Sports News

5:48 PM on Friday, August 22

The Los Angeles Angels have reinstated reliever Robert Stephenson from the 60-day injured list

5:34 PM on Friday, August 22

The Houston Astros have signed veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel to a major league contract

5:23 PM on Friday, August 22

All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson has been activated from the injured list as part of a flurry of moves for the Athletics before their game at Seattle

5:19 PM on Friday, August 22

Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Joey Ortiz has gone on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring

5:13 PM on Friday, August 22

The Chicago Cubs have recalled right-hander Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa and placed reliever Ryan Brasier on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain

4:41 PM on Friday, August 22

Emma Raducanu won the U.S. Open in 2021, becoming the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam title

4:34 PM on Friday, August 22

A North Carolina judge has granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction to block Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team

4:24 PM on Friday, August 22

Maria Sharapova is using her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame as a chance to reflect on her career

4:01 PM on Friday, August 22

Chelsea has piled on the early season misery for West Ham and its under-fire manager Graham Potter by handing out a 5-1 thrashing in the Premier League without injured star Cole Palmer

3:55 PM on Friday, August 22

The Chicago White Sox have recalled catcher Korey Lee from Triple-A Charlotte and designated infielder Josh Rojas for assignment

3:53 PM on Friday, August 22

Keegan Bradley says deciding whether to be the first Ryder Cup playing captain since 1963 will be the biggest decision of his life

3:52 PM on Friday, August 22

Ousmane Dembélé has missed a penalty but Fabián Ruiz scored to help Paris Saint-Germain edge Angers 1-0 in its first home game in Ligue 1

3:49 PM on Friday, August 22

Red-hot trophy favorite England has launched its home bid for the Women’s Rugby World Cup crown by thrashing the United States 69-7 in front of a record-sized crowd in Sunderland

3:33 PM on Friday, August 22

Harry Kane has scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich started its Bundesliga title defense with a 6-0 demolition of Leipzig

3:26 PM on Friday, August 22

Coco Gauff has has fired one of her coaches on the eve of the U.S. Open and brought aboard the serve doctor who helped No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka work on her issues with that part of the game

3:11 PM on Friday, August 22

Four teams are set for Saturday’s semifinals at the Little League World Series

3:05 PM on Friday, August 22

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died

1:50 PM on Friday, August 22

Texas is favored to win the national championship, with Arch Manning leading the Heisman Trophy race

1:21 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump says that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will happen on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington

7:11 AM on Friday, August 22

Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio has plucked victory from thin air, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000