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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA —  Players who reached the knockout round at the Women’s World Cup got larger individual bonuses that can be life-changing for many of them. FIFA designated $30,000 for the 732 players among 32 teams in the tournament field. The payout rises to $60,000 for players on the 16 teams that advanced out of […]

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA — Eugenie Le Sommer netted two goals to lead France to a 4-0 victory over debutant Morocco in their last-16 match at the Women’s World Cup. France is in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time. Kadidiatou Diani’s fourth goal of the tournament, a header in the 15th minute, sparked an eight-minute, three-goal Les […]

SYDNEY — Co-hosts Australia welcomed captain Sam Kerr to the fray for the first time in the tournament as they beat Denmark 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup at Stadium Australia on Monday. Forwards Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso scored the goals either side of halftime before Kerr, who has been absent […]

Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black U.S. players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still sweaty from a workout during MLB’s Draft Combine this week at Chase Field in Phoenix, said he’s got some news: That’s not going to be […]

Pitcher Matt Dermody was cut by the Boston Red Sox on Friday, a day after he made his first major league start and said he regretted making a homophobic tweet two years ago. The 32-year-old left-hander was designated for assignment as part of a flurry of roster moves. Boston has seven days to trade him […]

The Boston Celtics haven’t come back from a historical 3-0 deficit yet, but NBA fans are starting to believe it’s going to happen – even Draymond Green. On the newest episode of The Draymond Green Show, Green gave his reaction to the Celtics forcing a Game 6 against the Miami Heat. Draymond Green Shares Warning […]

LOWELL — Nick Martinez saved his finest performance for the season’s biggest stage. Martinez scored a game-high 28 points while Malden Catholic’s defense stifled what had been a prolific Mansfield offense as the No. 1 Lancers won their second consecutive Division 2 state title with a 72-54 win over the No. 2 Hornets on Friday […]

All the attention has been on the much-anticipated matchup between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico on Wednesday. It could ultimately turn out to be a win-or-go-home situation for the two Caribbean rivals. But Israel hopes to stand in the way of that by pulling off the upset against the Dominican Republic. Both teams came into the meeting […]

We’re nearing the start of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, as 20 countries are set to compete in the two-week tournament for a chance to be crowned as “World Champions.” Odds on which country will emerge victorious in the fifth iteration of the WBC have been available for a handful of weeks, but DraftKings Sportsbook just posted […]