AP National Sports

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Frances Tiafoe heads into Wimbledon on the heels of his first title at a grass-court tournament and his first appearance in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings. He also says he has high hopes for what he can achieve over the coming two weeks

CHICAGO (AP) — Terry Francona is back managing the Cleveland Guardians following a health scare that led to him being hospitalized in Kansas City and missing three games. The 64-year-old Francona, who missed significant time in the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to poor health, became lightheaded before Tuesday’s game against the Royals. He spent

MADRID (AP) — Spain will head to the Women’s World Cup with two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and three of the 15 players who had renounced the national soccer team after a spat with coach Jorge Vilda. Vilda has announced the 23 players who will play in the July 20-Aug. 20 tournament in Australia

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Madison Keys has advanced to the Eastbourne International final by beating seventh-ranked Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3. It was Keys’ first grass-court victory over a top-10 player since beating Angelique Kerber for the Eastbourne title in 2014. Keys will play ninth-seed Daria Kasatkina in the final of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Kasatkina

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit collectives paying college athletes to promote charities has been hit with a potentially seismic disruption. A 12-page memo from the Internal Revenue Service released in June determined that in many cases, the nonprofit collectives may not qualify as tax-exempt if their main purpose

By FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Australiah has dug out a hefty lead of 221 runs against England before drizzle prematurely ended day three of the second Ashes test at Lord’s. Usman Khawaja fronted Australia’s dogged fight in bowler-friendly conditions with an unbeaten 58 from 123 balls. His 60-odd partnerships with fellow opener

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The anti-discrimination “One Love” captain’s armband denied to teams at the men’s World Cup in Qatar will be worn at the Women’s World Cup next month in an amended version now approved by soccer authorities. FIFA has unveiled eight armbands. Captains of the 32 teams can

BAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the Bad Homburg Open with a fever and possible food poisoning. The withdrawal comes three days before the start of Wimbledon. Swiatek was scheduled to play in her first career grass-court semifinal match against Lucia Bronzetti. The Italian gets a walkover to Saturday’s final

By FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Australia spinner Nathan Lyon will miss the rest of the second Ashes test against England at Lord’s after straining his right calf. Lyon was hurt while running to the ball after tea on Thursday. He took England’s first wicket. Cricket Australia calls the strain “significant” in a

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich will start its title defense at Werder Bremen in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season. The game on August 18 will be the 113th time that Bayern and Bremen have met in the Bundesliga. It is most frequent fixture between two clubs since the league began in

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will begin her 24th appearance in the tournament against 2019 semifinalist Elina Svitolina. The draw at the All England Club also put two-time titlist Andy Murray against wild-card entry Ryan Peniston in an all-British first-round matchup. Williams is 43 and

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer A French prosecutor says Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier has been summoned to stand trial in December as part of an investigation into racism allegations at his former club Nice. Galtier and his son, John Valovic-Galtier, were placed in custody for questioning on Friday morning. After his son was

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Henry Martín scored on a diving header 44 seconds into the second half, and Mexico beat Haiti 3-1 Thursday night to clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Martín headed Uriel Antuna’s cross past goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre for his 11th international goal. Haiti’s Ricardo Adé gave Mexico a 2-0

PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 22 points, Diana Taurasi had 17 points and six assists and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 85-63 to snap a six-game losing streak. It was the first win for interim coach Nikki Blue, who took over after Phoenix fired Vanessa Nygaard on Sunday. The Mercury only scored

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 18 points and the Las Vegas Aces routed the New York Liberty 98-81 in the first meeting between two of the top teams in the WNBA. It was the seventh consecutive win for the Aces (14-1), who have been nearly unstoppable this

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Tucker homered and drove in five runs, Alex Bregman hit his third grand slam this season and the Houston Astros blew out Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 14-0. Houston had 18 hits, its most since Sept. 10, 2019, against Oakland. Bregman, Yainer Diaz