The day after slugging his 40th home run of the season — and leaving his pitching duties early because of a cramp in his right middle finger — Shohei Ohtani walked into...
Read moreOn the far side of the field, Catalina Usme tore away, sprinting toward the fans. Her Colombia teammates followed in her wake, eating up the ground in the rush to close the...
Read moreMany things had to go right for Morocco to make it to the knockout round. The Moroccans were humbled by Germany, 6-0, in their opener but bounced back to defeat both South...
Read moreThe past and the future blended seamlessly on Saturday at Camden Yards, alternate visions of glory trimmed in orange and black. Between innings, the scoreboard showed clips from the Orioles’ last championship...
Read moreEven in the highest-resolution image, examined up close, there was not so much as a discernible sliver of daylight. The margin by which the United States was eliminated from the Women’s World...
Read moreEngland is through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup and that will be all that matters for now. Four of its penalty kicks went in and two of Nigeria’s did not,...
Read moreAs soon as her face appeared on the vast, curving video screen, Stadium Australia rose as one to its feet. The moment the fans — the country, in fact — had spent...
Read moreUnder an ink black Australian sky above Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the Women’s World Cup game between the United States and Sweden on Sunday went on and on and on. For 120 minutes,...
Read moreMarie-Josée Ta Lou has often been unlucky on days when she needed to be perfect.At the 2016 Olympics, Ta Lou, a sprinter from the West African nation of Ivory Coast, missed the...
Read moreIt ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself.“It’s just like a sick joke to miss a...
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