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11:53 PM on Sunday, July 5

Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras homered, and five Boston pitchers combined to give up two runs over 6 1/3 innings in relief of injured starter Ranger Suarez to lead the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels

9:45 PM on Sunday, July 5

The San Diego Padres snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers

9:29 PM on Sunday, July 5

Pietra Tordin had a goal and two assists and the Portland Thorns beat Racing Louisville 4-0

8:59 PM on Sunday, July 5

Chase Briscoe held off Christopher Bell in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series victory of the season

8:35 PM on Sunday, July 5

Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points, Aliyah Boston totaled 18 points and 10 rebounds and Indiana beat the Aces for the first time in Las Vegas 84-68 with a couple of All-Stars sidelined

8:32 PM on Sunday, July 5

The United States is aiming for back-to-back World Cup knockout wins for the first time

8:02 PM on Sunday, July 5

Eury Pérez pitched seven perfect innings before getting lifted by Miami manager Clayton McCullough, and the Marlins nearly squandered an eight-run lead in a 9-8 victory over the Athletics

7:30 PM on Sunday, July 5

Neymar says he is done playing for Brazil's national team

7:19 PM on Sunday, July 5

Defenseman Pavel Mintyukov has agreed to five-year contract extension worth $36 million with the Anaheim Ducks, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press

6:45 PM on Sunday, July 5

Catcher Eliézer Alfonzo has made his major league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers with his sister and stepmother still missing after Venezuela’s catastrophic earthquakes

6:39 PM on Sunday, July 5

Emerson Hancock and the Mariners bullpen extended Seattle’s scoreless streak to 24 innings and Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in a 4-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays

6:33 PM on Sunday, July 5

White Sox rookie first baseman Munetaka Murakami will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte

6:30 PM on Sunday, July 5

Edwin Díaz is still on track to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers following the All-Star break after throwing his first live batting practice since elbow surgery

5:53 PM on Sunday, July 5

There’s not usually a clock ticking down in tennis

5:51 PM on Sunday, July 5

Eury Pérez was pulled after pitching seven perfect innings Sunday, and the Miami Marlins nearly blew an eight-run lead before holding on for a 9-8 victory over the Athletics

5:30 PM on Sunday, July 5

Vinícius Júnior had the ball at the penalty spot, a perfect chance to give Brazil the lead

3:33 PM on Sunday, July 5

2:55 PM on Sunday, July 5

Erling Haaland headed in the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute and scored again before the end of regulation time, carrying Norway into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-1 win over Brazil that showcased the young striker on soccer’s biggest stage

12:56 PM on Sunday, July 5

Australia has won the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over England in the final at Lord’s

12:00 PM on Sunday, July 5

U.S. President Donald Trump intervened on behalf of American star forward Folarin Balogun, whose suspension was lifted in a decision that allows him to play in a World Cup match against Belgium on Monday