tennis
Mason, Ohio (AP) — Serena Williams fell 2-0 in the game after announcing the “countdown” of her career had begun, and was crowned U.S. Open champion at the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday. Lost 6-4 6-0 to Emma Radukhanu. night.
Williams, 40, said last week in a Vogue essay and Instagram post that her career was coming to an end, but she didn’t know the US Open, which starts in New York on August 29, would be her final event. did not state. .
The Cincinnati event will be Williams’ second U.S. Open tune-up, and Flushing Meadows will be her next step on the court. She lost in straight sets to Belinda Bencic in Toronto last week. A day before her announcement, Williams defeated Nuria Palisas-Díaz to take her first win since the 2021 French Open.
golf
WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — The PGA Tour was held in Delaware for the first time, and Tiger Woods was still club-less and off the golf course, but there was a lot going on.
Woods flew to Wilmington on Tuesday afternoon for a private meeting of top players to discuss the threat of Saudi-funded LIV Golf, according to two people familiar with his plans at the BMW Championship. .
They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the privacy of the meeting. I said yes.
That meeting caused the previously scheduled Player Advisory Committee meeting to be postponed by an hour or so to late Tuesday afternoon. Woods flew out of his home in Florida with Ricky Fowler, who missed his second FedEx Cup playoff his event.
The meeting was held at a hotel away from the Wilmington Country Club, another person familiar with the matter said. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was not invited.
— By golf writer Doug Ferguson.
MLB
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have replaced a planned Fernando Tatis Jr. Bobblehead Knight with a Juan Soto t-shirt giveaway. The superstar shortstop was banned for his 80 games on Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
Tatis, a 23-year-old sensation and one of Major League Baseball’s brightest stars, was on the verge of returning to the Padres after a broken wrist that sidelined him all season. He was scheduled to be back on the team well before his Sept. 7 Bobblehead night, and was doing well until he tested positive.
Instead, the Padres will provide a fan shirt in the club’s City Connect color scheme with Soto’s name and jersey number 22 ahead of the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team announced the change on Tuesday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended one game from Major League Baseball on Tuesday for carrying a cell phone in his back pocket during a game last week.
The penalties, including an undisclosed fine, were set to go into effect Tuesday night when the Pirates hosted Boston.
“I want MLB to listen to me and understand my heart behind everything,” Castro said through an interpreter before the game against the Red Sox.
Castro’s cell phone flew out of his pocket when he dove headfirst into third base on Aug. 9 in Arizona.
NBA
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is off on Election Day.
Next season’s league schedule will have all 30 teams playing on November 7, the night before the midterm elections. The NBA hopes teams will use the night as an opportunity to get fans out and vote, amplifying the need for civic engagement.
But on Election Day, November 8, no NBA team has a game scheduled. Teams are encouraged to share election information, including registration deadlines, with their fan base in the weeks leading up to November 8th.
WNBAMore
NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart is the first player to win the AP’s WNBA Player of the Year award twice.
Las Vegas ace Aja Wilson was named the first AP Defensive Player of the Year, while Atlanta’s Tanisha Wright became the first former player to be named Coach of the Year.
Atlanta’s Ryne Howard won Rookie of the Year. Comeback Player of the Year went to Connecticut Suns’ Alyssa Thomas, while teammate Breonna Jones was unanimously named his sixth Woman of the Year.
The Aces’ Jackie Young was named Most Improved Player by a 10-member media panel covering the league.
Football
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to resolve issues that have led to FIFA’s suspension of the national football federation and its possible loss of rights to host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in October. is expected to accept the petition of
FIFA’s suspension follows the Supreme Court’s appointment of a three-man administrative committee to manage the affairs of the All India Football Federation and conduct elections for new officers by the end of August under the new constitution. Continue.
According to the Press Trust of India, Government Chief Justice Tushar Mehta on Tuesday called on Supreme Court Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna to “quickly review the AIFF matter pending in court.” said.
The judge agreed to take up the matter on Wednesday.
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