Where else would she play.

George Russell has a chance to put himself firmly back in the Formula 1 championship hunt as he starts on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix.

Austria and Algeria played to a thrilling 3-3 draw Saturday night in what amounted to a win-win result in their World Cup group-stage finale, allowing both to advance to the knockout round while eliminating Iran from the tournament.

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by the United States.

Congo has advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time by rallying to a 3-1 win against Uzbekistan.

Lionel Messi has become the first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup games while extending his all-time scoring record with his 19th goal in Argentina’s group stage finale against Jordan.

Viktor Hovland waited until the final hole to take the lead over Scottie Scheffler in the Travelers Championship.

Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane scored early in the second half, lifting England over Panama 2-0 and into what appears to be a more favorable bracket for the World Cup’s knockout phrase.

As the White Sox were slugging their way to a 22-1 victory over the Royals on Friday night, former player Ron Kittle was getting married in a ballpark suite with Chicago chairman Jerry Reinsdorf officiating.

Born eight minutes earlier than his twin brother Liam, Marcus Ruck is fine with ceding NHL draft bragging rights.

It started with a whimsical idea.

The remaking of the St. Louis Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs took another step forward with a trade between them.

Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.

All of the matchups have been set for the World Cup's round of 32 with the knockout stage getting underway Sunday when Canada plays South Africa in Southern California.

Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix has ended in controversy after Mercedes’ George Russell was credited with pole position despite a yellow flag for a dramatic crash by Max Verstappen.

Candace Parker’s basketball journey has come full circle.

Iga Swiatek is the defending champion.

Reports are swirling about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce possibly getting married at New York's Madison Square Garden.

The prize money protest by top players that started at the French Open has continued at Wimbledon.

Carlos Mendoza is out.

Walker Buehler usually pitched superbly against the San Diego Padres during the near-decade he spent wearing Dodger Blue.

Egypt advanced past the group stage at the World Cup for the first time while Iran will have to wait one day to find out its fate after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw.

Drop thousands of Argentina fans into Texas for the World Cup and the debate is inevitable.

New York City’s last horse track is on its final stretch.

Cape Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw to become the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round following a 0-0 result against Saudi Arabia.

Spain has defeated Uruguay 1-0 after another goalkeeping mistake by Fernando Muslera to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup and eliminate the South American powerhouse.

Ina Yoon stretched her lead at the Women’s PGA Championship with a second-round 69 that put her five strokes up on the second-place pack after another strong South Korean showing Friday.

Colombia's soccer team is set to play Portugal on Saturday in a World Cup match at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium.

Panini stickers have been an iconic World Cup collectible going all the way back to 1970, when four Italian brothers began to print images of the players for fans.

Mike Trout says he is unlikely to participate in the All-Star Home Run Derby in Philadelphia because of his strained right hamstring.

Lionel Messi will not start when defending World Cup champion Argentina plays its group finale.

The World Cup's Round of 32 is almost set after over two weeks of competition across three countries.

A person with knowledge of the deal says Jose Alvarado will return to the New York Knicks on a multiyear contract.

Quarterback Brendan Sorsby won’t be kick-starting his pro football career in Canada.

Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss says he doesn't agree with comments first-year LSU coach Lane Kiffin made last month that Ole Miss’ past embrace of Confederate symbols made recruiting Black players more difficult.

France forward Ousmane Dembélé scored a first-half hat trick, including one off a feed from Kylian Mbappé, to help his team beat Norway 4-1 at the World Cup.

Scottie Scheffler was 25 feet away from his second sub-60 round on the PGA Tour.

A special guest crashed Portugal coach Roberto Martínez’s news conference Friday: Grammy winner Dua Lipa.

A standout at the World Cup, Deniz Undav is playing for Germany while representing his Yazidi and Kurdish heritage.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Penn State forward Gavin McKenna with the No. 1 NHL draft pick.

The New York Rangers are trying to supercharge their retooling effort by acquiring winger Pavel Dorofeyev's rights from Vegas for the Nos.

Caitlin Clark will miss Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks while she recovers from a back injury she suffered against Phoenix on Wednesday.

An Idaho prosecutor says she's dropping misdemeanor drug charges against Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller.

AC Milan has named Massimo Calvelli as CEO as it aims to bring a winning culture back to the club.

Carlos Mendoza has been fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets and replaced by Andy Green.

The Diamond League track and field meeting in Paris will proceed as planned despite a historic heat wave.

Christian Pulisic returned to the field for the United States just in time to warm up for the World Cup games that really matter starting next week.

Serena Williams has been drawn to play 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years.

Rainbow flags fluttered among the sea of Iranian and Egyptian banners at Seattle’s World Cup stadium, as teams from two of the most repressive countries for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people took to the field.

As group play winds down at the World Cup, the biggest intrigue might not be who finishes first in a four-team group.

