Olympic 5,000-meter champion Vivian Cheruiyot won the London Marathon at her second attempt in hot conditions on Sunday. Cheruiyot completed the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) course in front of ...Read more
Both Melbourne teams in Australia’s A-League have advanced to the semifinals. On Sunday, the Melbourne Victory beat Adelaide 2-1 to advance to a semifinal against Sydney FC in Sydney. Kosovo ...Read more
Salah-Eddine Bounasr of Morocco won the Vienna City Marathon in warm weather on Sunday after world record holder Dennis Kimetto quit the race before the 25-kilometer mark. Bounasr led shoulder ...Read more
Julia Goerges defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-2 to keep Germany’s Fed Cup hopes alive against the Czech Republic by pulling the score back to 2-1 in their semifinal on Sunday. … Click ...Read more
Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya beat Johanna Konta and Heather Watson 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in doubles on Sunday to give Japan a 3-2 win over Britain in their Fed Cup … Click to Continue » ...Read more
A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ___ FARQUHAR STATUS The Chicago White Sox will continue to monitor pitcher Danny Farquhar, who was hospitalized in stable but critical ...Read more
Louisville coach Dan McDonnell is going to bat for two-way college baseball players. Here’s his pitch: With the hubbub over Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani, he said, the time has ...Read more
The highest-scoring team in the NHL is playing a stingy brand of defense in the playoffs. Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning know ultimately that will be the key … Click to ...Read more
Jim McElwain and his family didn’t have to accept the offer that became a punchline. At first, they didn’t. They rejected a bid well below the $1.8 million they paid … Click to ...Read more
Now that five-time All-Star Anthony Davis has his first taste of a playoff triumph, he sounds eager to see what’s next. Davis’ Pelicans looked like anything but a shoo-in for … ...Read more
Nelson Cruz hit consecutive pitches deep into the left-field seats at his former home. The first one was called foul. There was no question about the next swing. Cruz hit … Click to Continue ...Read more
Sean Manaea might’ve been the only person at the Oakland Coliseum who didn’t realize he was still working on a no-hitter. After a dropped popup in the fifth inning, the … Click to ...Read more
Ricky Rubio had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Utah’s first playoff triple-double in 17 years, and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the Jazz to a … Click to Continue ...Read more
Cody Bellinger’s Bobblehead Night and Joc Pederson’s birthday took a back seat to the night Hyun-Jin Ryu had. Ryu threw seven dominant innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to … ...Read more
Carlos Vela scored on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute and expansion Los Angeles FC overcame Ignacio Piatti’s hat trick to beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 5-3 on Saturday. … Click to ...Read more
Josef Martinez scored a first-half goal, Miguel Almiron converted a penalty late in second-half stoppage time, and Atlanta United kept Zlatan Ibrahimovic off the scoreboard in a 2-0 victory over ...Read more
Tyler Anderson has had plenty of success on the mound in his young career, so he was happy to contribute at the plate. And he didn’t need to swing to … Click to Continue » ...Read more
Albert Pujols drove a go-ahead, two-run home run into the seats in right-center for career hit No. 2,992, and Mike Trout and Jefry Marte also went deep for the Los … Click to Continue ...Read more
Minnesota’s slow-to-develop, up-and-down defense has finally started to shine, against this high-octane Houston team no less. There’s been no wait quite like the one for a win by the ...Read more
The Houston Astros and Josh Reddick just keep climbing — and pouring frustration on the Chicago White Sox. Reddick hit a grand slam and a solo homer, and the Astros … Click to Continue ...Read more
Adrien Broner and Jessie Vargas spent 12 rounds trading punches. A few moments later, they exchanged angry words and opposite views of what transpired. The one thing the two fighters … Click ...Read more
A’s lefty Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in 25 years, with an overturned call preserving the gem Saturday night in Oakland’s 3-0 win over the sizzling Red ...Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs opened another 4-1 lead in Boston, and this time they held on. Just barely. Five years after blowing a three-goal lead in a playoff elimination game … Click to ...Read more
Former University of Kentucky star Anthony Davis scored a franchise playoff-record 47 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans completed a first-round playoff sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers with a ...Read more
For Kentucky baseball, it wasn’t looking good early Saturday. Defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Florida had won the first two games of a three-game set at Cliff Hagan Stadium ...Read more
