Sports News

3:37 PM on Sunday, July 5

Atlanta Braves left-hander Martín Pérez is likely headed to the injured list after he was hit on his left forearm by Juan Soto’s line drive in a 10-9 loss to the New York Mets

3:30 PM on Sunday, July 5

Riley Greene homered, tripled and drove in four runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers

2:39 PM on Sunday, July 5

Nico Hoerner drove in two runs, Pete Crow-Armstrong had two hits, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for four runs in the sixth inning against a sloppy St. Louis defense to top the Cardinals 6-4 to avoid a series sweep

2:38 PM on Sunday, July 5

Juan Soto’s two-run single in the second inning gave New York the lead, Nolan McLean was dominant after a rough start and the Mets held off Atlanta's ninth-inning comeback attempt to beat the Braves 10-9 in a rain-delayed game

2:30 PM on Sunday, July 5

Paige Bueckers scored 22 points and the Dallas Wings never trailed in an 89-76 victory over the Toronto Tempo

2:02 PM on Sunday, July 5

Joe Ryan allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings and the Minnesota Twins won a series at Yankee Stadium for the first time since 2014 with a 6-1 victory that sent New York to its ninth loss in 10 games

1:48 PM on Sunday, July 5

Cristiano Ronaldo used the playful banter of a rare World Cup news conference to say something the Portugal superstar has said before

1:46 PM on Sunday, July 5

Konnor Griffin had a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Washington Nationals 11-5 in a game in which he was also spectacular in the field

1:26 PM on Sunday, July 5

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. left Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Twins after the fifth inning because of right big toe discomfort

1:22 PM on Sunday, July 5

Cape Verde is celebrating a sports-filled weekend

1:20 PM on Sunday, July 5

Spencer Steer broke up a scoreless game with his 14th home run this season, Nick Lodolo pitched six scoreless innings, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2

1:18 PM on Sunday, July 5

After all the records Novak Djokovic has broken, the latest one left him rather unimpressed — even though he surpassed his great rival Roger Federer

1:08 PM on Sunday, July 5

After Kylian Mbappe and France ousted Paraguay to advance in the World Cup, AP photographer Martin Meissner captured the French superstar's emotional outburst to express his satisfaction at the final whistle

12:47 PM on Sunday, July 5

Padraig Harrington became the fourth golfer to defend his U.S. Senior Open title, shooting a final-round 66 to win by four shots at Scioto Country Club

11:55 AM on Sunday, July 5

Mitchell Robinson says the hand injury that left his status uncertain for the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals opener came after he punched a truck amid concern over his brother’s health

11:40 AM on Sunday, July 5

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff has gone back on the injured list with shoulder inflammation after a drop in velocity led to his early exit from a Saturday start against the Arizona Diamondbacks

11:37 AM on Sunday, July 5

Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton left Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees following the first inning after reaggravating a hip injury

10:45 AM on Sunday, July 5

Stephen Francis, the influential Jamaican sprint coach whose athletes won Olympic and world titles and helped turn the small Caribbean island into the dominant force in global track and field, has died

9:40 AM on Sunday, July 5

Shai Hope and Justin Greaves have shared an unbroken partnership of 174 runs for the fifth wicket as the West Indies reached 318-4 in its first innings, in reply to Sri Lanka’s 549-9 declared, at stumps on the third day of the second test

11:58 PM on Saturday, July 4

Charles Leclerc took his first Formula 1 win in nearly two years at the British Grand Prix after standings leader Kimi Antonelli’s challenge was derailed by damage to his car