In designing the uniforms for this year's World Cup, Nike and other apparel makers sought to channel national pride and maximize comfort.

Australia and Paraguay played to a 0-0 draw in a result that clinched a spot in the knockout round of the World Cup for the Socceroos and will likely be enough for the Paraguayans to advance.

Iran's coach and FIFA officials have refused to answer questions about a World Cup “Pride Match” in Seattle.

Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match, and Turkey beat the United States 3-2 for its only win of the World Cup.

MLB's owners recently proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, which would be a huge change for the sport.

Brian Brobbey scored his third goal of the World Cup, and the Netherlands got a pair of goals that deflected off Tunisia and into its own net in a 3-1 victory that gave the Dutch the top spot in Group F.

Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead and Anthony Elanga took it away six minutes later, giving Sweden a 1-1 draw that sent both teams to the knockout round of the World Cup.

Ina Yoon matched the best score in the history of the Women’s PGA Championship with a 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead over Karis Davidson on Thursday in the third major of the season.

The parents of former NFL running back Doug Martin have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Oakland, California, police officers and an ambulance company.

Eric Cole left the Travelers Championship early last year because of a nasty stomach issue.

Gonzalo Plata poked the ball past Manuel Neuer in the 77th minute and Ecuador advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup by rallying for a 2-1 win over Germany.

Serena Williams keeps on commenting half-jokingly about how “it’s summer” and “the kids aren’t in school” as the reasoning for her tennis comeback at age 44.

Two days after taking the 6-foot-9 star out of BYU with the top pick in the NBA draft, the Washington Wizards introduced AJ Dybantsa at a hotel overlooking the Potomac River.

Pope Leo XIV has received a special gift from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.

The WNBA has suspended Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas for one game after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in Wednesday night’s matchup against Indiana.

Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team’s salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players’ association that could lead to the first loss of regular-season games since 1995.

Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert says her ovarian cancer has returned and treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year.

The Chicago Cubs have patched a hole in their depleted rotation by acquiring struggling left-hander David Peterson in a trade with the New York Mets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.

The X Games is out to show there are riskier moves in action sports than flying upside down above a halfpipe.

A person familiar with the situation says the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to trade point guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round draft pick, three first-round pick swaps and three future second-round picks.

A French soccer player with a second-division club has died from drowning during the heat wave that has gripped France.

Formula 1 drivers will carry extra cooling gear for this week’s Austrian Grand Prix after “heat hazard” rules were activated as hot weather causes disruption across Europe.

The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder were thinking big.

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been charged in Tampa, Florida, with leading a plot to detain and pistol-whip three people whom he believed had stolen from him.

The World Cup has reached its midpoint with 54 matches completed and 50 to go before the final in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Thanks to a historic doubleheader performance Wednesday, Dansby Swanson is now the author of the best four-game series in Chicago Cubs history — with one game to spare.

Vinícius Júnior is proving his critics wrong at the World Cup.

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.

Mateo Chávez and Julián Quiñones scored goals in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time.

South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night.

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

An Indiana man has been charged on accusations he stalked WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and sent her threatening and explicit messages on social media.

Vinícius Júnior scored two goals, Matheus Cunha also scored and five-time World Cup champion Brazil beat Scotland 3-0, advancing to the knockout stage as the Group C winner.

The latest stop for Nelly Korda in this busy summer is the Women’s PGA Championship in Minnesota.

A viral sensation from this World Cup, Merlín the duck was at Mexico City's stadium before the national team's match against the Czech Republic.

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

Mauricio Pochettino says he was surprised and naive when he took over the U.S. team nearly two years before the World Cup.

Rubén Vargas and Johan Manzambi both scored to give Switzerland a 2-1 victory over Canada at the World Cup as both teams advanced to the knockout round.

Indiana teammates Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark are 1-2 in the fan voting for this year’s All-Star game.

While most of the soccer world is focused on the men at the World Cup, the countdown has begun for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

Christian Pulisic says he feels “great” now after missing one World Cup match with a calf injury.

Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum is out indefinitely with a lower left leg injury.

Fifteen college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the NCAA's new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.

The Sabres dealt Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals in a sign-and-trade deal that got the veteran forward his desired long-term contract, with Buffalo acquiring assets in return for a player the team anticipated losing in free agency.

Bill DeWitt III has been named chief executive officer of the St. Louis Cardinals after serving as team president since 2008.

Vozinha, one of the sensations of the World Cup, is looking for a new club.

Francisco Lindor is ready to rejoin the New York Mets just as Juan Soto deals with a back injury that may sideline him beyond Wednesday.

Austin Reaves is re-signing with the Los Angeles Lakers on a four-year contract worth $185 million, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press.

Scottie Scheffler says the Travelers Championship has a unique challenge following the U.S. Open.