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ATP roundup: France's Alexandre Muller falls in Spain
Russia's Roman Safiullin sent fifth-seeded Alexandre Muller of France packing with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 win in first-round play on the grass at the Mallorca Championships in Spain. Safiullin entered the match ranked 75th in the world while Muller was No. 40.,Sixth-seeded Gabriel Diallo of Canada took care...
WTA Roundup: Lulu Sun knocks off defending champ Daria Kasatkina at Eastbourne
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun emerged on top after a grueling three-setter to defeat No. 1 seed and defending champion Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at the Eastbourne Open on Monday.,Dealing with blustery conditions, New Zealand's Sun converted 4 of 6 break points in the first set and rallied f...
Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators move to 3-0 at PGL Wallachia
Team Spirit and Gaimin Gladiators booked their spots in the PGL Wallachia Season 5 playoffs with group stage wins on Monday in Bucharest, Romania.,Both teams improved to 3-0 with Round 3 wins, with Spirit rallying for a 2-1 win against Natus Vincere and Gaimin Gladiators sweeping Aurora Gaming.,The ...
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts writes football-based children's book
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Jalen Hurts is releasing a children's book next year.,Hurts announced the new work on social media on Monday, posting a photo of the cover on X.,It's called "Better Than a Touchdown" and is set to be released March 10.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" di...
MLB roundup: Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy too much for Nationals
Max Muncy hit a grand slam in the sixth and a three-run homer in the seventh to help host Los Angeles rally for a 13-7 win against Washington in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday.,The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani had a three-run triple in the seventh, a two-run homer in the eighth and a...
Gold Cup: Saudi Arabia tie Trinidad, advance out of Group D
Firas Al-Buraikan found the all-important equalizer for Saudi Arabia to notch a 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in Las Vegas, ensuring the CONCACAF's guests would advance to the knockout stage of the Gold Cup.,While the United States won Group D with a perfect 3-0-0 record, Saudi Arabia ...
Gold Cup: USMNT edges Haiti to go unbeaten in Group D
Patrick Agyemang's second-half goal led the U.S. men's national team to a 2-1 victory over Haiti on Sunday night in Arlington, Texas, to secure the top spot in Group D of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.,The U.S. will meet the Group A second-place team on June 29. It will be either Mexico or Costa Rica on Jun...
RB Salzburg, Al Hilal tussle to 0-0 draw at Club World Cup
RB Salzburg and Al Hilal played to a scoreless draw in a Group H match of the Club World Cup on Sunday in Washington.,Salzburg (1-0-1, 4 points), a 17-time Austrian Bundesliga champion, had an opportunity to become the first from Group H to advance to the quarterfinals but instead is second to Real ...
10-man Real Madrid defeat Pachuca for first win of Club World Cup
Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler scored late in the first half to help 10-man Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory over CF Pachuca in a Group H clash played amid sweltering conditions Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.,Federico Valverde's sliding volley in the 70th minute sealed Xabi Alonso's first victory as Madrid m...
Team Spirit among four teams now 2-0 at PGL Wallachia Season 5
Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators, Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere improved to 2-0 at PGL Wallachia Season 5 with victories Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,In Round 2 of the five-day group stage, Spirit swept Edge 2-0, Gaimin Gladiators blanked Team Tidebound and Aurora beat Xtreme Gaming by the same sco...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz wins fifth title of season in London
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain took down the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the HSBC Championships in London on Sunday, claiming his fifth title of the season and 21st overall. ,Alcaraz, 22, who also won at Queen's Club in 2023, is the fifth active men's player to win four o...
WTA roundup: Marketa Vondrousova wins first title in 2 years
Marketa Vondrousova captured her first WTA title since she won Wimbledon in 2023, defeating Xinyu Wang in three sets at the Berlin Open on Sunday.,Vondrousova, a Czech, outlasted Wang 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-2 on a scorching day in Berlin. The grass-court win signaled, perhaps, the start of a comeback for ...
MLB roundup: Mets hit 7 HRs vs. Phils, halt 7-game skid
Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the third inning Saturday night for the New York Mets, who snapped a seven-game losing streak with an 11-4 win over the host Philadelphia Phillies in the middle game of a three-game series.,The Mets moved into a tie for...
Roundup: Ji So-Yun shines in Reign FC rout of Royals
Ji So-Yun had one goal and two assists and Emeri Adames scored two second-half goals to help Seattle Reign FC post a 4-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Saturday afternoon at Sandy, Utah.,Maddie Dahlien also scored as Seattle (6-4-3, 21 points) stretched its unbeaten streak to three matches (2-0-1)....
Gold Cup: Honduras tops El Salvador to tighten up Group B
Romell Quioto scored in the 33rd minute and Dixon Ramirez iced the game with a second-half stoppage-time goal as Honduras beat El Salvador 1-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup play in Houston on Saturday night.,Paired with Curacao's 1-1 draw with Canada earlier in the day, Honduras' win really jammed up the Gro...
Gladiators, Tidebound open with sweeps at Wallachia Season 5 group stage
Team Tidebound and the Gaimin Gladiators swept to victory on the first day of the group stage on Saturday in PGL Wallachia Season 5 in Bucharest, Romania.,The group stage runs through Wednesday and features 16 teams in a modified Swiss system. All matches are best of three. Eight teams will advance ...
River Plate keep pace in Group E with draw in FIFA Club World Cup
River Plate moved to a tie atop the Group E standings Saturday after playing to a 0-0 draw against CF Monterrey in Pasadena, Calif., in the FIFA Club World Cup.,River Plate (1-0-1, 4 points) had multiple shots at taking the lead late in the match, including a corner in the 84th minute, but the Argen...
Curacao rescues 1-1 tie with late goal against Canada
Canada let slip a golden opportunity to take a stranglehold in their group Saturday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston, dropping an extra-time lead and settling for a 1-1 tie against Curacao.,Canada still leads Group B with four points after two games, but now Curacao has edged ahead of El Salvador...
Fluminense score twice late, top Ulsan 4-2 in CWC play
Juan Freytes put Fluminense in front in the 83rd minute and Keno's second-half stoppage time header sealed a 4-2 victory over UIsan HD in an engrossing Group F contest in East Rutherford, N.J., on Saturday evening.,Freytes' winner -- his first goal for the Brazilian club -- came 17 minutes after tea...
Inter Milan rally past Urawa on stoppage-time goal at CWC
Valentin Carboni scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to complete Inter Milan's rally to a 2-1 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds in Saturday's Group E encounter at the Club World Cup in Seattle.,Carboni's strike rescued all three points for Inter (1-0-1, 4 points) 14 minutes after ...