United Soccer Coaches Week 1 Poll: Stanford Takes Top Spot in 2026 NCAA Women’s Soccer Rankings
United Soccer Coaches released the Week 1 Top 25 for 2026 NCAA women’s soccer, with Stanford voted No. 1 after the openi...
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Sindhu and Ayush exit World Championships as India's singles hopes shift to doubles
P.V. Sindhu and Ayush Shetty lost in the BWF World Championships pre-quarterfinals in New Delhi on Thursday, leaving Ind...
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Comrades Marathon Association launches 2027 centenary race in Durban despite ongoing dispute with Athletics South Africa
Comrades Marathon Association launched the 2027 centenary race in Durban on 19 August 2026, despite Athletics South Afri...
Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series unveils split-design trophy for Springboks and All Blacks
Springboks and All Blacks unveil a two-half, magnet-joined trophy for the revived Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series, with ...
Texans WR Jayden Higgins tears ACL, out for 2026 NFL season
Houston Texans second-year wide receiver Jayden Higgins suffered a torn ACL during a joint practice with the Las Vegas R...
2K reveals NBA 2K27 gameplay details in Courtside Report, including co-ed City and MyCAREER Eras
2K released a full NBA 2K27 Gameplay Courtside Report detailing a redesigned City, MyCAREER Eras, an updated MyPLAYER Bu...
Brewers match modern-era shutout record in 22-0 rout of Mariners
The Milwaukee Brewers matched baseball's modern-era record for the biggest shutout by beating the Seattle Mariners 22-0,...
Burlington water skiing siblings claim national titles en route to 2026 Pan American Games
Burlington siblings Kate and Jacob Nelson captured national water skiing titles in the week of Aug. 17, 2026, and are se...
Arlington Man Charged With Nine Counts Of Attempted Malicious Wounding Over Gunston Middle School Basketball Court Shooting
Arlington police say Adrian Dwight Taylor, 51, faces nine counts of attempted malicious wounding after firing toward a c...
Crow-Armstrong's walk-off homer seals 30-30 repeat as Cubs top White Sox in 10
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning as the Cubs beat the White Sox 7-5, becoming the fir...
Crow-Armstrong's leadoff and walk-off homers power Cubs past White Sox in 10 innings
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a leadoff homer and a two-run walk-off in the 10th to power the Cubs to a 7-5 win over the White...
Coco Gauff credits father after Cincinnati Open comeback win
Coco Gauff rallied past Liudmila Samsonova at the Cincinnati Open and credited her father on his 55th birthday, then pre...
Wang Manyu claims women's singles title as China ends WTT Europe Smash with two trophies
Wang Manyu beat Wang Yidi 4–2 in an all-Chinese women's singles final at the WTT Europe Smash in Malmö, giving China tit...
Mariners edge Astros to take AL West series and close division gap to four games
Mariners bullpen holds off an eighth-inning Astros rally for a 3-2 win in Houston, clinching the three-game series and t...
Knights hold off Titans 36-26 in NRL Round 24 as Hannay concedes 'unacceptable' start
Newcastle beat Gold Coast 36-26 in NRL Round 24 after a fast start featuring two Dane Gagai tries, while Titans coach Jo...
Fery wins Cincinnati return as Djokovic exits in first match since Wimbledon
Arthur Fery beat James Duckworth at the Cincinnati Open for his first win since the Wimbledon semi-finals, while Novak D...
Eleanor Givens Claims Maiden LET Title At Swiss Ladies Open After 15 Seasons
England's Eleanor Givens won her first Ladies European Tour title at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, rallying from four s...
South Korea men's basketball suffers record 20-point loss to Japan in Tokyo friendly
South Korea's men's basketball team fell 88-68 to Japan at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Aug. 15, its heaviest defeat in the r...
Makhachev sets UFC record with 17th straight win, retains welterweight title at UFC 330
Islam Makhachev defeated Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision at UFC 330 in Philadelphia, retaining his UFC welterwei...
Bangladesh stun Australia by nine wickets in Darwin for historic first Test win on Australian soil
Bangladesh beat Australia by nine wickets in Darwin to claim their first Test victory on Australian soil, with Mehidy Ha...
Cleveland Guardians become third AL franchise to reach 10,000 wins, beating Padres 6-1
The Cleveland Guardians became the third AL franchise to reach 10,000 wins, beating the San Diego Padres 6-1 behind a co...
Joshua Báez homers in each of his first three major-league at-bats for the Cardinals
Cardinals outfielder Joshua Báez became the first player in modern MLB history to homer in each of his first three at-ba...
Las Vegas Grand Prix and Liberty Media settle $3 million class-action over 2023 race
Las Vegas Grand Prix and Liberty Media settle a class-action lawsuit for $3.05 million after the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Pr...
Panini alleges Fanatics obtained confidential deal data to win NFL and NBA trading card rights
Panini's amended antitrust complaint claims Fanatics used its confidential licensing terms to secure exclusive NFL and N...
Florida State men's basketball lands first jersey patch deal with ReliaQuest
Florida State men's basketball announced a multi-year jersey patch partnership with ReliaQuest, the first such deal in F...
McNish outlines the lessons from Senna and Audi that shaped his F1 racing director role
Audi F1 racing director Allan McNish reflects on lessons from Senna and Audi that shaped his approach to leading the man...
Galdiano leads Portland Classic by one shot after opening round
Filipino-American Mariel Galdiano holds a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Standard Portland Classic at Co...
Delhi swaps court doors and nets to keep monkeys and pigeons off the badminton courts at BWF Worlds
Delhi organisers replace stadium doors with auto-locking double doors and install netting and non-toxic gel to keep monk...
NBA releases full 2026-27 regular-season schedule
The NBA unveiled its complete 2026-27 regular-season schedule on August 13, 2026, with an Oct. 20 NBC/Peacock tip-off tr...
Ryder Cowan chips in on 17th to oust Miles Russell in U.S. Amateur first round at Merion
Oklahoma senior Ryder Cowan, the world’s 8th-ranked amateur, birdied his way out of a 16-way qualifying playoff and then...