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LAFC looks to climb standings, beginning with visit from Rapids
Los Angeles FC has played just 17 matches this season while all six teams ahead of them in the Western Conference standings have played 20 or 21.,Having games in hand leaves LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo believing his team can make a run up the standings. LAFC looks to start the climb when they host t...

Nationals place C Keibert Ruiz (concussion) back on injured list
Washington Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz returned to the seven-day concussion list Tuesday after being active for two games.,In a corresponding move, the Nationals recalled catcher Drew Millas from Triple-A Rochester. Right-hander Trevor Williams (right elbow sprain) was transferred from the 15- to...

WNBA All-Star draft: Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier trade coaches
Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier were encouraged to negotiate some trades immediately after their WNBA All-Star draft on Tuesday night. Instead, they swapped their head coaches.,Clark, as the leading vote-getter, was assigned Cheryl Reeve, head coach of the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx. Collier, Cl...

Wings seek revenge as they visit slumping Sky
Pondering her team's potential when it plays disciplined and unencumbered, Dallas Wings forward Myisha Hines-Allen said "the sky's the limit.",As it happens, the Sky stand as Dallas' next opponent, with the Wings preparing to visit Chicago on Wednesday with a pair of late-May losses in mind.,"Moving...

Lionel Messi, Inter Miami seek victory over Revolution
Inter Miami will look to continue to climb the Eastern Conference standings on Wednesday night when they take on the host New England Revolution at Foxborough, Mass.,Lionel Messi delivered one of his best performances of the season, scoring two goals and assisting on another, to lead Miami (9-3-5, 3...

Best defense faces best offense as Lynx visit Mercury
The best defensive team in the league will meet one of the hottest offenses when the Minnesota Lynx visit the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.,The Lynx (17-2) have held opponents to 40.2 percent shooting from the field and 74.1 points per game, four points less than anyone else in the league.,The Mercu...

Valkyries pay visit to Fever as Caitlin Clark returns
Caitlin Clark plans to play for the Indiana Fever for the first time in more than two weeks when the Golden State Valkyries pay a visit to Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon in a battle of 9-9 teams.,Indiana was expected to be closer to the top of the standings, while the expansion Valkyries are am...

Harris English's caddie denied U.K. visa due to past drug arrest
Harris English may have to face the next two critical tournaments in the United Kingdom without his caddie, Eric Larson, whose decades-old prison sentence has proven a tough hurdle to overcome amid new travel regulations for Americans visiting the U.K.,While Harris is in the U.K. for the next two we...

Caitlin Clark expects to return to Fever lineup Wednesday
Caitlin Clark plans to return to the Indiana Fever lineup on Wednesday barring unexpected setbacks with her injured leg prior to the matinee in Indianapolis against Golden State. ,Clark implied she could be on a minutes restriction but assuredly would be a welcome addition to the rotation. Indiana i...

Report: Mavs' Anthony Davis had surgery for detached retina
Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is expected to be healthy for training camp after surgery to repair a detached retina, ESPN reported Tuesday.,The 10-time All-Star forward sustained the injury sometime during the season and played through multiple hits to his face, per the report.,Davis, 32, was ...

Aryna Sabalenka, Amanda Anisimova to clash in Wimbledon semifinal
Aryna Sabalenka got all she could handle -- and more -- from Laura Siegemund of Germany but managed a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win to advance to the semifinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday in London.,The 37-year-old Siegemund took Sabalenka out of her traditional power game, instead forcing the 27-year-old from Bel...

Kylian Mbappe in spotlight as Real Madrid, PSG clash in CWC semi
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- As if Paris Saint-Germain meeting old friend Lionel Messi in the FIFA Club World Cup wasn't fortuitous enough, now the European champions are in line to face a former star who left Paris on much uglier terms.,PSG and Real Madrid are set for a momentous semifinal clash on Wed...

Valkyries visit Fever in matinee meeting of .500 teams
The expansion Golden State Valkyries and Indiana Fever will match up on Wednesday afternoon in a battle of 9-9 teams that will take place at Indianapolis.,For Golden State, its .500 start has been a pleasant surprise. The first-year franchise finished June on a 7-2 run before dropping its last two g...

NHL, players ratify 4-year CBA extension with 84-game season reportedly on way
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association ratified on Tuesday a four-year extension to the collective bargaining agreement that will run through the 2029-30 season.,The two sides reached an agreement in principle on June 27 but votes of the full membership of the NHLPA and the leag...

Taylor Fritz reaches first semifinal at Wimbledon
No. 5 Taylor Fritz advanced to the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time by defeating No. 17 Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) on Tuesday in London.,Fritz twice had lost in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, dropping five-setters to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and Lorenzo Musetti in 2024. The 27-year...

Storm heating up, looking to extend Sun's struggles
The Seattle Storm will be out to remain perfect, at least on the eastern swing of their four-game road trip, when they visit the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday afternoon.,The Storm started their journey with a loss to the Golden State Valkyries, but they went even further away from home to earn back-t...

Civil rights advocate, Cowboys TE Pettis Norman dies at 86
Pettis Norman, a tight end on the football field and a civil rights advocate off of it, has died. He was 86.,Norman played for the Dallas Cowboys (1962-70) and San Diego Chargers (1971-73). He was a member of the first Cowboys' team to play in the Super Bowl -- Super Bowl V in 1971, a 16-13 loss to ...

Former teammates Robbie Ray, Taijuan Walker face off as Giants host Phillies
Two-time teammates Taijuan Walker and Robbie Ray will go head-to-head for the first time in their careers when the Philadelphia Phillies and host San Francisco Giants continue their three-game series Tuesday night.,A matchup of two of the best starting staffs in baseball lived up to its billing in M...

Diamondbacks hope to have Ketel Marte back vs. Padres
Somewhere between the end of a 3-7 homestand and the first pitch of Monday night's series opener at the San Diego Padres, the Arizona Diamondbacks saw a new pair of injuries crop up.,But Arizona manager Torey Lovullo opted to stress the positive in his pre-game meeting with the media, saying that "t...

Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi continues comeback against Angels
Texas right-hander Nathan Eovaldi on Tuesday night will make his third start since missing almost a month with right triceps tightness when the Rangers play the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.,Texas will try to bounce back from a 6-5 walk-off loss to the Angels on Monday. ,Eovaldi (5-3, 1.75 E...