 win over eighth-seeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi in Switzerland.,The Serbian avenged a loss to Arnaldi last month at the Mutua Madrid Open. Djokovic's semifinal opponent is B...
WTA roundup: Semifinals set at Strasbourg, Rabat
Ninth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil rallied past No. 2 seed Emma Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Haddad Maia saved nine of 14 break points and took advantage of nine double faults by Navarro in a match that lasted just ...
Christian Pulisic (rest) left off USMNT Gold Cup roster
U.S. Men's National Team attacker Christian Pulisic will not compete in this summer's Gold Cup as he recovers from a grueling season in Europe.,Pulisic, 26, was left off the roster that was announced Thursday, with U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker issuing an explanation.,"Christian and his...
MLB roundup: Daulton Varsho belts slam in Jays' 14-0 rout
Right-hander Kevin Gausman struck out nine, Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays trounced the visiting San Diego Padres 14-0 on Wednesday night.,Gausman (4-4) allowed three hits and no walks in seven innings as Toronto clinched the three-game series with consecutive shutouts. Na...
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic gets first clay win of '25
No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic picked up his first clay-court victory of 2025 with a 6-2, 6-3 win Wednesday over Marton Fucsovics at the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerland.,The Serbian star won Olympic gold at Roland Garros last July but lost his opening matches this year on the surface at both Monte-Carlo...
WTA roundup: Top seed Jessica Pegula upset in Strasbourg
Russian Anna Kalinskaya came from behind to upset top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the quarterfinals at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Down 5-4 in the second set, Pegula couldn't hold serve, giving Kalinskaya the set. In the third, Pegula went down 3-0 quickly and couldn'...
Laver Cup returning to London in 2026
The 2026 Laver Cup tournament will be held at the O2 Arena in London from Sept. 25-27, organizers announced Wednesday.,The event pits the top six men's players from Europe against the top six from the rest of the world in both singles and doubles competition.,"While we've traditionally taken the Lav...
MLB roundup: Cubs rack up 21 hits in 14-1 rout of Marlins
Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run homer to cap an eight-run sixth inning, Jameson Taillon tossed seven innings of one-run ball and the visiting Chicago Cubs erupted for a 14-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.,Suzuki added a two-run double in the Cubs' five-run ninth inning against position player Jav...
ATP roundup: One-sided matches in rainy Geneva
No. 6 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland hit 17 winners and saved 3 of 4 break points in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over French wild card Arthur Cazaux on a weather-interrupted Tuesday at the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerland.,Only three Round of 32 matches were completed due to rain delays, with some fixtures be...
WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina rolls into Strasbourg quarters
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 win Tuesday over China's Xinyu Wang at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Rybakina struck six aces and saved both break points she faced in the 65-minute match to set up a meeting with Poland's Magda L...
MLB roundup: Marlins score walk-off win over Cubs
Jesus Sanchez homered and delivered a walk-off two-run double to give the Miami Marlins an 8-7 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs in the opener of a three-game series on Monday.,Sanchez had three hits and four RBIs for Miami, which was down to its final out before Derek Hill hit a ground-rule double...
WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu stuns Daria Kasatkina at Strasbourg
Great Britain's Emma Raducanu defeated sixth-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Australia 6-1, 6-3 on Monday to advance to the Round of 16 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France. It was the third straight loss for the Aussie, ranked No. 17 in the world.,Ninth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil ralli...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev off to stellar start in Hamburg
No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev had seven aces and won 31 of 35 first-service points as the German defeated American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-1, 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Bitpanda Hamburg Open on Monday.,Zverev won the title in Hamburg in 2023 and advanced to the final last year before f...
MLB roundup: Phillies' Mick Abel outduels Paul Skenes in debut
Mick Abel tied a franchise record with nine strikeouts over six innings in his Major League debut as host Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh with a 1-0 victory.,Abel (1-0), a first round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft out of Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore., scattered five hits ...
MLB roundup: Red Sox rally, walk off on Rafael Devers HR
Rafael Devers' leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Boston Red Sox come back from five runs down to beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Saturday night.,After Boston's Aroldis Chapman (3-2) worked around two baserunners to strike out the side in the top half of the ninth,...
NWSL roundup: Seattle Reign blank Racing Louisville
After storms rolled through Kentucky on Friday night, Racing Louisville and Seattle Reign postponed their scheduled match to Saturday and Maddie Dahlein's goal helped the Reign earn a 1-0 victory. ,Seattle (4-3-2, 14 points) earned the win through a hustle play in the 39th minute, when the Reign kep...
MLB roundup: Wilmer Flores (3 HRs, 8 RBIs) powers Giants
Wilmer Flores set career highs with three homers and eight RBIs as the San Francisco Giants spoiled the Athletics' first return to the Bay Area representing West Sacramento with a 9-1 shellacking on Friday.,Flores launched a grand slam off A's starter JP Sears (4-3) in the third inning, a three-run ...
NWSL roundup: Thorns score early, often to thrash Dash
Four players found the back of the net in the first 54 minutes of the match as the visiting Portland Thorns thumped the Houston Dash 4-1 on Friday night.,Pietra Tordin and Payton Linnehan scored in the 26th and 30th minutes before Sam Coffey buried a penalty kick in the lower-right corner of the net...