Sports News

2:39 PM on Saturday, July 11

Bo Bichette has been held out of the Mets’ lineup for a second straight day because of soreness in his legs and right ankle, and the infielder may sit through the All-Star break

2:09 PM on Saturday, July 11

Rookie phenom Esmerlyn Valdez hit two home runs, including a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, and drove in six runs to rally the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader

1:03 PM on Saturday, July 11

World champion South Africa has survived an impressively stubborn Scotland 42-28 in a thrilling Nations Championship contest in Pretoria

12:55 PM on Saturday, July 11

Jos Buttler and Harry Brook have led the way with swashbuckling batting displays as England went top of the T20 rankings after beating India by 56 runs in Southampton to take the five-match series 4-0

11:50 AM on Saturday, July 11

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz, who was set to start at first base for the American League at next week’s All-Star Game, went on the 10-day injured list with a right thumb sprain

11:01 AM on Saturday, July 11

Belgian rider Tim Merlier has won the eighth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish while defending champion Tadej Pogačar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey

10:45 AM on Saturday, July 11

Kate, the Princess of Wales, returned to Wimbledon for the women’s final between Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova on Saturday as part of a Royal Box contingent that included tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King

10:42 AM on Saturday, July 11

Germany’s soccer federation says it has held talks with Jurgen Klopp and both sides are confident he will take over as national team coach after the country’s disappointing exit from the World Cup

10:32 AM on Saturday, July 11

England has mollified its critics for a week after smothering a dismal Fiji by a record 73-8 in Nations Championship rugby in Liverpool

10:17 AM on Saturday, July 11

Haeran Ryu is in the LPGA record book with the lowest round in a major at 60

9:21 AM on Saturday, July 11

Jannik Sinner returned to familair ground before overwhelming Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals on the Centre Court grass

8:28 AM on Saturday, July 11

Milwaukee Brewers left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison has gone on the 15-day injured list with tightness in his throwing forearm

7:58 AM on Saturday, July 11

Ireland has secured a bonus point in a 36-20 win over Japan, marking back-to-back victories to start the rugby Nations Championship

4:59 AM on Saturday, July 11

France has rallied for a 42-26 win over Australia in the rugby Nations Championship

2:56 AM on Saturday, July 11

The Detroit Tigers, on a four-game home winning streak, host the Philadelphia Phillies

2:55 AM on Saturday, July 11

The Chicago White Sox play the Athletics after Tristan Peters hit for the cycle against the Athletics on Friday

2:55 AM on Saturday, July 11

The Los Angeles Angels meet the Minnesota Twins with a 1-0 series lead

2:55 AM on Saturday, July 11

The Cleveland Guardians lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Miami Marlins

2:50 AM on Saturday, July 11

The gap between New Zealand’s ambition and execution widened as it overcame a slow start to beat Italy 47-17 and remain unbeaten after two rounds of rugby’s Nations Championship

7:55 PM on Friday, July 10

Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro had a brief altercation at an NBA Summer League practice facility in Las Vegas on Friday