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The New York baseball teams spent more than $600 million, combined, on their payrolls this season. They ranked first (Mets) and second (Yankees) in the majors in spending, yet arrived at the...

The answer to the quiz question of who was responsible for this finish, the end to the long and storied World Cup career of the Brazil great Marta, will be Jamaica.Marta’s two-decade...

Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros threw the second solo no-hitter of the season on Tuesday, shutting down the Cleveland Guardians in a 2-0 win Tuesday night.Valdez needed only 93 pitches to...

When the Mets paired Justin Verlander with Max Scherzer last off-season, it seemed almost too perfect. In Scherzer, they had one right-hander with three Cy Young Awards and a $43.3 million annual...

Fans of the Women’s World Cup in the United States on Tuesday had a critical decision to make based on a distinctive 3 a.m. kickoff: Stay up late or wake up early?At...

For more than a generation, the United States women’s national team has played out some of its best moments on the world’s biggest stages, in front of the biggest crowds in women’s...

Magnus White, a 17-year-old “rising star” in competitive cycling, has died after being hit by a car in Colorado while he was training for the world championships, the state police and U.S.A....

The N.F.L. has changed its personal conduct policy, expanding the offenses that warrant more serious penalties to include sexual assault “involving threats or coercion” and including “a pattern of conduct” and “offenses...

When Iceland’s Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir took maternity leave from her French team, Olympique Lyonnais, in 2021, the team refused to pay her full salary. So with the help of FIFPro, the global...

Japan has 11 goals in three games, the most of any team so far in this World Cup.Credit...John Cowpland/Associated PressAs the goals piled up, and the Japanese celebrations grew more and more...