Sports News

9:24 PM on Monday, June 22

Portugal coach Roberto Martínez wouldn’t say if Cristiano Ronaldo would start Tuesday’s World Cup match against Uzbekistan after the superstar’s forgettable performance in the team’s opener

9:24 PM on Monday, June 22

Rookies JJ Wetherholt and Nathan Church each had two hits, sparking the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night

9:09 PM on Monday, June 22

Rhyne Howard scored 20 points, Allisha Gray and rookie Madina Okot each added 18, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Toronto Tempo 94-87 for their fourth straight victory

9:00 PM on Monday, June 22

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says the San Francisco Giants failed to inform players they could opt out of wearing rainbow-themed caps during Pride Night

8:52 PM on Monday, June 22

Brandon Nimmo had three hits and walked once, Alejandro Osuna hit a go-ahead RBI double and the Texas Rangers beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Monday night

8:48 PM on Monday, June 22

Brandon Woodruff took a perfect game into the sixth inning in his return and Joey Ortiz’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning drove home the go-ahead run as the first-place Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1

8:42 PM on Monday, June 22

Brittney Griner scored 14 points and became the WNBA’s career blocks leader, Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 11 points and 15 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Chicago Sky 92-63 for their third win of the season

8:35 PM on Monday, June 22

Riley Greene homered and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs as the Detroit Tigers beat Gerrit Cole for the first time in 10 years, winning 5-3 against the New York Yankees

8:19 PM on Monday, June 22

Michael Wacha allowed one run over seven strong innings while Lane Thomas and Carter Jensen had RBIs to push the Kansas City Royals past the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Monday night

6:57 PM on Monday, June 22

A black jaguar named Poty has made its World Cup prediction at Rio de Janeiro's BioParque

5:54 PM on Monday, June 22

The series opener between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets has been postponed because of rain and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Wednesday at Citi Field

5:44 PM on Monday, June 22

Heavy rain and thunderstorms prompted a rare World Cup weather delay on Monday, when the halftime break during a match between France and Iraq lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes

5:19 PM on Monday, June 22

Francisco Lindor will play in at least one more minor league rehab game before the New York Mets decide to activate their shortstop from the injured list following a two-month absence because of a strained left calf

4:36 PM on Monday, June 22

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is expected to be reinstated from the injured list Tuesday after missing 19 games with a strained right hamstring, manager Terry Francona said Monday

4:23 PM on Monday, June 22

The Philadelphia Phillies recalled right-hander Alan Rangel from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and reinstated left-hander Kyle Backhus from the 15-day injured list ahead of their series opener against the Washington Nationals

4:23 PM on Monday, June 22

It’s been goals galore so far at the World Cup

2:13 PM on Monday, June 22

Keith Tkachuk is going into the Hockey Hall of Fame after waiting for more than a decade and a half since his playing career in the NHL ended

12:51 PM on Monday, June 22

The Chicago White Sox have activated Kyle Teel from the 60-day injured list and optioned fellow catcher Edgar Quero to Triple-A Charlotte

12:37 PM on Monday, June 22

Lionel Messi now has the World Cup scoring record with 18 goals in his career after scoring twice in a 2-0 victory over Austria

10:47 AM on Monday, June 22

World Cup tickets, flights and hotel rooms are expensive