MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It's halftime at the World Cup. Take a break, everyone. Wednesday marked the midpoint of the 104-match tournament — technically, just past the midpoint, with 54 matches now in the books and 50 remaining before a World Cup champion is crowned in East Rutherford, New ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Deniz Undav has three goals and two assists in 69 minutes at the World Cup, averaging a goal contribution every 13.8 minutes for a rate topping Lionel Messi (37.4), Kylian Mbappé (48.8) and Erling Haaland (51.2). And the 29-year-old striker still hasn't earned a ...
The X Games is out to show there are riskier moves in action sports than flying upside down above a halfpipe. The name that put action sports on the map, then turned it into big business that eventually landed in the Olympics with its risk-taking, counterculture vibe, will debut its ...
The Buffalo Sabres dealt defenseman Bowen Byram to Chicago, and the Washington Capitals acquired right winger Jordan Kyrou in a trade with St. Louis on Thursday, keeping the player movement around the NHL spinning ahead of the draft later this week and with free agency on the horizon. The Sabres' trade was the most notable as Buffalo also acquired the No. 4 pick in the draft that the team is hosting this weekend. Buffalo also acquired third-year defenseman Louis Crevier, who had a career-best 25 points in his first full NHL season, and a second-round draft pick, 46th overall. Chicago ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — England and Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz have met before at the World Cup, with the result being quite a bit different. This time, Queiroz's team earned a point that could end up being enough for a spot in the round of 32. England dominated possession on Tuesday but came up empty on several late scoring opportunities in a rain-filled 0-0 draw. "Our plan was to block and frustrate them from the first minute," Queiroz said. "We did it." Four years ago at the World Cup in Qatar, Queiroz was coaching Iran when his team faced England and lost 6-2. England, which ...
LONDON — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner got his Wimbledon "warmup" out of the way by beating Cam Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition match amid a heat wave on Wednesday. It came just under a month after the Italian star struggled with dizziness in a stunning second-round loss at the French Open. Sinner, preparing to defend his Wimbledon title when the grass-court Grand Slam starts on Monday, took part in the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic with southern England under a " red warning " for extreme heat issued by Britain's national weather service. "As Cam said, a very hot day," Sinner said ...
