KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lionel Messi used the front of his white-and-blue, sweat-soaked jersey to wipe the tears from his eyes, a flood of emotions cracking his usually calm, confident demeanor after he gave Argentina an early lead in its World Cup opener against Algeria. Then he scored again. ...
PARIS — Kylian Mbappé broke the France scoring record with two goals against Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Real Madrid striker reached 58 goals, during a 3-1 victory for France, to move one ahead of Olivier Giroud, who has retired from the national team. He will look to add to his tally when his country faces Iraq in Philadelphia on Monday. It concludes Group I action against Norway in Boston four days later. Mbappé's first goal for Les Bleus came nine years ago. Here's a look at some other statistics during his France career: 14 Number of goals Mbappé ...
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 minute. Veteran striker Marko Arnautovic's penalty kick deep in stoppage team extended the margin. "This was a very intense evening, sometimes a little too intense," Austria coach Ralf Rangnick said. "Jordan did an amazing job and made it very difficult for us. At the end of the day, we deserved ...
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. It was his fifth homer in five games, ninth of the season and his MLB-leading seventh in June. Perkins, who entered the game hitting .113, hit a two-out, three-run homer — his first of the season — in the fourth inning to extend Milwaukee's lead to 4-0. He added a double in the sixth and has ...
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 that far ahead after clinching their spot Sunday in the mid-season tournament title game. Still it's hard to ignore the success considering New York has won seven straight games and finally had their entire roster healthy for the victory over Washington. The Commissioner's Cup first started being ...
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 card invitation for the sisters was announced on Tuesday by organizers of Wimbledon, which starts in less than two weeks. The move comes after 44-year-old Serena recently returned to competition after nearly four years away from professional tennis. Venus, who has still been competing ...
