INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Eustáquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 for its first knockout match victory in a World Cup. A tense match appeared to be headed for extra time until Eustáquio put a stunning volley from outside the penalty area into the bottom corner of Ronwen Williams’ net. Eustáquio plays professionally for Los Angeles FC several miles away from SoFi Stadium. Canada hung on with strong defensive play in the final minutes and advanced to face the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on Saturday, July 4.
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler celebrated as though he won and it must have felt that way. He made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Viktor Hovland at the Travelers Championship. That will have to wait until Monday. The final round was stopped for 90 minutes because of storms at the TPC River Highlands. Hovland had three straight birdies to catch Scheffler and they finished with three pars. The delay meant it was too dark to contest even one playoff hole. That means they will return Monday morning to complete the final signature event.
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Haeran Ryu recovered from a rough start to secure her first career major title by winning the Women’s PGA Championship by two strokes over Ina Yoon. Ryu shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and become the sixth South Korean to win the event over the last 12 editions. The 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year was 10 strokes back in a tie for 70th place after the first round. Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under. Tour leader Nelly Korda tied for eighth after winning the first two majors of the year.
LONDON (AP) — Play on the outside courts is underway in the 139th edition of Wimbledon. Among the early matches on the opening day of the grass-court Grand Slam: Fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula was playing Darja Vidmanova on No. 2 Court; Rafael Jodar was playing Felix Gill on No. 3 Court; and French Open finalist Maja Chwalinska was playing Mananchaya Sawangkaew on Court 12. Defending champion Jannik Sinner was to open play on Centre Court later against Miomir Kecmanovic followed by top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka against Teodora Kostovic and seven-time champion Novak Djokovic against Wu Yibing. Conditions were ideal with sunny skies and the temperature 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Nelly Korda moved within three strokes of the lead as she made the turn in the final round of the Women’s PGA Championship and birdied the 10th hole before fading down the stretch. The LPGA Tour leader finished seven shots back of winner Haeran Ryu in a tie for eighth place after a tough weekend on the greens. Korda was seeking to become the third player in women's golf history to win three straight majors to start a season. This was only the second time in nine official stroke play events this year that she didn't finish first or second.
BOSTON (AP) — Sonny Gray was almost overloaded with reasons to celebrate. As if taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning and reaching 2,000 career strikeouts weren’t enough, his brilliant outing Sunday night for Boston came against the rival New York Yankees — a team Gray once pitched for and hasn’t been shy about disliking. So after winning a wild game 5-4 in 10 innings, Gray and the Red Sox were reveling in a four-game sweep at Fenway Park that marked their longest winning streak this season. Boston squandered a 2-0 lead in the ninth, but Jarren Duran’s game-ending single capped a three-run rally in the 10th that gave the Red Sox their first four-game sweep of the Yankees since 2018.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says the Charlotte Hornets are trading forward Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round draft pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for guard Grayson Allen, forward Royce O’Neale and a 2033 first-round pick. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the trade still needs to be approved by the league. The Hornets last week traded star point guard LaMelo Ball to Minnesota as part of a larger deal setting off a major restructuring in Charlotte just months after the team improved its win total by 24 games from last season. The Hornets lost in the play-in game to Orlando.
LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams had to talk herself into accepting Wimbledon’s offer to play singles. The All England club was holding one last wild card entry and the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion had a decision to make. The 44-year-old Williams says “I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me, Serena? What are you thinking? Are you nuts? Like you really should do this.’” Williams’ first match at the grass-court Grand Slam since 2022 will take place on Centre Court on Tuesday evening when she faces 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia as part of her evolving tennis comeback.
LONDON (AP) — Skier Lindsey Vonn has a special understanding of what Serena Williams is going through as she prepares to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon at age 44. Vonn was the top World Cup downhiller last season at age 41 until her horrific crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn tells The Associated Press “there is an increasing shift in what women can accomplish at later stages in their careers or life.” She adds that she and Williams "don’t need to prove anything to anyone but we still have the ability to compete at an elite level. She also told me that I played a role in inspiring her to come back so that of course was meaningful to me.”
ATLANTA (AP) — Spending billions of dollars and attracting some of soccer’s biggest stars doesn’t guarantee success at the World Cup. Saudi Arabia is out at the earliest point. Again. Bottom of a group that included tiny Cape Verde, the third-smallest nation ever to compete on this stage and into the knockouts for the first time. By signing the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Karim Benzema as part of a spectacular recruitment drive in recent years, Saudi Arabia has been a major disruptor of club soccer. But on the international stage it still has a long way to go eight years out from hosting the World Cup in 2034.
Finals
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 5 Arizona 1
Final Washington 6 Baltimore 4
Final Minnesota 3 Colorado 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Texas 3 Toronto 2
Final Cleveland 6 Seattle 5
Final Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 4
Final Houston 7 Detroit 5
Final L.A. Angels 4 Athletics 1
Final Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 2 Miami 1
Final Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 4
Final Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Mets 4
Final Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 3
Final San Francisco 3 Atlanta 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 San Diego 2