July 19 (Reuters) – Former UFC fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren announced his retirement from competitive wrestling after losing to former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Saturday. The bout, organised by Real American Freestyle, was a remarkable r
Jacob Wilson homered during a three-hit outing, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes also went deep and the Athletics broke a 10-game slide with a 15-1 beatdown of the Washington Nationals on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif. J.T. Ginn (8-6) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Ath
Tarik Skubal scattered five hits over seven innings and Spencer Torkelson homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. Skubal (6-5) struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter while allowing only one ru
The New York Knicks’ effort to bolster depth at center was blocked on Saturday when the Dallas Mavericks matched their contract offer sheet for restricted free agent Moussa Cisse, his agents told ESPN. The Knicks had signed the 6-foot-11 center earlier Saturday to a two-year, $4.7 million offer shee
July 19 (Reuters) – Wimbledon finalist Karolina Muchova said on Saturday she would miss next month’s Canadian Open after undergoing minor surgery. The 29-year-old Czech lost to compatriot Linda Noskova 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the Wimbledon final earlier this month. It was the second Grand Slam final defeat o
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn lost his bid for a no-hitter Saturday night against the Washington Nationals when Keibert Ruiz lined a clean single to center field with one out in the seventh inning. After the base hit, Ginn was removed from the game by manager Mark Kotsay
The Arizona Diamondbacks placed outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a strained right adductor. In a corresponding move, the Diamondbacks recalled catcher Adrian Del Castillo from Triple-A Reno. They also selected the contract of right-hander Gerardo Carri
The Chicago Cubs acquired veteran right-hander Aaron Civale from the Athletics on Saturday for minor league right-hander Aiden Moffett. Civale, who ended last season with the Cubs, was designated for assignment by the Athletics on Wednesday. In other moves on Saturday, the Athletics placed right-han
July 18 (Reuters) – List of the all-time top scorers at the World Cup after France’s Kylian Mbappe scored twice against England in the third-place playoff to move ahead of Lionel Messi in the rankings. 1 Kylian Mbappe France 22 22 2 Lionel Messi Argentina 21 33 3 Miroslav Klose Germany 16 24 4 Ronal
The Chicago Blackhawks secured the centerpiece of their rebuild Saturday, signing star forward Connor Bedard to a five-year, $75 million contract extension. The deal carries a $15 million annual salary cap hit, and keeps Bedard under contract through 2030-31. Only the contracts of Leo Carlsson of th
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge will need another scan before a major ramp-up of activity while his fractured rib heals, and the New York Yankees moved their captain to the 60-day injured list Saturday. Sidelined since May 31, Judge had a scan during the All-Star break that was reviewed by Dr. Gregory J
MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) – Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick as England held off a stunning France fightback to claim a 6-4 victory in a madcap Miami thriller on Saturday, securing third place for their best World Cup finish since their sole title triumph in 1966. In a match of two halves where defendi
MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) – England claimed third place at the World Cup by beating France 6-4 on Saturday, while Les Bleus’ captain Kylian Mbappe became the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 22 goals on coach Didier Deschamps’ last game after 14 years in charge. • England scored four in the firs
MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) – France striker Kylian Mbappe became the World Cup’s all-time leading scorer with 22 goals when he netted twice in Les Bleus’ 6-4 defeat by England in the third-place game on Saturday. The 27-year-old leapfrogged Argentina’s Lionel Messi (21), who is due to play in Sunday’s
Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena and first baseman Christian Walker departed with injuries on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. Pena displayed discomfort during his second plate appearance against Orioles left-hander Trevor Rogers before striking out in the bottom of the third inning. Pena, visite
Maria Sakkari moved within one victory of lifting a trophy in her hometown Saturday, defeating Russia’s Alina Korneeva 6-1, 7-5 to reach the final of the Athens Open. The fourth-seeded Sakkari controlled the opening set before Korneeva provided more resistance in the second, but the Greek favorite c
The Cincinnati Reds and star right-hander Chase Burns agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension, the club announced Saturday. Burns, 23, received the largest guarantee of any pitcher in MLB history with less than four years of service time. The deal, which begins next season and runs t
The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a five-year contract extension with right-handed starter Kyle Bradish on Saturday. The deal is worth $90 million, per ESPN. Per the report, the length of the contract buys out Bradish’s last two years of arbitration and the first three seasons of what would have been
Seattle Mariners star outfielder Julio Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list Saturday and was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter against the San Francisco Giants. Rodriguez had been out since leaving a game on July 2 vs. the Los Angeles Angels after he was struc
By Martyn Herman SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 (Reuters) – Tommy Fleetwood will hope to surf a wave of home support on Sunday to win the British Open and end the wait for an English winner of the world’s oldest major that stretches back to 1992. The 35-year-old, born down the road from Royal Birkdale
By Martyn Herman SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 (Reuters) – American Sam Burns did not even expect to be playing at the 154th British Open with his pregnant wife Caroline’s due date two days before the start of the championship at Royal Birkdale. But daughter Belle arrived early, Burns caught the plane
By Martyn Herman SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 (Reuters) – American Sam Burns seized a two-stroke lead in the third round of the British Open but compatriot Bryson DeChambeau shrugged off the furore over his two-stroke penalty with another well-crafted round at Royal Birkdale to stay in the hunt on Sa
By Nick Mulvenney NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) – When Argentina lost the 2016 Copa America final at MetLife Stadium, a heartbroken Lionel Messi tearfully announced his retirement from international football with the words “I’ve done all I can”. At 29, he was one of the world’s most decorated players
No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev will face second-seeded Luciano Darderi in the Nordea Open final Sunday after both prevailed in three sets in their semifinal matches Saturday in Bastad, Sweden. The Russian Rublev defeated No. 3 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, while Italy’s Darderi held off un
The Florida Panthers suspended equipment manager Teddy Richards on Friday, following his arrest on misdemeanor charges of battery/domestic violence and unauthorized use of 911 services. Richards was arrested Friday at his home in Coral Springs, Fla. He has been the Panthers’ equipment manager since
Ron Hunt, the hard-nosed second baseman who became the first New York Mets player to start in an All-Star Game, has died at age 85. Hunt, who set a Modern Era record with 50 hit-by-pitches in the 1971 season, had been in hospice care for a month. He died on Wednesday. Hunt played for five teams duri
EAST HANOVER, New Jersey, July 18 (Reuters) – Heavy thunderstorms in the New York and New Jersey areas disrupted the final training sessions of Spain and Argentina ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final on Saturday. “The Spanish national team’s training session on the pitches at the Melanie Lane Training
By Martyn Herman SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 (Reuters) – Bryson DeChambeau’s two-stroke penalty imposed after his second round at the British Open on Friday was a “clear-cut decision”, according to R&A chief Mark Darbon, while world number two Rory McIlroy had no sympathy for the American. DeChambea
SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Ryan Fox carded the third 62 in little more than 24 hours at the British Open to hit the top of the leaderboard at a sunny Royal Birkdale on Saturday. Fox carded nine birdies and only one bogey in his eight-under third round, coming up short with
July 18 (Reuters) – FIFA’s Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), which aims to protect players, teams and officials from online threats and abuse, has detected more than 7 million potentially harmful or abusive posts on social media during the World Cup, the global soccer body said on Saturday. •
