By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Family was at the heart of Alexander Zverev’s U.S. Open triumph on Sunday, as the German thanked his mother for refusing to let his diabetes define his future after he claimed a second Grand Slam title. The top seed beat American Ben Shelton 6-3 7-
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns, opening the season much like he closed last year, and the Jacksonville Jaguars dominated rebuilding Cleveland 34-10 on Sunday to spoil the debut of new Browns coach Todd Monken. The Jaguars scored on six of their firs
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken shielded quarterback Deshaun Watson from taking the blame alone for a 34-10 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday. “I’d rather just speak about today, because I haven’t had time to even look at the tape,” Monken said.
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – New York Jets rookie wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was ruled out for the remainder of their season opener Sunday at the Tennessee Titans with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, veteran safety Minkah Fitzpatrick injured his groin and was downgraded from ques
BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Defending champions USA fell behind early but stormed back past France 97-79 on Sunday to win the Women’s World Cup. In a rematch of the 2024 Olympic Games final, the American women came out on top once more, earning their fifth consecutive World Cup title and stretching
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – The Boston Red Sox reinstated first baseman Willson Contreras from the 10-day injured list prior to their home game against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Contreras was in the starting lineup, playing first base and batting fourth, as the Red Sox
By Lori Ewing BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Americans Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek struck sprint gold and a $300,000 jackpot on Sunday, winning the 200m titles at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship a day after they were crowned 100m champions. Jefferson-Wooden, who ce
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers set a career high with 150 receiving yards in the first half at Indianapolis on Sunday but went to the bench with a hamstring injury with six minutes left in the second quarter. Baltimore ruled Flowers out f
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Maxx Crosby made it known to teams looking to trade for him after a move to the Baltimore Ravens fell through last March that he only wanted to play for the Las Vegas Raiders, NFL Network reported Sunday. Those interested teams, according to the netw
BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Americans Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek completed sprint doubles by winning their 200 metres races on the final night of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship on Sunday, 24 hours after they raced to 100m victories. • Jefferson-Wooden laid dow
By Bo Erickson and Padraic Halpin DOONBEG, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Shane Lowry won the Irish Open for the second time on Sunday to the delight of the home crowd and a cheering U.S. President Donald Trump, who presented the Irishman with the trophy at the west of Ireland course owned by the Trump family.
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore right-hander Kyle Bradish could miss the rest of the season after the Orioles placed him on the 15-day injured list Sunday with lower abdominal discomfort. The Orioles recalled right-hander Yaramil Hiraldo from Triple-A Norfolk to fill Brad
By Lori Ewing BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Most athletes might bristle at seeing their records being broken. When eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt learned that a robot in China had eclipsed his 100-metres world record by almost a second, he was rather amused by the turn of events. “It’s just
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – A non-contact left ankle injury in San Francisco’s season-opening victory will keep 49ers rookie wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling sidelined for at least a month, NFL Network reported Sunday. Stribling was injured in the second quarter of the 49ers’ 2
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Team Europe regained the Solheim Cup with a 15-13 victory over the United States on Sunday in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Lottie Woad sank a 2-foot putt on the 17th hole to record a 2&1 win over Auston Kim, pushing the Europeans past the 14 1/2-point thr
Myles Garrett is expected to miss at least four games because of a knee injury that requires arthroscopic surgery, a person with knowledge of the Los Angeles Rams star edge rusher’s status told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Los Angeles Rams star defensive end Myles Garrett will undergo arthroscopic surgery on a knee and will be placed on injured reserve, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday. While the knee wasn’t specified, Garrett missed most of training camp and
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is expected to sit out Week 1 with a back injury with the fourth-year defensive back and Pittsburgh’s front office at “an impasse” in contract extension talks. Steelers coach Mike McCarthy said Porter and the team
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – The amateur scouting director of the Chicago White Sox has resigned and is no longer with the team. The club announced the departure of Mike Shirley on Saturday night with no further information given. However, The Athletic reported that Shirley was
By Lori Ewing and Soheil Afdjei BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Russian athletes have appealed to international sporting and human rights bodies to help end World Athletics’ ban on Russian competitors, arguing that more than four years of exclusion has deprived a generation of athletes of their career
By Lori Ewing BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Sunday that the governing body’s position on the exclusion of Russian athletes had not changed ahead of an upcoming Court of Arbitration for Sport case, while acknowledging the need for a resolution. Russian
By Lori Ewing BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – World Athletics president Sebastian Coe believes his sport has spent too long asking spectators to wait, and he points to the new Ultimate Championship as evidence of how athletics can move faster to attract younger audiences. The inaugural three-day event
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – The Seattle Mariners set a franchise record for largest victory margin as well as season bests for runs and hits in a 19-1 rout of the Athletics on Saturday night in West Sacramento, Calif. Cole Young homered and drove in five runs and Randy Arozaren
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Veteran forward Chris Kreider didn’t stay a free agent long, signing a one- year contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, the team announced. Financial terms were not disclosed, but ESPN reported that Kreider’s deal has a $2.15 million avera
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – The chance to witness tennis history has yet to restoke ticket prices for Sunday’s men’s final at the U.S. Open in New York. Ben Shelton is the first Black American male singles player to reach the championship match since Arthur Ashe in 1972. He wil
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud will play this season without a new contract, according to multiple reports. Texans general manager Nick Caserio said the front office wouldn’t discuss a new d
By Field Level Media Sep 13 (Field Level Media) – Hollywood Smothers scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds to play and Arch Manning came alive in the fourth quarter to direct three scoring drives as No. 4 Texas rallied for a 24-23 victory over top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday in a titani
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a third straight U.S. Open title ended in a 6-4 5-7 6-2 defeat by Elena Rybakina on Saturday, with the Belarusian saying the pressure of chasing a hat-trick of titles in New York made it especially difficult to keep her emot
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The stars aligned in Elena Rybakina’s favour for a U.S. Open triumph the Kazakh never expected on Saturday, as she leaves New York the champion and new world number one despite an injury that nearly derailed her campaign. Rybakina beat the twice defending
By Field Level Media Sep 12 (NASCAR Wire Service) – MADISON, Ill.–With a spectacular lap late in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session, Joey Logano won the pole for Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway by a wide margin. The only competitor in the 36-drive
