LONDON — After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams showed she still has plenty of power to her game as she made a winning return at Queen’s Club on Tuesday. The 44-year-old Williams hit service winners of up to 120 mph and some ferocious winners as she teamed ...
Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski says quarterback Michael Penix Jr. is hitting every milestone in his post-ACL surgery rehab. Penix Jr. missed organized team activities with a scheduled rest day on Monday. Stefanski didn’t have an exact timetable for Penix’s return, but he said the ...
Carson Hocevar sat on the Michigan International Speedway pit wall with a blank look and calmly waited as Bubba Wallace laid into him with an animated lecture. As Wallace did nearly all the talking, Hocevar nodded and offered a few smiles. The one-sided conversation ended with Hocevar patting ...
If those expensive tickets to World Cup matches are out of reach, there are still options to commune with fellow fans while watching the games. From a floating pitch to Motley Crue, the World Cup fan festivals have something for everyone in addition to the soccer. As is the custom for the World Cup, the 16 cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States that are hosting games will all have fanfests, or fan zones. The Associated Press counted some 78 fan fests sanctioned by the FIFA host city organizing committees. But there are many more. Some 20 Major League Soccer teams are ...
PARIS — Alexander Zverev’s victory at the French Open did not dominate the headlines in France on Monday as is normally expected for the men’s singles champion. Most noticeably, his win was reduced to a minor mention on the front page of sports daily L’Equipe, the country’s main sports newspaper, which published an editorial highlighting accusations of domestic violence that the German player has faced. Zverev won his first major title on Sunday in Paris when he defeated Flavio Cobolli in five sets. L’Equipe instead dedicated its front page to the handball team of Metz, ...
Christian Eriksen is "in good spirits" and expected to leave the hospital soon after collapsing on the field again playing for Denmark, the national team's physician said Monday. The 34-year-old Eriksen, who had a pacemaker fitted to support his heart after suffering a cardiac arrest during ...
