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4:25 PM on Sunday, August 31

Lyon finally prevailed in a 1-0 win over 10-man Marseille thanks to a late own-goal from Leonardo Balerdi in the French league

4:23 PM on Sunday, August 31

The AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays claimed infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday

4:14 PM on Sunday, August 31

Matt Patricia had every reason to gloat or say something about those who second-guessed his hiring as Ohio State defensive coordinator after Saturday’s 14-7 victory over top-ranked Texas

3:55 PM on Sunday, August 31

Jarren Duran hit an inside-the-park homer, Lucas Giolito pitched six effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 to avert a three-game sweep

3:49 PM on Sunday, August 31

Tarik Skubal pitches seven innings of four-hit ball, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals

3:33 PM on Sunday, August 31

Myles Straw and Nathan Lukes each drove in two runs, George Springer reached base three times and scored twice and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 to avoid a three-game sweep

3:33 PM on Sunday, August 31

Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam in Tampa Bay’s six-run second inning, Everson Pereira drove in two runs and the Rays beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 to sweep the three-game series

3:28 PM on Sunday, August 31

The son of Tiger Woods has another ace on a big stage

2:22 PM on Sunday, August 31

Austin Hays hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and Matt McLain went deep for the second consecutive game to back a solid start by Brady Singer as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 to snap a five-game skid and avoid a series sweep

2:22 PM on Sunday, August 31

Carlos Alcaraz has hit a behind-the-back shot at the U.S. Open to win a point in a 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Arthur Rinderknech that made the Spaniard the youngest man in the Open era to reach 13 Grand Slam quarterfinals

2:17 PM on Sunday, August 31

Los Angeles Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained left oblique

1:44 PM on Sunday, August 31

Dusan Vlahovic scored for the second consecutive game and Juventus won 1-0 at Genoa in Serie A

1:42 PM on Sunday, August 31

Thanasis Antetokounmpo is back with the Milwaukee Bucks after sitting out a season to recover from a torn Achilles tendon

1:26 PM on Sunday, August 31

Tennis player Sorana Cirstea says the trophy she received after winning a recent women’s tournament was stolen from her New York hotel room while she was playing in the U.S. Open

12:56 PM on Sunday, August 31

Coach Deion Sanders has kicked off his third season at the University of Colorado with a different vibe

12:49 PM on Sunday, August 31

Serhou Guirassy scored twice and Borussia Dortmund beat Union Berlin 3-0 for its first Bundesliga win of the season on Sunday

12:00 PM on Sunday, August 31

The Chicago Cubs have added Carlos Santana, agreeing to a one-year contract with the veteran first baseman that puts him in the mix for the playoffs, according to a person familiar with the deal

10:05 AM on Sunday, August 31

Dominik Szoboszlai has curled home a brilliant long-range free kick to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win over Arsenal in an early-season meeting between two of the likely Premier League title contenders

8:30 AM on Sunday, August 31

South Africa has stunned Italy 29-24 and reached the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in York

12:04 AM on Sunday, August 31

Oscar Piastri has won the Dutch Grand Prix after teammate Lando Norris’ Formula 1 title chances took a heavy blow when his McLaren broke down