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PORTHCAWL, Wales (AP) Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first main title Sunday when she withstood a cost by Charley Hull by not making a bogey till the end result of the Womens British Open was now not doubtful. She closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory.
This picture gallery curated by AP picture editors reveals picture highlights from the Womens Golf British Open being performed at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.
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Arsenal ‘should promote’ Oleksandr Zinchenko this summer season with the intention to make room on their wage invoice for Crystal Palace attacker Eberechi Eze, in accordance with stories.
SEATTLE (AP) Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom turned the fasted pitcher in main league historical past to succeed in 1,800 profession strikeouts by video games and innings on Sunday.
Within the second inning towards Seattle, deGrom received Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford to swing by a 98.7 mph four-seam fastball for his fourth Okay of the sport. With the strikeout, deGrom turned the fasted to 1,800 profession strikeouts in video games (240) and innings pitched (1,493 1/3).
The 37-year-old right-hander beat the marks of two left-handers. Corridor-of-Famer Randy Johnson wanted 243 video games to file 1,800 strikeouts. It took the Atlanta Braves’ Chris Sale 1,498 innings.
DeGrom, a five-time All-Star and two-time Cy Younger Award winner, signed a five-year, $185 million cope with the Rangers earlier than the 2023 season. He was restricted to 9 begins over his first two seasons attributable to damage. In 2025, deGrom has returned to his All-Star type, and entered Sunday’s begin with a 10-3 file and a pair of.55 ERA.
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CHICAGO (AP) Justin Turner hit a two-run homer within the ninth inning to provide the Chicago Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Main off the ninth, Dansby Swanson reached on a throwing error on third baseman Jordan Westburg. Supervisor Craig Counsell then despatched Turner to the plate to hit for Michael Busch.
Turner drove the primary pitch he noticed from Keegan Akin (3-1), a 92.8 mph fastball, deep to left-center for the game-ending shot. It was Turner’s third homer of the season.
Chicago took two of three within the weekend set towards Baltimore. The Cubs stayed two video games again of NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which received 14-3 at Washington.
Colton Cowser had two hits for Baltimore, together with an RBI single within the fourth. Gunnar Henderson had a run-scoring fielder’s selection.
The Orioles trailed 3-2 earlier than Ryan Noda drove in Cowser with a pinch-hit single off Daniel Palencia (1-2) with two down within the ninth.
Seiya Suzuki, Kyle Tucker and Nico Hoerner every had two hits for the Cubs. Drew Pomeranz, Andrew Kittredge and Brad Keller mixed for 3 1/3 hitless innings out of the bullpen earlier than Palencia faltered.
Key second
Noda swiped second within the ninth earlier than Jackson Holliday flied out to Swanson at shortstop, ending the risk.
Key stat
The Orioles two errors led to a few unearned runs.
Up subsequent
Michael Soroka (3-8, 4.87 ERA) makes his Cubs debut on Monday towards the Cincinnati Reds. Soroka was acquired in a commerce with Washington on Thursday.
The Orioles proceed their street journey at Philadelphia on Monday, with lefty Cade Povich (2-5, 5.15 ERA) slated to get the beginning.
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Australian Open champion Madison Keys saved two match factors on the best way to a three-set victory over Karolina Muchova to achieve the WTA Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday as former world primary Naomi Osaka roared into the final eight.
Keys saved two match factors on her personal serve within the tenth recreation of the third set, striping a forehand on the primary and escaping the second as Czech Muchova misfired on a service return.
The American emerged with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory — her third of the season that included saving a match level.
“I’m actually completely happy to get that win,” Keys informed the group in Montreal. “After dropping the primary set and even being match level down, with the ability to determine it out — it’s at all times an awesome day.”
Osaka had no want of heroics as she blew previous Anastasija Sevastova 6-1, 6-0 in simply 49 minutes.
The four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan notched the second-quickest tour-level win of her profession, after a 42-minute 6-1, 6-1 rout of Ana Sofia Sanchez within the first spherical at Florianopolis again in 2016.
The dominant victory additionally marked the primary time Osaka has conceded only one recreation or fewer in a accomplished match since a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Danielle Collins at Beijing in 2018.
Maybe extra importantly, it’s the primary time Osaka has reached the final eight of a 1000 degree occasion or Grand Slam since Doha in 2024.
Osaka didn’t play in 2023 after the beginning of her daughter and has struggled for consistency since returning to the sport a 12 months in the past.
She fell within the first spherical of the French Open and the third spherical at Wimbledon this 12 months and arrived in Montreal ranked forty ninth on the planet.
However she has shaken issues up this week, saying she was parting with coach Patrick Mouratoglou after lower than a 12 months and instantly attending to work with Poland’s Tomasz Wiktorowski — former coach of Iga Swiatek.
“I had a strong plan coming in right here and it simply occurred to work out fairly effectively,” Osaka stated of her dominant efficiency towards Sevastova, a former world quantity 11 additionally on the comeback path after maternity depart who had crushed two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula within the third spherical.
Osaka will face both American Amanda Anisimova or Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina for a semi-final berth.
Anismimova is enjoying her first match since a runner-up end to Swiatek at Wimbledon, the place she admitted she was overwhelmed by nerves in a 6-0, 6-0 loss to the Polish star within the ultimate.
Keys, who received 10 of the final 12 factors of her match, will face the winner of the primary night time match between second-seeded Swiatek and Denmark’s Clara Tauson.
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All Instances EDT
Sunday, August 3
MLB
Houston at Boston, 11:35 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Cincinnati, Speedway Traditional at Bristol, Tenn. 1 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 1:35 p.m.
Kansas Metropolis at Toronto, 1:37 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:40 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Miami 1:40 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 1:40 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.
Arizona at Athletics, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 4:07 p.m.
St. Louis at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
WNBA
New York at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Indiana at Seattle, 3 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Golden State at Las Vegas, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 6 p.m.
NWSL
Portland at Washington, 12:30 p.m.
Utah Royals FC at Orlando, 6 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS AUTO RACING
Method 1 – Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix, Mogyorod, Hungary
NASCAR Cup Sequence – Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, Newton, Iowa
GOLF
Korn Ferry Tour – Utah Championship offered by Zions Financial institution and Intermountain Well being, Ogden, Utah
LPGA Tour – AIG Womens Open, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
PGA Tour – Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C.
TENNIS
ATP – Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers, Toronto
WTA – Omnium Banque Nationale offered by Rogers, Montreal
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