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Toronto FC lend F Cassius Mailula to Moroccan club
Toronto FC loaned forward Cassius Mailula to Moroccan top-flight club Wydad AC on Wednesday.,The loan runs through July 2025 and includes a purchase option.,Mailula, 23, joined Toronto last summer from South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns FC.,He has recorded two goals and one assist in matches against a...
10 MLB Players Who Will Impact Pennant Pushes Around Baseball
As August winds down, MLB pennant pushes are in full swing around the MLB. These 10 players will be critical in helping their teams win the division in 2024....
Dynamo sign Honduran F Exon Arzu through 2026
The Houston Dynamo signed Honduran forward Exon Arzu through 2026 with club options through 2029.,He arrives on a full transfer from Real Club Deportivo Espana in Honduras, having been on loan with Dynamo 2 since the start of this season.,Arzu, 20, will occupy a U22 Initiative roster spot. He has be...
Orlando City sign 20-year-old Norwegian midfielder
Orlando City announced the acquisition of midfielder Heine Gikling Bruseth from Norway's Kristiansund BK on Tuesday.,The 20-year-old Norwegian is signed through 2026 with options for 2027 and 2028. He will occupy a U22 Initiative roster spot.,"We're very happy to welcome Heine to Orlando. He is a yo...
Braves, INF Gio Urshela agree to contract
The Braves and infielder Gio Urshela made a deal on Tuesday, with Atlanta signing him to a contract to replace injured third baseman Austin Riley.,Riley was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Monday. He is expected to be out six to eight weeks with a fractured right hand.,To m...
Astros RHP Justin Verlander (neck) to return Wednesday vs. Red Sox
Astros right-hander Justin Verlander will return from the injured list to start Wednesday's series finale against the visiting Boston Red Sox, Houston manager Joe Espada confirmed Monday.,Verlander has been sidelined since June 9 with neck soreness. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and former MV...
Astros recall 3B Trey Cabbage, option SS Pedro Leon
The Houston Astros recalled third baseman Trey Cabbage from Triple-A Sugar Land and optioned shortstop Pedro Leon back to Triple-A.,Cabbage, 27, played in 43 games for the Astros earlier this season, batting .217 with one home run and eight RBIs. He last played a game in the major leagues on Aug. 5....
Braves 3B Austin Riley out 6-8 weeks with hand fracture
Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley was diagnosed Monday with a fractured right hand and will miss the next 6-8 weeks, potentially ending his season.,Riley left Sunday's road game against the Los Angeles Angels when he was hit in the hand by a pitch from right-hander Jack Kochanowicz.,After in...
Team Vitality take down Natus Vincere to win IEM Cologne title
Team Vitality used a triple-overtime win on their third map to take the lead for good en route to a 3-1 victory over Natus Vincere in the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event on Sunday in Germany.,Vitality did not drop a match the entire tournament, winning Group B before sailing t...
Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman out Sunday, due for CT scan on finger
The Los Angeles Dodgers held first baseman Freddie Freeman out of the lineup Sunday against the host St. Louis Cardinals after he suffered a finger injury in Saturday's 5-2 loss.,Freeman left Saturday's game in the sixth inning after he jammed his right middle finger while trying to make a play in t...
A's place RHP Austin Adams (forearm) on IL, activate RHP Dany Jimenez
The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Austin Adams on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with right forearm tendinitis.,The move is retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the A's activated right-hander Dany Jimenez (strained left oblique) from the 15-day IL.,Adams, 33, is 1-2 with a 3....
Report: 76ers sign French Olympian Guerschon Yabusele
Forward Guerschon Yabusele agreed to a one-year, $2.1 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, ESPN reported on Sunday. ,Yabusele, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound power forward, helped host France capture the silver medal at the Olympics earlier this month. He scored 20 points in the gold-medal match aga...
Dricus Du Plessis gets Israel Adesanya to tap out at UFC 305
Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis pulled off a stunning victory and successful title defense on Saturday night, getting No. 2 contender Israel Adesanya to tap out in the fourth round of their championship fight at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia.,In a highly anticipated main event that lived up to...
University of Houston hires UNM’s Eddie Nunez as athletic director
The University of Houston announced the hiring of Eddie Nunez, formerly of the University of New Mexico, as its athletic director on Saturday.,The school announced the five-year contract for Nunez, including the title of vice president for intercollegiate athletics. Vice president was a title he pre...
Dodgers recall RHP Bobby Miller, activate RHP Ryan Brasier
Among a quartet of roster moves on Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-hander Bobby Miller, who will start Saturday's game at the St. Louis Cardinals. ,The Dodgers also activated right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier from the 60-day injured list and optioned left-handed starter Justin Wrob...
Astros place RHP Ryan Pressly (back) on 15-day IL
The Houston Astros placed right-hander Ryan Pressly on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain.,The move was retroactive to Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Astros recalled right-hander Seth Martinez from Triple-A Sugar Land.,Pressly last pitched on Tuesday, allowing two hits and one...
Marketa Vondrousova (hand) WDs from U.S. Open
The upcoming U.S. Open will be contested without another major champion in Marketa Vondrousova.,Vondrousova bowed out of the New York-based tournament due to a hand injury on Friday. The 18th-ranked native of the Czech Republic hasn't played since sustaining a first-round loss in her title defense a...
Dodgers place All-Star RHP Tyler Glasnow (elbow) on IL
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed All-Star right-hander Tyler Glasnow on the 15-day injured list Friday with right elbow tendonitis.,To take his spot on the roster, the Dodgers recalled left-hander Justin Wrobleski, who started Friday's game at St. Louis.,Glasnow, who turns 31 next week, is headed to t...
Astros 3B Alex Bregman to miss weekend with elbow injury
Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is likely to miss all three games of a weekend home series against the Chicago White Sox with a right elbow injury.,Bregman underwent an MRI on Friday that showed no structural damage with the team electing not to put the veteran on the injured list for now....
Russell Wilson slated to start preseason game vs. Bills
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Thursday that veteran quarterback Russell Wilson will start Sunday night against the Buffalo Bills if he doesn't have a setback with his calf injury.,Wilson suffered the injury on the eve of the team's first training camp practice and it has caused him to m...