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By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a mammoth homer in the first inning and added a two-run homer after a video review in the fifth and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 Saturday. Josh Donaldson hit his 10th homer and Harrison Bader hit a two-run double

BATUMI, Georgia (AP) — England has won the European Under-21 Championship for the first time in 39 years after James Trafford saved a stoppage-time penalty to preserve a 1-0 win over Spain in the final. Trafford repelled Abel Ruiz’s spot kick, awarded after a VAR review in the sixth minute of added time, and kept

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox reinstated left-handed reliever Joely Rodríguez from the 15-day injured list Saturday before their game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park. The 31-year-old Rodríguez had missed a little more than a month because of left shoulder inflammation. To make room, they optioned right-hander Justin Garza to Triple-A Worcester

BOSTON (AP) — Oakland Athletics scheduled starting pitcher Paul Blackburn has been scratched because of an illness for Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The team made the announcement about 90 minutes before the scheduled start. Blackburn is scheduled to be replaced by right-hander Austin Pruitt.

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Sergio Pérez has the quickest car in Formula One. He can’t make it count in qualifying. Pérez hasn’t qualified in the top 10 for five grands prix in a row after placing 16th in qualifying for the British Grand Prix and said he was struggling

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers juggled their roster before Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Detroit activated outfielder Riley Greene from the injured list. Greene, who was sidelined since May 31 with a stress reaction in his left fibula, led the team in most offensive categories before the

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart made the WNBA All-Star draft about picking their current and former teammates. Wilson took her Las Vegas Aces teammates Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young with her first two picks in the draft Saturday. She drafted Kelsey Plum as her top

FARSO, Denmark (AP) — Nacho Elvira has double-bogeyed his last hole which has reduced his lead to one shot over Robert MacIntyre before the last round of the Made in HimmerLand in Denmark. Elvira is at 13 under after three rounds of the European tour event. He’s one ahead of MacIntyre and two ahead of

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chet Holmgren has taken another positive step on his surgically repaired right foot. Holmgren had 16 points and 10 rebounds Saturday, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 91-80 in their NBA Summer League opener. The No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft missed the 2022-23 season after sustaining

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed Dansby Swanson on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of a bruised left foot and anticipate it will be a short absence for their All-Star shortstop. The move is retroactive to Thursday, a day after Swanson left in the seventh inning of

LIMOGES, France (AP) — Former world champion Mads Pedersen has claimed a second career stage win at the Tour de France with a big burst of power to win a mass sprint. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey after the 201-kilometer (125-mile) eighth stage from Libourne to Limoges in central France. Pedersen proved

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Veteran goalkeeper David de Gea has announced he is leaving Manchester United as a free agent after 12 seasons at Old Trafford. The 32-year-old’s contract with United expired at the end of June, with no new deal agreed despite talks that took place throughout the season. In a message on social

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish has crashed out of the Tour de France during the eighth stage of cycling’s biggest race. Cavendish hit the ground Saturday with 64 kilometers left while riding at the back of the peloton at moderate speed. TV images showed the veteran rider lying on the

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar’s condition remains stable but “still concerning” after suffering a bleed around his brain, his former club Ajax says. Van der Sar won the Champions League with Manchester United in 2008 after a penalty shootout. He was admitted to intensive care on Friday. A statement by

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again. So did unseeded American Chris Eubanks. Stefanos Tsitsipas played for the fifth day in a row on Saturday — and he also won again. Defending champion Elena Rybakina, No. 2

LEEDS, England (AP) — Travis Head has erupted with a half-century to give Australia some hope and send England in pursuit of 251 to win the third Ashes test after a rainy third day at Headingley. In five overs of its chase to stumps, England made a bright start in evening sunshine to be 27