By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – The Orlando Pride signed star striker Barbra Banda to a new “landmark agreement” through the 2029 season, the club announced on Monday. Banda, 26, has scored a club-record 16 goals through 20 matches this season. She has tallied 41 goals and 11 assis
By Ashraf Hamed Atta Sept 14 (Reuters) – Kuwait will host the Saudi Super Cup for the first time when the four-team competition is staged from December 19 to 23, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) said on Monday. The tournament will be held at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and featu
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens rookie wide receiver Ja’Kobi Lane sustained a fractured wrist in Sunday’s season-opening win at Indianapolis, multiple outlets reported. The third-round draft pick will undergo further testing, including an MRI on Monday, to confirm
Offenses didn’t need any time to shake off the rust. They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history. The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of tying Atlanta’s 53-year-old record for the most in Week 1. The game featured 1,030 total yards and th
Clinching season has begun, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers becoming the first teams to wrap up spots in the postseason. Here’s a quick rundown of baseball’s remaining unresolved races: The New York Yankees and Boston are almost certain to join Tampa Bay in the playoffs out of the AL E
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – UCF quarterback Alonza Barnett III will miss “multiple weeks” with a hamstring injury, ESPN reported on Monday. The James Madison transfer sustained the injury late in the Knights’ 12-7 loss at Pitt on Saturday. Barnett has completed 31 of 49 passes
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – The New York Islanders named forward Bo Horvat the 16th captain in franchise history on Monday. Horvat, 31, tallied a team-high 31 goals and finished with 57 points in 68 games with the team in 2025-26. He leads the Islanders in goals (99) and points
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension on Monday. He was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award in 2024-25 and led the team to the Eastern Conference finals in 2025-26. St. Louis, 51, has compil
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Florida State fired athletic director Michael Alford on Monday amid the football team’s ongoing struggles. Alford had held the position since January 2022, taking over following the retirement of David Coburn. “Michael Alford has served the Universit
Sept 14 (Reuters) – European soccer players’ union FIFPRO Europe demanded reforms to FIFA’s decision-making structures on Monday, arguing that the world body’s now-abandoned investment proposal exposed dangerous flaws in how global football is governed. The union released a study claiming FIFA’s she
Sept 14 (Reuters) – UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has vacated his title after suffering ongoing complications from an eye injury sustained during his bout with Ciryl Gane last year, the British fighter said on Monday. The 33-year-old has undergone multiple surgeries since receiving severe ey
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer announced on Sunday night that he accepts the NBA’s punishment of the franchise for salary-cap circumvention, including his one-year suspension, and has “sincere regrets.” The NBA fined the Clippers $30 millio
By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Top tennis players said on Monday they would cease to publicly campaign for greater influence and financial benefits from the four Grand Slams, choosing instead to pursue their objectives through a new Player Advisory Council. Players launched thei
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Cam Schlittler pitched six innings of one-hit ball in taking the major league ERA lead, and the host New York Yankees shut out the New York Mets 2-0 on Sunday in the final game of the Subway Series. Ben Rice and Austin Wells provided the only runs of
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Captain Angela Stanford said it was too early to say whether she would have done anything differently in the wake of the United States’ 15-13 loss to Team Europe in the 2026 Solheim Cup. The teams entered Sunday tied 8-8 after the first two days of c
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Forward Zachary Bolduc signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract to return to the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced on Sunday. The 23-year-old was a restricted free agent as of July 1 after his first season with the Canadiens. His new deal has
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – There is no chance Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. envisioned being the recipient of a curtain call on Sept. 13 simply for going deep in Toronto. That’s Guerrero’s reality as his homer on Sunday in Toronto’s 75th home game of the season represen
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Kyler Murray saw his Minnesota Vikings debut come to an early end when he sustained a concussion on a scramble in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the visiting Green Bay Packers. The former Arizona Cardinals quarterback took a hard hit to t
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carson Wentz has had little time to practice with Minnesota’s voluminous playbook, a late arrival to the team last season who returned this year in more of a mentor role as Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy competed for the starting quarterback job in training camp. The Vikings broug
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts can count on a few guarantees in each season opener. For sure, a new offensive coordinator. Though as long as Hurts is connecting on passes and extending drives with game-saving scrambles, the play-caller in his ear rarely seems to matter. Hurts threw for 203 yards an
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kirk Cousins was brought in to be Las Vegas’ present and a bridge to a future where top draft pick Fernando Mendoza is the Raiders’ starting quarterback. Cousins, now in his 15th season, quickly showed Sunday why the Raiders acquired him from Atlanta for that role, completing his fi
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Coming off an injury-riddled three-win season and with a new coaching staff, the Arizona Cardinals were the NFL’s biggest underdog going into Week 1. Surprise! Led by rookie head coach Mike LaFleur, the Cardinals defeated the Jim Harbaugh-led Los Angeles Chargers 26-14 on Su
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson said last month that winning the Super Bowl isn’t enough for him. He wants to have the highest-scoring offense in NFL history. If the Bears can put together more weeks like their opener, that goal will be within reach. Chicago scored eight touch
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Caleb Williams threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and the Chicago Bears pulled away for a 59-37 victory against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte in the highest-scoring Week 1 game in NFL history. In the teams’ season opener, D’Andre Swif
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Trinity Rodman pulled off a logistical miracle on Sunday, making the 200-mile trip from a soccer pitch in Washington to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, only to arrive in time to watch boyfriend Ben Shelton lose the U.S. Open final to Alexander Zvere
By Field Level Media Sep 14 (Field Level Media) – Justin Thomas withdrew Sunday from the upcoming Biltmore Championship Asheville, the first tournament of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall. The new tournament is slated for this Thursday through Sunday at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, N.C. It m
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – An American men’s Grand Slam drought will stretch into a 24th year, after German Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton in the final of the U.S. Open on Sunday to the bitter disappointment of the home crowd in New York. Shelton was not even a year old when the
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Malik Nabers is active for “Sunday Night Football” and in line to make his return from an ACL tear nearly 12 months ago when the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys. Nabers hurt his knee attempting to make a catch against the Los Angeles Chargers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray took a hit to his head at the end of a run and had to be pulled in the first quarter of his debut with the team in the season opener Sunday. Murray was placed in the concussion protocol for evaluation and announced by the Vikings as out f
US wins fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title, beating France 97-79 BERLIN (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 22 points, Jackie Young added 18 and the U.S. beat France 97-79 to win its fifth consecutive women’s FIBA World Cup championship. The victory extended the Americans’ streak to 36 straight W
