Month: July 2021

2:57 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Elise Mertens won the women’s doubles title at Wimbledon on Saturday after saving two match points against Russian duo Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina. The third-seeded Hsieh and Mertens won 3-6, 7-5, 9-7 on Centre Court. They clinched a back-and-forth third set
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4:42 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Featherweight Yarisel Ramirez was added to the Tokyo Olympics boxing tournament Saturday, becoming the 10th member of the U.S. team to qualify. She had already traveled to Japan in anticipation of gaining a late slot, and news of her addition by USA Boxing set off a celebration
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6:48 PM ET San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish will not participate in next week’s All-Star Game after the right-hander exited Thursday’s start with back tightness, manager Jayce Tingler said. “Without getting into detail, I think he’s going to be in a good place in a couple days,” Tingler told reporters Friday about Darvish’s condition.
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7:11 AM ET Hungary’s foreign minister called European soccer’s governing body UEFA a “pitiful” organisation for its decision to order Hungary to play their next two games behind closed doors due to their fans’ discriminatory behaviour. “The committee that makes a decision like that is a pitiful and cowardly body. They should be ashamed of
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11:48 AM ET Associated Press QUILLAN, France — Bauke Mollema won a hilly 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, while Tadej Pogacar protected his commanding lead before the race heads into the Pyrenees. The Dutch rider for Trek claimed his second career stage victory at the Tour when he broke away on
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