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WTA roundup: Rebecca Sramkova pulls off upset at Budapest
Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova won a first-set tiebreaker and went on the 7-6 (4), 6-3 upset of No. 3 seed Xiyu Wang of China to advance to the quarterfinals of the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest.,Sramkova saved 10 of 12 break points in the victory, while converting four of 10.,Top-seeded Diana Shnai...
ATP roundup: Rafael Nadal rallies into Bastad quarterfinals
Spain's Rafael Nadal trailed in the second set before overcoming No. 5 seed Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Nordea Open quarterfinals in Bastad, Sweden.,The opening set was on serve before Nadal broke Norrie in the seventh game. He then fell behind 4-1 in the second befor...
MOUZ among winners as Esports World Cup's CS:GO event begins
The Esports World Cup's $1 million CS:GO tournament kicked off Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with seven teams advancing straight to the playoffs by winning qualification matches.,MOUZ, Team Spirit, Natus Vincere, Virtus.pro, Team Vitality, FaZe Clan and G2 Esports won their respective best-of-t...
WTA roundup: Diane Parry reaches Palermo quarterfinals
Fourth-seeded Diane Parry advanced to her fourth tour-level quarterfinal this year with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory over Jil Teichmann on Wednesday at the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy.,Parry, of France, converted 7 of 10 break-point opportunities, to 3 of 8 for Switzerland's Teichmann, the 2019 Pale...
WTA roundup: Top seed Diana Shnaider notches win in Hungary
Top seed Diana Shnaider was extended to three sets in winning her first career match against Hungary's Fanny Stollar 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in first-round action Tuesday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Russia's Shnaider, ranked 28th in the world, was 6 of 9 on break-point conversions, to 5 of 8 for ...
Tennessee's Josh Heupel ready for 'unique' return to Oklahoma
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel will see his worlds collide when his team faces Oklahoma in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. ,It will be the first SEC football game for new member Oklahoma, and there is no better opponent to welcome in the Sooners than Heupel's Tennessee program.,...
Tiger Woods: Too much on plate to be U.S. Ryder Cup captain
Tiger Woods said his decision against serving as captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team was a result of having too many other commitments.,Keegan Bradley, in turn, will be the captain when the Americans face the European team at the Bethpage Black Course in September 2025 in Farmingdale, N.Y.,"Well...
ATP roundup: Norrie opens with win in Sweden, could meet Nadal
No. 5 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain earned a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik in the first round of the Nordea Open on Monday in Bastad, Sweden.,Norrie, eliminated in the third round of Wimbledon earlier this month, hit seven aces and never faced break point against Kovalik. Nei...
WTA roundup: Aliaksandra Sasnovich rallies for Budapest upset
Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 upset of No. 2 seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria in first-round action Monday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Sasnovich converted seven of eight break points and advanced to face Russia's Maria Timofeeva, a 7-5, 7-6 (3) winner aga...
PGA Tour reveals 8-event FedEx Cup fall schedule
The PGA Tour confirmed the eight official events on the 2024 FedEx Cup fall schedule on Monday.,The stretch will serve as the final chance for players to secure or improve their status for the 2025 season.,This is the second year of the FedEx Cup fall format, which begins in mid-September at the Nap...
MLB roundup: Orioles walk off Yankees with 3-run 9th
Cedric Mullins ripped a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of a wild ninth inning as the Baltimore Orioles pulled out a 6-5 victory against the visiting New York Yankees on Sunday, taking a one-game lead in the American League East into the All-Star break.,The Orioles, who ended a five-game losin...
MLB roundup: Tigers rally in 9th, beat Dodgers in 10th
Gio Urshela blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from a five-run deficit in the ninth to stun the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-9, on Saturday afternoon.,Colt Keith drove in four runs and capped Detroit's rally in the ninth with a two-run homer. W...
MLB roundup: Gerrit Cole, Yankees shut down rival Orioles
New York starter Gerrit Cole kept the Baltimore Orioles in check over six innings and Aaron Judge finally homered again as the visiting Yankees won 4-1 in a matchup of American League East front-runners on Friday night.,Judge's majors-leading 33rd home run was his first long ball in nine games. Cole...
Groups revealed for 2024 NBA Cup
The NBA released the groups for the second edition of the NBA Cup, the league's in-season tournament, on Friday night.,LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the inaugural tournament last December, will face the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs in the We...
MLB roundup: Paul Skenes unhittable in Pirates' win
Paul Skenes no-hit the host Milwaukee Brewers through seven innings before being lifted, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory on Thursday afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game series.,The rookie Skenes (6-0), making his 11th major league start, walked one and struck out a career-h...
Schedule revealed for newly renamed Emirates NBA Cup
The NBA is preparing for the second year of its in-season tournament, now branded as the Emirates NBA Cup.,The league said Thursday that the second annual tournament will begin Nov. 12 with regular-season fixtures designated as NBA Cup games.,As with last year's competition, teams will be drawn into...
Rory McIlroy shares 'surprise, disbelief' of Team Europe over U.S. captain pick
Over dinner in London with Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald on Sunday, Team Europe evaluated the gathering with the United States at Bethpage Black next September. ,Based on reaction from Rory McIlroy and his reigning Ryder Cup champion teammates on Thursday, you could likely hear a fork drop when the ...
MLB roundup: Cubs blank O's in battle of All-Star pitchers
Shota Imanaga threw six shutout innings and the Chicago Cubs prevailed in a showdown featuring All-Star pitchers, defeating the host Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Wednesday night.,Imanaga, who was pitching for the first time in a week, outdueled Baltimore's Corbin Burnes. Both were picked for the All-Sta...
MLB roundup: Josh Naylor, Guardians top Tigers in 10th
Josh Naylor drove in four runs, including the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, as the visiting Cleveland Guardians topped the Detroit Tigers 9-8 on Tuesday night.,Cleveland ended Detroit's four-game winning streak despite squandering a 6-0 lead.,Naylor, who reached base five times, also supplied a t...
Keegan Bradley ‘surprised’ by Ryder Cup call; Tiger open to future captaincy
Even for all-time greats at the level of Tiger Woods, there are only 24 hours in a day.,Woods' belief that he wouldn't have enough time to be fully dedicated to captaining the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup squad led the PGA of America to tap Keegan Bradley for the role, a move that Bradley said Tuesday came a...