Aug 10 (Reuters) – ARC Team USA, the recently formed U.S. challengers for next year’s America’s Cup in Naples, Italy, said on Monday they had picked the first six sailors for their squad as they intensify their campaign to take on defenders New Zealand. The team said the initial lineup was made up o
Aug 10 (Reuters) – A consortium that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to agreeing a deal to acquire a stake of about one-third in Premier League club Liverpool, multiple media outlets reported on Monday. The investor group also includes Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder, the report
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Jamie Chadwick has no doubt that female drivers will rise to the top in motorsport if enough of them start at the bottom. Britain’s leading woman racer, a triple champion in the defunct W Series who is now eyeing a career in the world endurance championship
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Alexia Danielsson was 14 when she first drove a Formula One car, a modified 2007 Williams owned by a family friend. Now 17 and competing in the Central European F4 series where rivals include 15-year-old Ella Hakkinen, McLaren-backed daughter of retired dou
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – It is 50 years since a female driver last competed in Formula One, with Italian Maria Grazia “Lella” Lombardi finishing 12th in the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg’s old Oesterreichring on August 15, 1976. The following looks at the involvement of women in grand prix raci
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Formula E chief executive Jeff Dodds has no doubt his all-electric series will beat Formula One in the race to put a woman in the driving seat. This weekend marks 50 years since a female driver last started a world championship grand prix, Italian Lella Lom
Arizona right-hander Michael Soroka is scheduled to return to the starting rotation when the Diamondbacks face the Colorado Rockies in the first contest of a three-game series in Phoenix on Monday. Soroka (8-3, 3.07 ERA) appeared to have broken through his injury-vexing past and was one of the keys
Right-handed reliever Craig Kimbrel is signing with the Kansas City Royals, his third team this season and 12th in his 17-year career, MLB.com and the New York Post reported on Sunday. Kimbrel, 38, is signing a major league contract and is expected to be activated in time for the Royals’ game Monday
Derek Hill hit a walk-off RBI single to help the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in 12 innings Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep. Kyle Schwarber hit two homers for the Phillies to give him 35 on the season after he was homerless in the prior 17 games. Philadelphia b
Jackson Koivun just completed his fifth PGA Tour start since turning pro, and he’s already a playoff contender. Koivun, 21, held onto the 70th and final spot in the FedEx Cup playoff field after he tied for 29th Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale in Greensboro,
Don Nelson, second-winningest NBA coach who won 5 titles as a Celtics player, dies at 86 Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, has died at the age of 86. Nelson’s family says he died Sunday but did not say where or provide a cause of death. Nelson won five titles as a player with t
What has seemed like a formality for much of the season became official on Sunday. Three years with LIV Golf, three straight individual championships for Jon Rahm. The Spaniard didn’t have a stellar week on the course at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, but that didn’t stop him from clinching th
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has stepped away from football. “His biggest worry was letting us down, that’s the type of guy he is,” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday, when Bridgewater was placed on the reserve/retired list. The 33-year-old journeyman had
The Milwaukee Brewers placed rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt on the 10-day injured list Sunday after an MRI revealed a strained right hamstring. Pratt first experienced discomfort during Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins but finished all nine innings. Manager Pat Murphy said the 21-year-old
NICE, France, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Dutchwoman Demi Vollering secured her second Tour de France Femmes title on Sunday, winning the ninth and final stage in emphatic fashion to reclaim cycling’s biggest prize. The 29-year-old FDJ-Suez rider, widely regarded as one of the finest cyclists of her generatio
The Tampa Bay Rays placed right-hander Grifin Jax on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort and recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Griffin, whose IL move is retroactive to Thursday, had been scratched from his start Saturday against the Seattle Mariners. In 29 app
The San Diego Padres signed free-agent outfielder Austin Hays to a major league contract and will add him to the active roster after he was let go by the Chicago White Sox, multiple outlets reported Sunday. Hays, 31, was batting.233 with one home run and seven RBIs over 12 games for the White Sox th
NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale was ejected by umpire Dan Merzel before a pitch was thrown in Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees, a day after being called for a balk that scored a run. As umpires took the field and walked by the Braves’ dugout on the third base side, Sale began
Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will step away from the team, head coach Dan Campbell announced Sunday, prompting the team to scramble to secure a backup behind starter Jared Goff. Bridgewater, 33, had been in camp and set for his return to the Lions after serving as the team’s backup du
Aug 9 (Reuters) – World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a right knee injury, tournament organisers said on Sunday, handing the Italian a blow in his preparations for this month’s U.S. Open. The 24-year-old Italian, who claimed his fifth Grand Slam title at Wimbled
One day after their nine-game winning streak came to an end, the Boston Red Sox made an adjustment to their bullpen, selecting the contract of right-hander Seth Martinez from Triple-A Worcester. In a corresponding move, the Red Sox optioned left-hander Raymond Burgos to Triple-A. Martinez, 31, is se
New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Dillon Radunz was ruled out for the season on Sunday after he tore his ACL in practice. Radunz, who was entering his second season with the Saints and sixth in the NFL, was injured during a training camp practice Saturday. The 28-year-old started 10 of the 15 gam
One day after being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, longtime Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald paid for a full-page ad in the Arizona Republic to thank everyone who made a Minnesota native feel welcome in the state he calls home. After being selected by the Cardinals with
Another new turf field is being installed at Gillette Stadium in time for the New England Patriots’ preseason opener, set for Thursday against the Indianapolis Colts. The stadium in Foxborough, Mass., had a natural grass surface installed for recent FIFA World Cup matches hosted there, as was requir
The Carolina Panthers signed quarterback Kyle Trask on Sunday after rookie quarterback Haynes King suffered a hamstring injury in the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday. Trask, 28, has not appeared in an NFL game since Dec. 29, 2024, when he came off the bench for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to close out a
Beloved radio announcer Rick Rizzs will be the 12th person inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame. Rizzs, 72, has served as a Mariners broadcaster for 41 of the team’s 50 seasons. He joined the franchise prior to the 1983 season and, except for a three-year stint when he succeeded Baseball
San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan said he expects to be on the field Thursday when the 49ers open their preseason against the Tennessee Titans. His role with the 49ers has been limited in training camp so far. He has been recovering from a concussion and other injuries suffered in a July 14 car
Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington ejected for foul on Fever’s Cunningham and posts ‘white privilege’ CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington was ejected Saturday after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul on Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham. Minutes later, Carrington posted on social media the words “WHITE
PHOENIX (AP) — Dave Roberts didn’t look like a manager whose team had just won a Major League Baseball game on Saturday night, wearing a tired, slightly-concerned look on his face while contemplating the 3 1/2 hours of baseball he had just witnessed. He knows his two-time defending champion Los Ange
Aug 8 (Reuters) – Surfing’s 11-times world champion Kelly Slater showed he still has what it takes to foot it with the best at the Tahiti Pro on Saturday, scoring the highest heat total of the first day in huge and wild waves. The 54-year-old, who retired from full-time competition in 2024, clocked
