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5:28 PM on Saturday, June 20

John Locher is a Las Vegas-based photographer and like all Associated Press photojournalists is well-positioned to show the scope of major events

5:09 PM on Saturday, June 20

Valeriane Ayayi had 18 points and 10 rebounds and the Phoenix Mercury snapped a four-game losing streak by extending the Seattle Storm’s skid to 10 straight in a 93-73 victory

4:56 PM on Saturday, June 20

Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run home run to cap a five-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6

4:53 PM on Saturday, June 20

Of all the rainbow of colors during the World Cup, one is sticking out: pink

3:57 PM on Saturday, June 20

Sal Stewart tied a career high with six RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds pulled away for a 10-2 rout of the New York Yankees

3:44 PM on Saturday, June 20

Rhyne Howard scored 24 points, Allisha Gray added 22, and the Atlanta Dream set a franchise record for points in a game with a 113-96 victory against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever

3:43 PM on Saturday, June 20

Brazil says forward Raphinha will undergo treatment on a hamstring injury with the hope of him returning to the World Cup

3:38 PM on Saturday, June 20

Shane van Gisbergen captured pole position for the inaugural race on Naval Base Coronado near San Diego, turning a 2-minute, 14.788-second lap around the 16-turn, 3.4-mile street course that easily put him ahead of Carson Hocevar

3:23 PM on Saturday, June 20

Criticism began to pour in about how the quality of the World Cup would likely be affected not long after FIFA announced an expanded 48-team tournament

3:22 PM on Saturday, June 20

Miami Marlins slugger Liam Hicks was scratched for their game against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday because of back tightness

3:13 PM on Saturday, June 20

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy says he plans to have back surgery on Thursday, when the team is off, and a procedure on his hip during the All-Star break

2:47 PM on Saturday, June 20

NASCAR will make its return to Southern California in a unique way this weekend with the inaugural race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego

2:44 PM on Saturday, June 20

Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers’ offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox

2:26 PM on Saturday, June 20

Spectators at Saturday’s Netherlands-Sweden World Cup game were told to shelter in place at the end of the contest because of lightning in the area

2:13 PM on Saturday, June 20

Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo scored two goals apiece to power Netherlands to a 5-1 win over Sweden on Saturday in the World Cup to bounce back after a disappointing draw in its opener and move atop the Group F standings

2:10 PM on Saturday, June 20

Belgium’s Jérémy Doku will not play in his team’s World Cup match against Iran due to illness

11:24 AM on Saturday, June 20

Wyndham Clark leads the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills with a four-shot advantage

10:58 AM on Saturday, June 20

The Carolina Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh

8:43 AM on Saturday, June 20

Australia has earned a third convincing win at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, beating the Netherlands by 98 runs in Southampton

4:05 PM on Friday, June 19

The United States has advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup without injured forward Christian Pulisic