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World Cup winner Lionel Messi set to be unveiled by Inter Miami and Major League Soccer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The stage is set. Lionel Messi is about to meet his new fans at Inter Miami.An event billed as “The Unveil” — or “La PresentaSíon,” as the club is calling it — is Sunday night at the team's stadium in Fort Lauderdale. It comes one day after Messi and Inter Miami finalized his signing through the 2025 season.It's the start of a busy week of events for Messi with his new club. His first official training session that will be open to reporters is set for Tuesday and — if all goes to plan — he will play Friday in a Leagues Cup match against Cruz Azul. The team had scheduled a Monday news conference with Messi and team officials, then announced Sunday it was being postponed, without any explanation.The World Cup champion for Argentina and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner as the world's best player in a given year is joining a club that has the fewest points in MLS and is mired in an 11-match winless streak. Inter Miami opened the season with two wins and has gon...

SF Giants erupt in 10th inning to sweep series from Pirates

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

Slumbering offensively for the better part of the previous 18 innings, the Giants erupted for five runs in the 10th Sunday in an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete a three-game sweep at PNC Park.The Giants opened the ninth with a single by Wilmer Flores against Pittsburgh reliever Yerry De Los Santos (0-1), advancing free runner Casey Schmitt to third base. Pederson was next and flew out to center to drive in Schmitt, and after J.D. Davis walked, Michael Conforto doubled to right center to bring in two more runs.They weren’t done, with Patrick Bailey, who had entered as defensive replacement, doubling in two more runs for a five-run lead.The Giants, 52-41, are 11 games over .500 for the third time this season and have yet to make it to 12 heading into a four-game road series against the Cincinnati Reds. Pittsburgh is 41-52.Heading into the 10th, the Giants had nine hits and had struck out 26 times in the previous 18 innings against Pirates pitching. Conforto also ...

Djokovic’s Wimbledon mastery meets its match in men’s final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England — Carlos Alcaraz said he wanted another shot at Novak Djokovic. Said it would make winning a Wimbledon championship more special. Well, Alcaraz got his chance to face Djokovic. And he beat him.Alcaraz put aside a poor start and surged down the stretch to end Djokovic’s 34-match winning streak at the All England Club by edging him 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in an engaging, back-and-forth final on Sunday, claiming his first championship at Wimbledon and second Grand Slam trophy overall.The No. 1-ranked Alcaraz prevented No. 2 Djokovic from collecting what would have been a record-tying eighth title, and fifth in a row, at the grass-court tournament. Djokovic also was kept from earning a 24th career major.Instead of Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, becoming the oldest male champion at Wimbledon in the Open era, Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, became the third-youngest. The age gap between the two was the widest in any men’s Slam final since 1974.So Alcaraz ha...

British Open has an old course with a new finish at Royal Liverpool

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Cameron Young is playing only his second British Open, so Royal Liverpool is a new links for him to learn. After flying in Sunday morning, he kept his day short by skipping over from the 14th green to the 18th tee.That’s when his caddie, Paul Tesori, became part tour guide, part historian.Pointing to a small grandstand behind the 17th tee, Tesori told Young it previously was the 15th green. The old 15th tee — a par 3 — now is a 620-yard par 5 — the longest in Open history — that heads back toward town. Also moved back is the 18th tee, now playing some 60 yards longer.Thirty-eight players in the field for the 151st Open also were at Royal Liverpool the last time in 2014. Only nine players in the field were at the last two.For all of them, this old course has a new finish.Players began filtering in for the final major of the year. Phil Mickelson was among the early arrivals, a LIV Golf player who played two weeks ago outside London. Abraham Ancer, another...

Metro adding lights at some bus stops to help rail riders catch their bus

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

Metro is testing a new system they say will help rail riders catch their connecting bus a little easier.New strobing bus transfer lights at some bus stops located outside of Metrorail stations will alert operators when a train is approaching the station during off-peak hours so they can delay the bus by up to five minutes, giving people exiting the train a little more time to catch their bus connection.Metro said in a news release that the bus transfer lights are going to be near bus stops that serve lower-frequency routes, “where missing a bus by a few minutes may delay an important trip by 30 minutes to an hour.”The goal is to reduce bus waiting times, especially at night.The daily off-peak hours are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to midnight.The new bus signal testing began on Saturday at the Greenbelt station where the light signal alerts bus operators on the C2 route of trains approaching near the time their bus is scheduled to depart the station.Source

