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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Denis Bouanga scored on a first-half penalty kick and Hugo Lloris made it arise for his third straight clear sheet as Los Angeles FC edged Minnesota United 1-0 on Wednesday evening.

Bouanga scored his eleventh objective when he despatched a right-footed shot previous Dayne St. Clair within the forty second minute. The PK was awarded after Jeremy Ebobisse was fouled by defender Nicolás Romero, who obtained a yellow card.

Lloris completed with three saves for his league-high-tying ninth clear sheet of the season for LAFC (10-5-5).

St. Clair entered with 9 shutouts and totaled 5 saves for Minnesota United (11-5-7), which falls to 6-3-3 at house.

Minnesota United has only one house win over LAFC, which joined the league in 2018. That got here in March of final season within the debut of Minnesota supervisor Eric Ramsay.

LAFC posted a 1-0 victory over Minnesota United at house within the season opener.

LAFC improves to 2-3-4 on the street. The membership was coming off shutout wins at house over the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas by a mixed 5-0 rating.

LAFC will host the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday. Minnesota United travels to play the Portland Timbers on Saturday.

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World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn from the WTA 1,000 Canadian Open, which begins July 27 in Montreal. Sabalenka cited fatigue following her semifinal run at Wimbledon as her cause for pulling out of the match, which is one rung beneath the Grand Slams.

Im wanting ahead to kicking off the North American hard-court swing, however to offer myself the very best likelihood for achievement this season, Ive determined its in my finest curiosity to skip Montreal, Sabalenka mentioned in an announcement saying her withdrawal.

Sabalenka performed the match final yr, after skipping the 2024 Paris Olympic tennis occasion which straight preceded it. She reached the quarterfinals, shedding in three units to Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. the participant who beat her on this years Wimbledon semifinals.

That defeat took her Grand Slam document for 2025 to 2 finals and one semifinal, however no titles, having misplaced the Australian Open closing to Madison Keys and the French Open closing to Coco Gauff. She has reached seven finals in 2025, taking part in 56 matches within the yr thus far and profitable three titles.

Anisimova, who misplaced 6-0, 6-0 to Iga Świątek within the Wimbledon closing however rose to world No. 7 within the course of, has herself withdrawn from the D.C. Open in Washington, D.C., which begins July 21. Defending champion Paula Badosa has additionally withdrawn on account of a persistent damage to her decrease again, so the world No. 10 will drop 500 factors from her rating; Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen, who had acquired a wild card into the principle draw, has additionally been faraway from the participant checklist.

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Breanna Stewart swatted the momentum the Indiana Fever constructed in the course of the three-game win streak they carried into New York Wednesday evening. Indiana (12-11) left with a 21-point, bruising defeat.

Stewart blocked 4 pictures in a masterful two-way efficiency in opposition to a Fever workforce that was lacking Caitlin Clark and taking part in its second straight highway recreation in as many days.

The Liberty (15-6) dribbled out a 98-77 win to the tune of a standing ovation within the Barclays Heart.

Stewart, a three-time WNBA champion and two-time league MVP, dazzled on each ends, clocking out with 24 factors, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and, after all, these 4 blocks.

“I simply needed to be aggressive and actually set the tone and tempo for my workforce and guarantee that we got here out each single quarter able to go and able to play,” Stewart informed the published in her postgame interview.

Hours earlier than tip-off, Clark was dominated out with the groin damage that she reaggravated throughout Tuesday’s win over the Connecticut Solar. Clark is a second-time All-Star in addition to a captain for Saturday’s All-Star Sport. Her standing for the midseason exhibition, plus the 3-point contest, is up within the air.

Whereas Indiana has discovered methods to win with out Clark this season, the Fever are all the time going to be combating an uphill battle in that place if their different former No. 1 total decide, heart Aliyah Boston, isn’t at her greatest. For the second recreation in a row, Boston struggled from the sector. A day faraway from a 2 of 6 outing in opposition to the Solar, she shot a mere 1 of 8 Wednesday versus the Liberty. Whereas Boston dished a team-high six assists with no turnover, she scored solely seven factors.

In the meantime, New York’s star duo flourished into the third quarter. In truth, early within the body each Stewart and four-time All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu had 15 factors. Though they flirted with a fourth recreation this season through which every of them tallied 20-plus factors, Ionescu cooled off down the stretch and really completed simply 5 of 14.

The identical couldn’t be stated for fellow guard Marine Johannès. The French native heated up within the fourth quarter. Two of her 4 3-pointers got here inside a two-minute span within the ultimate 4 minutes of play. After she knocked down the second in transition, Fever head coach Stephanie White known as a timeout.

Ionescu shot off the bench and onto the courtroom earlier than giving Johannès a hug.

New York hit 14 of 27 3s, posting a much better 3-point proportion (51.9%) than the Fever’s total area purpose proportion (36.8%) Wednesday evening.

“All-Star break is a pleasant time for us to relaxation and regroup, however we needed to get this win first,” Stewart stated in her on-court postgame interview.

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NEW YORK (AP) Breanna Stewart had 24 factors, 11 rebounds and 7 assists to assist the New York Liberty to a 98-77 win Wednesday night time over the Indiana Fever, who performed with out star guard Caitlin Clark.

Clark missed the sport after injuring her proper groin on Tuesday night time within the last minute of the sport towards Connecticut in Boston. Clark has a busy weekend forward as Indiana is internet hosting the WNBA All-Star Recreation and shes slated to compete within the 3-point contest and is captain of one of many two groups.

