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10:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Vinícius Júnior is proving his critics wrong at the World Cup

10:25 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Darryn Peterson couldn’t mask his feelings after being taken by Utah with the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft on Tuesday night

10:24 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Ty France homered and JP Sears won his season debut for the San Diego Padres, who beat the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves 5-2 for a three-game sweep

10:19 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The Brooklyn Nets hope Mikel Brown Jr., their No. 6 overall pick, can change their fortunes

10:02 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Fans at Mexico’s final World Cup group stage match on Wednesday chanted a slur that has previously led to fines against the country’s soccer federation

10:00 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The Los Angeles Clippers selected Keaton Wagler and the Sacramento Kings took Darius Acuff Jr. in this week’s NBA draft, with both teams using top 10 picks on young, high-scoring guards they hope will be franchise cornerstones for years to come

9:52 PM on Wednesday, June 24

LuJames Groover and Ketel Marte hit back-to-back home runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals

9:49 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Skylar Diggins had 15 points to lead seven Chicago players scoring in double figures and the Sky beat the Portland Fire 101-78 to snap a six-game losing streak

9:45 PM on Wednesday, June 24

William Contreras and Jake Bauers hit back-to-back homers in the third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep

9:44 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The Washington Wizards moved up in the second round to draft Tennessee forward Felix Okpara one night after making BYU forward AJ Dybantsa the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft

9:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Mookie Betts backed Shohei Ohtani with his 300th career home run, three hits and slick defense, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 for a three-game sweep

9:34 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Kahleah Copper made 15 of 16 from the free-throw line and finished with 28 points, and the Phoenix Mercury beat Indiana 111-109 after Fever star Caitlin Clark left with a back injury in the third quarter

9:29 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever’s loss to Phoenix with a back injury in the third quarter

9:28 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Haiti capped its third straight loss at this year’s World Cup with a heart-warming moral victory

9:26 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Dansby Swanson had a go-ahead RBI triple and four RBIs to cap a monster doubleheader performance and help the Chicago Cubs sweep the reeling New York Mets with a 10-5 victory Wednesday night

9:07 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Natasha Howard had 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, Olivia Miles scored 10 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat the Washington Mystics 78-76

7:08 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine came off the bench to help Morocco rally for a 4-2 victory over Haiti and erase the Caribbean nation’s hopes of a first ever point at the World Cup

6:02 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The United States returns to the pitch for its final World Cup group-stage game with some decisions to make

3:16 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Neymar has finally played in this World Cup

10:09 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Some of New York’s biggest basketball heroes were second-round draft picks