SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Austria won a World Cup game for the first time in 36 years with a 3-1 victory Tuesday over a Jordan team on debut at soccer's premier global event. An own goal from a corner kick that deflected off Jordanian defender Yazan Al Arab gave Austria a 2-1 lead in the 76th ...
MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio and Blake Perkins homered, Kyle Harrison pitched three-hit ball for six innings and the Milwaukee Brewers tagged Philadelphia Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez for all their runs Sunday in a 4-0 victory. Chourio led off the first with a 412-foot homer to center. ...
NEW YORK — Making the Commissioner's Cup championship game has been a prelude to bigger things for the New York Liberty the past two times they've done it. New York has reached the WNBA Finals in each of those seasons, winning once and losing once. The Liberty players didn't want to think ...
Even at a combined age of 90, opponents should still be wary of facing the Williams sisters at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams won a combined 21 titles on the storied grass of the All England Club in their singles and doubles careers and now they're going for one more. A doubles wild ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Defending U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun started thinking he had to become a "perfect golfer" to validate last year's success. It only made his game worse. Now he's back at the U.S. Open with the same mindset that drove him to the best season of his career, highlighted by ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The teams that are ranked 61st, 67th and 85th in FIFA's world rankings all were heavy underdogs in their first matches at the World Cup. They all played Monday. None of them won. None of them lost, either. Through five days and 16 matches of soccer's biggest ...