Sabrina Ionescu, who can even be within the 3-point contest, added 15 factors and 9 assists for the Liberty (15-6).

Stewart obtained the Liberty off to a robust begin as they led 32-24 after one quarter and had been up 15 on the half. The Libertys All-Star ahead had 13 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists by the break.

New York put the sport away within the third quarter behind Stewart, whose three-point play with 3:57 left made it 71-48 a lot to the delight of the gang of 17,371. The Fever might solely get inside 15 the remainder of the best way.

Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana (12-11) with 16 factors. The Fever fell to 4-6 when Clark has missed an everyday season recreation this season.

DREAM 86, SKY 49

CHICAGO (AP) Brittney Griner scored 15 factors, Brionna Jones and Allisha Grey every added 14 factors, and Atlanta cruised previous Chicago.

Atlanta opened the third quarter on a 14-0 run and closed the body with a 74-36 lead. The Dream made 13 discipline targets within the third yet one more than the Sky had by means of three quarters.

The rating was 62-26 earlier than the Sky made their second discipline purpose of the second half with 3:24 left within the third. The Dream led by as many as 43 within the fourth.

Rookie Te-Hina Paopao completed with 13 factors and Naz Hillmon scored 10 for Atlanta (13-9). Jordin Canada had eight assists.

Rebecca Allen had a team-high 9 factors and three 3-pointers all within the third quarter for Chicago (7-15). Kamilla Cardoso added eight factors and 11 rebounds.

Chicago prevented its lowest scoring recreation in franchise historical past when Moriah Jefferson made a jumper within the lane with 30.3 seconds left.

LYNX 79, MERCURY 66

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Kayla McBride scored 18 factors, Courtney Williams had 12 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists, and Minnesota beat Phoenix to enhance to 12-0 at dwelling this season heading into the All-Star break.

Jessica Shepards one-handed putback simply earlier than the third-quarter buzzer made it 64-49. The Lynx made 5 3-pointers within the body to outscore the Mercury 27-16.

Napheesa Collier scored eight of her 10 factors within the third and Alanna Smith completed with 11 factors for Minnesota (20-4). Williams recorded five-plus assists in her seventh straight recreation.

Alyssa Thomas had 12 factors and 9 assists, and Kalani Brown had 11 factors and 11 rebounds for Phoenix (15-7). DeWanna Bonner additionally scored 11 factors on 5-of-12 capturing.

STORM 67, VALKYRIES 58

SEATTLE (AP) Nneka Ogwumike scored 22 factors to maneuver into sixth place on the WNBAs all-time scoring checklist and Seattle beat Golden State.

Ogwumike handed Candice Dupree (6,895 factors) by one level and is now behind Tamika Catchings, who scored 7,380 in her profession.

The Storm (14-9) went to Ogwumike very often down the stretch. She had 11 of her 22 factors within the fourth quarter, together with a pivotal layup with 2:09 remaining and a pair of free throws on the 1:18 mark to place Seattle up 61-54.

Erica Wheeler had a robust third quarter, sinking back-to-back 3-pointers early and following with a working layup on the 7:41 mark to place the Storm up 39-33.

With 2:32 to go within the third, Wheeler transformed a three-point play to provide Seattle a 45-37 lead. The Valkyries (10-12) made it 56-54 with simply 4:48 to go in regulation on a layup from Veronica Burton.

Ogwumikes late efforts had been sufficient to stymie the late Golden State push.

Wheeler had 15 factors. Skylar Diggins scored 10 and Lexie Brown scored seven off the bench.

Cecilia Zandalasini had 12 factors and Janelle Salaun scored 10 for the Valkyries.

ACES 90, WINGS 86

DALLAS (AP) Aja Wilson scored a season-high 37 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and Las Vegas held off a late rally to beat Dallas.

Wilson, who had 34 factors and 16 rebounds in a 104-102 win over Golden State on Saturday, completed 15 of 25 from the sector to achieve 30-plus factors for the fourth time this season. Her 37 factors tied for many factors in a WNBA recreation this season.

Las Vegas created separation within the third quarter by occurring an 18-2 run to construct a 70-48 lead. The Aces scored 12 straight factors in the course of the run as Dallas went scoreless for three-plus minutes.

The Wings rallied within the fourth, opening on a 9-1 run to get inside 73-61 on a 3-pointer by Paige Bueckers. Dallas added a 3-pointer on three straight possessions to chop its deficit to 86-82 with 1:04 left.

Bueckers made a baseline jumper with 26.5 seconds left to tug inside 86-84, however Wilson was fouled whereas making a layup on the different finish for a four-point lead. The Wings missed two 3-pointers and the Aces made their free throws.

WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. United has picked René Weiler to be its new coach.

The crew introduced Wednesday that Weiler will take over as soon as he receives a U.S. work allow. The 51-year-old Weiler, a local of Switzerland, served lately as coach and sporting director at Servette FC within the Swiss Tremendous League. He’s additionally gained the Belgian Professional League title and reached the Europa League quarterfinals with Anderlecht and guided Al Ahly to a Premier League championship in Egypt.

“D.C. United is a membership with a proud historical past and a passionate fanbase, Weiler stated. The muse on web site provides me confidence in what we will construct. Theres nonetheless quite a lot of work forward, however Im totally dedicated to main this membership again to the place it belongs, competing on the highest stage in MLS.

Kevin Flanagan will stay interim coach till Weiler arrives. D.C. United fired coach Troy Lesesne final week. United was 4-11-7 getting into Wednesday evening’s match in opposition to Charlotte.

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