AP National Sports

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s wait for his fifth major goes on. The Northern Irishman finished the British Open in third place and two strokes behind Cameron Smith having held a two-shot lead after 10 holes of his final round. Every day McIlroy would gaze out the

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale has a broken pinkie finger on his pitching hand after being hit by a line drive against the New York Yankees. It was yet another setback in an injury-plagued year for the Boston ace. Sale screamed out in pain after being

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Young was very briefly tied for lead on the 18th hole on the final day of the British Open with only three other golfers still out on the course. He never stood much of a chance. Young ended up in second place on

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston’s Justin Verlander, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole and Atlanta’s Max Fried won’t be active for the All-Star Game, along with the Angels’ Mike Trout, after weekend starts. Relievers Liam Hendriks of the Chicago White Sox, Jordan Romano of Toronto and Devin Williams of Milwaukee and Seattle first baseman Ty France replaced

TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals won the first game of the series Thursday and then dropped the next three. Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. let a routine double play ball

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Defending champion the Netherlands needed a late surge to beat Switzerland 4-1 and guarantee a place in the European Championship quarterfinals. Sweden qualified with ease in a 5-0 win over Portugal in the other Group C game on Sunday. The Dutch team was held at 1-1 until Romée Leuchter’s looping header

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale left Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees after being hit by a line drive in the first inning. With two outs, Aaron Hicks hit a 106.6 mph line drive off Sale’s hand. The ball was deflected into center field

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday was postponed because of rain. The game will be made up Sept. 17 as part of a day-night doubleheader. St. Louis won the first two games of the series.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy. The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at the British Open with the best closing round the Old Course had ever

By LUIS RUIZ AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — She changed her life with a message on social media to a Latin American athletics legend. Now she is a star herself, known for dances that go viral on social media, as a judge in beauty pageants, and for being a voice of the LGBTQ

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Alex Morgan and the U.S. women’s national soccer team are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship. The United States and Canada have already qualified for next summer’s World Cup

CLEVELAND (AP) — The finale of the four-game series between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians on Sunday has been postponed by rain. The Guardians have had nine home games postponed by inclement weather and have played seven doubleheaders at Progressive Field. The scheduled 1:40 p.m. game was called off about two hours before the

CARCASSONNE, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint as Jonas Vingegaard kept the leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen beat Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen on the line. The 2020 runner-up Primož Roglič abandoned the race before the start

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Miroku Suto of Japan looks like a professional golfer, with the logos of her 11 sponsors splashed across her polo shirt, cap, bag and even her belt. Her parents say the deals are worth in the mid-six figures per year, with some contracts for

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Tamirat Tola led a 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the men’s marathon at the world championships after he opened a wide lead late and cruised through the finish line. Tola finished in a championship-record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 36 seconds on a fast

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston’s Justin Verlander, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole and Atlanta’s Max Fried won’t be active for the All-Star Game after weekend starts. Relievers Liam Hendriks of the Chicago White Sox, Jordan Romano of Toronto and Devin Williams of Milwaukee replaced them on the active rosters for Tuesday’s game at Dodger Stadium. About

CARCASSONNE, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint as Jonas Vingegaard kept the leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen beat Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen on the line. Benjamin Thomas had tried to attack for the first win by

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has reached an agreement with Ajax to buy defender Lisandro Martínez for nearly $58 million. The center back flew into England this weekend to finalize the move which will see him rejoin manager Erik ten Hag who moved to United from Ajax. The 24-year-old Martínez still has to pass

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Dr. Julia Vaizer, an an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, will become the first female medical chief for IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway when she takes over next season. Vaizer has spent the past year assisting Dr. Geoffrey Billows, the series’

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just six days after dismissing Dragan Skocic as head coach, an Iranian Football Federation (IFF) spokesman announced Sunday that the Croatian will lead Iran into November’s World Cup after all. In the latest episode of a chaotic build-up to Group B games against England, the United States and Wales, Ehsan Osuli