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Mooney and Litchfield Power Australia to Record Seventh Women's T20 Title at Lord's

LONDON, July 6 -- Nat Sciver-Brunt batted through 53 balls, came back from a calf injury to do it, and still lost the Women's T20 World Cup final at Lord's by seven wickets. What England had was not e... Read More


Djokovic Breaks Federer's All-Time Wimbledon Wins Record, Reaches Quarterfinal

LONDON, July 6 -- The drop-shot volley that broke the record was barely a shot. Novak Djokovic floated it just over the tape at the net, and Roman Safiullin, lunging from the baseline, had no answer. ... Read More


Mbappe Draws Level With Messi. Paraguay's Goalkeeper Made Sure It Took 70 Minutes.

PHILADELPHIA, July 6 -- For seventy minutes, Orlando Gill was winning. Paraguay's goalkeeper had already eliminated Germany on penalties in the previous round, and for more than an hour in triple-digi... Read More


Sreejesh Built a Junior Hockey Dynasty. His French Successor's First Trip Is Straight Into Europe.

NEW DELHI, July 5 -- PR Sreejesh spent 17 months turning India's junior hockey team into serial medalists, five podium finishes in five tournaments, capped by bronze at last year's Junior World Cup. H... Read More


The Last Time the USMNT Played Belgium, They Lost by Three Goals. Monday Is Win or Go Home.

SEATTLE, July 5 -- Four months ago, Belgium beat the United States by three goals in a meaningless March friendly nobody outside the two federations much remembers now. On Monday night at Lumen Field,... Read More


A 15-Year-Old Broke Tendulkar's Record at Old Trafford. Then Jacob Bethell Made Sure Nobody Remembered the Score.

MANCHESTER, July 5 -- The over that decided this match had nothing to do with the boy who made the history. Two no-balls, two free hits, twenty-nine runs. By the time Ravi Bishnoi's 17th over ended, J... Read More


Morocco End Canada's World Cup Co-Host Dream With Ruthless 3-0 Win in Houston

HOUSTON, July 5 -- At the 82nd minute on the Fourth of July, the date Canada had circled since earning the right to co-host this tournament, Azzedine Ounahi collected a short pass from Brahim Diaz ins... Read More


LeBron James Leaves the Lakers, Setting Off the NBA's Biggest Free-Agent Chase

He told the Lakers, July 5 -- When Rich Paul picked up the phone to call the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of free agency, he'd planned on making that call eventually. Six months earlier, he told pe... Read More


Alexandra Eala Stuns Iga Swiatek to Make Philippine Tennis History at Wimbledon

New Delhi, July 5 -- LONDON - At 7-5 down in the first-set tiebreak, two points away from conceding the opening set to the defending champion, Alexandra Eala bounced on her toes at the baseline of Cen... Read More


France Face Paraguay in Philadelphia as Mbappe Chases World Cup Record

New Delhi, July 5 -- PHILADELPHIA - The moment everyone at Lincoln Financial Field will remember from this July Fourth is not the flyover from Naval Air Station. Not Idina Menzel's national anthem. No... Read More