The fledgling SailGP global league makes its U.S. debut this weekend on San Francisco Bay, where the young American team, which includes two aspiring Olympians from Southern California, hopes to move up in the standings while the veteran Australian crew looks to stay atop the leaderboard.
Noah Syndergaard became the first pitcher in 36 years to homer and throw a shutout in a 1-0 victory, lifting the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
Jake Odorizzi pitched seven solid innings to outduel Justin Verlander, Ehire Adrianza homered off Houston's ace and the Minnesota Twins beat the Astros 1-0 on Monday night.
Kenta Maeda threw five-plus scoreless innings in a no-decision as the Los Angeles Dodgers squandered a two-run lead, allowing the San Francisco Giants to edge them 3-2 in Monday night's series opener.
Takakeisho's name was officially placed among the sumo elite on Tuesday, when the rankings for next month's Summer Grand Sumo Tournament were released by the Japan Sumo Association.
The Japan Table Tennis Association has filed a protest with the International Table Tennis Federation over a controversial ruling in the women's doubles final at the just-ended table tennis world championships in Budapest, sources said Sunday.
Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm shot a 3-under 69 in the alternate-shot final round Sunday to win the Zurich Classic, beating Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood by three strokes in the PGA Tour's only team event.
Minjee Lee won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club for her fifth LPGA Tour title, closing with a 3-under 68 for a four-stroke victory.
Japanese 18-year-olds Mima Ito and Hina Hayata finished runners-up at the table tennis world championships on Sunday, losing the women's doubles final to China's Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha 4-2.
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