Knizner activated from injured list by Cardinals, who option Baker to Memphis

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Catcher Andrew Knizner was activated from the 10-day injured list on Sunday by the St. Louis Cardinals, who optioned first baseman Luken Baker to Memphis and returned right-hander James Naile to the Triple-A farm team.Knizner was placed on the IL on July 5 after injuring his right groin against the Miami Marlins. St. Louis carried three catchers for Sunday’s series finale against Washington, with Knizner joining Willson Contreras and Iván Herrera.Baker was 1 for 6 in three games following his July 3 recall.Naile was the Cardinals’ 27th player in Saturday’s doubleheader.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Wimbledon Men’s Champions

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

2023 — Carlos Alcaraz2022 — Novak Djokovic2021 — Novak Djokovic2020 — Canceled.2019 — Novak Djokovic2018 — Novak Djokovic2017 — Roger Federer2016 — Andy Murray2015 — Novak Djokovic2014 — Novak Djokovic2013 — Andy Murray2012 — Roger Federer2011 — Novak Djokovic2010 — Rafael Nadal2009 — Roger Federer2008 — Rafael Nadal2007 — Roger Federer2006 — Roger Federer2005 — Roger Federer2004 — Roger Federer2003 — Roger Federer2002 — Lleyton Hewitt2001 — Goran Ivanisevic2000 — Pete Sampras1999 — Pete Sampras1998 — Pete Sampras1997 — Pete Sampras1996 — Richard Krajicek1995 — Pete Sampras1994 — Pete Sampras1993 — Pete Sampras1992 — Andre Agassi1991 — Michael Stich1990 — Stefan Edberg1989 — Boris Becker1988 — Stefan Edberg1987 — Pat Cash1986 — Boris Becker1985 — Boris Becker1984 — John McEnroe1983 — John McEnroe1982 — Jimmy Connors1981 — John McEnroe1980 — Bjorn Borg1979 — Bjorn Borg1978 — Bjorn Borg1977 — Bjorn Borg1976 — Bjorn Borg1975 — Arthur Ashe1974 — Jimmy Connors1973 — Jan Kodes1972 — Stan ...

Wimbledon Men’s Finals Results

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

2023 — Carlos Alcaraz def. Novak Djokovic, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.2022 — Novak Djokovic def. Nick Kyrgios, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).2021 — Novak Djokovic def. Matteo Berrettini, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.2020 — Canceled.2019 — Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3).2018 — Novak Djokovic def. Kevin Anderson, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3).2017 — Roger Federer def. Marin Cilic, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.2016 — Andy Murray def. Milos Raonic, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).2015 — Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3.2014 — Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4.2013 — Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.2012 — Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.2011 — Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.2010 — Rafael Nadal def. Tomas Berdych, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.2009 — Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14.2008 — Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7.2007 — Roge...

Brewers’ Rowdy Tellez has surgery after hurting finger in accident, out 4 more weeks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rowdy Tellez had surgery on his left ring finger after injuring himself during pregame warmups and will miss an additional four weeks. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Tellez was shagging fly balls in the outfield Saturday and got his finger stuck in the padding of the center field wall. Tellez tore his fingernail off and had to undergo surgery to insert 17 stitches and repair a small fracture on the end of the finger. He had been on track to return Tuesday in Philadelphia. “It was a freak accident,” Counsell said Sunday. “Wasn’t sprinting, wasn’t going at a high speed, believe me. I actually saw it. Looked like a very innocent thing. Probably means we won’t see him back with us for four weeks.” Tellez isn’t expected to resume baseball activity for two-to-three weeks. He has been on the injured list since July 5 with right forearm inflammation.Tellez is hitting .213 with 12 homers and 36 RBIs. O...

Las 4 películas que están suspendidas debido a la huelga de actores de Hollywood

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:09:39 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES — Los principales estudios de la capital del cine suspendieron varios proyectos de alto perfil esta semana después de que más de 160,000 actores representados por el sindicato SAG-AFTRA se declararan en huelga por primera vez desde 1980.La línea de montaje de películas y programas de televisión de Hollywood ya se estaba desacelerando porque miles de guionistas han estado en los piquetes desde principios de mayo. Pero la huelga de actores significa que muchas producciones cinematográficas basadas en guiones completos ahora también se apagarán.La huelga también impide que los actores participen en campañas promocionales. Las festividades de alfombra roja en el próximo estreno en Estados Unidos de “Oppenheimer” de Christopher Nolan fueron canceladas, por ejemplo, según un portavoz de Universal Pictures. (NBC News y Universal Pictures son unidades de NBCUniversal). Cómo llegó Fran Drescher, “The Nanny”, a jefa del Sindicato de Actores de Hollywood ...