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6:41 PM on Saturday, July 4

Mexico is counting on a huge home-field advantage to help it reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years

6:36 PM on Saturday, July 4

The Chicago Cubs signed right-hander Jake Woodford to a one-year major league contract before the rain-delayed game against the St. Louis Cardinals

6:19 PM on Saturday, July 4

Tomoyuki Sugano was slated to start the second of a three-game series against San Francisco

6:09 PM on Saturday, July 4

Logan Gilbert gave up one hit and struck out seven in 7 1/3 innings, Randy Arozarena hit a grand slam, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0

5:17 PM on Saturday, July 4

Canada’s unprecedented run to the World Cup’s round of 16 put the country where hockey is king in the international soccer spotlight

4:34 PM on Saturday, July 4

Hooker Gregor Hiddleston has scored a crucial try on debut as Scotland finished strongly to beat Argentina 47-38 in the first round of rugby’s Nations Championship

4:20 PM on Saturday, July 4

Fireworks crackled and jets roared ahead of the France-Paraguay World Cup game in Philadelphia on Saturday as fans celebrated the double joy of soccer’s biggest tournament on home soil and the 250th anniversary of American independence in the nation’s birthplace

4:19 PM on Saturday, July 4

Josh Bell homered in consecutive at-bats and the Minnesota Twins hit six homers in a game for the first time in nearly three years to pull away for an 11-4 victory over the slumping New York Yankees

4:01 PM on Saturday, July 4

Decades after Norway shocked Brazil at the 1998 World Cup in what is arguably the biggest victory men's soccer in the Scandinavian country’s history, they meet with a spot in the quarterfinals at stake

3:58 PM on Saturday, July 4

In Arthur Fery’s boyhood neighborhood, they could probably hear the cheers from a raucous Court 18

3:58 PM on Saturday, July 4

That was quite a big brew outside the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers for America’s 250th birthday

3:57 PM on Saturday, July 4

The Houston Astros optioned struggling outfielder Jake Meyers to Triple-A Sugar Land in one of four roster moves made before Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays

3:48 PM on Saturday, July 4

Reed Hoffmann, a freelance photographer for The Associated Press, captures unique moments at the World Cup

3:48 PM on Saturday, July 4

It is shaping up as another duel between Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington for the U.S. Senior Open championship

3:34 PM on Saturday, July 4

The Texas Rangers have swapped right-handed relievers on the 15-day injured list

3:32 PM on Saturday, July 4

Denny Hamlin has the pole position for a NASCAR Cup Series race

3:17 PM on Saturday, July 4

Veronica Burton scored 21 points and Gabby Williams had 14 of her 19 points in the second half to help the Golden State Valkyries complete a season sweep of the Atlanta Dream with an 88-83 victory

3:08 PM on Saturday, July 4

Cape Verde’s World Cup team walked into its Miami hotel after getting eliminated from the tournament, almost in disbelief at the scene in the lobby

11:50 AM on Saturday, July 4

Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis have put on 143 runs for the sixth wicket as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second test

9:09 AM on Saturday, July 4

Iga Swiatek’s title defense at Wimbledon has ended in a straight-set third-round loss to 21-year-old Alexandra Eala who continues to make history for the Philippines