Bayern Munich’s Tuva Hansen celebrates scoring her team’s third goal against Ajax and Bayern Munich on the first day of the World Sevens tournament.Photograph: Gualter Fatia/World Sevens Football/Getty Images
There are rolling substitutes, you cannot be offside and smoke cannons erupt from behind the goal when you score. Women’s football’s newest competition, with its $5m (£3.7m) prize pool, is highly lucrative for the teams involved but is not taking itself too seriously.
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Its Thursday, May 22 and the Phillies (31-18) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (8-41).
Ranger Suárez is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Germán Márquez for Colorado.
The Phillies will be looking for the sweep today as they have taken the first three games of the series. Philadelphia’s offense has scored 25 runs thus far. They won yesterday 9-5. Bryce Harper and Trea Turner paced the attack with home runs.
Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
The Detroit Lions announced they have signed first-round pick Tyleik Williams to his initial NFL contract.
Williams signed a day after third-round pick Isaac TeSlaa signed his rookie deal. The defensive tackle from Ohio State has been a participant in all the offseason activities prior to signing.
Based on the pre-slotted NFL contract scale, Williams’ contract is worth $16.48 million. That includes an $8.625 million signing bonus, and the entire contract is fully guaranteed. There is also a fifth-year team option, as is the case with all first-round picks in the NFL draft.
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Zimbabwe won the toss against England and chose to bowl first in their first cricket test in 22 years on Thursday at Trent Bridge.
The one-off four-day match will start under overcast skies. Rain is in the forecast in the weekend.
England’s Joe Root may have a chance on Thursday to become the fifth batter to reach 13,000 test runs. He needs only 28 more to join Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.
Fast bowler Sam Cook will make his test debut at 27 for England in an inexperienced attack.
CANTON — Heading into the unknown isn’t intimidating as long as you have friends.
When second-seeded Manchester beat 12th-seeded Northwestern 17-0 to win its first district title since 2018 there was dancing, crowd surfing and unbridled joy.
It came on Wednesday, May 21, as the Panthers (22-5) took home a Division V, Northeast 1 championship in between raindrops.
“They believe in themselves,” Manchester coach Jim Morehart said. “That’s the biggest thing. They back each other, They get along, They’ve got each other’s backs.
Approaching Memorial Day, it’s becoming increasingly less “early” in the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
Three managers have already been fired, the Colorado Rockies are on pace for the worst in record in history and the kind of discourse normally reserved for New York sports talk radio broke containment, making Juan Soto’s daily stats a topic of national conversation.
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Aprilia has stood firm over Jorge Martin’s push to be released from his contract early and expects the defending MotoGP world champion to remain at the team at least until the end of 2026, it has said in a statement.
The Italian manufacturer has remained silent on the matter since Motorsport.com exclusively revealed Martin intended to invoke a clause in his contract to be released from the second year of his deal for 2026, allowing him to leave at the end of the season.
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn preaches brotherhood. His teams live by that motto, too, as we saw so often last season during Quinn’s first season as Washington’s head coach.
Part of that brotherhood is how the Commanders perform on the field, but it’s also the relationships they’ve built off the field. Veteran players like Bobby Wagner, Zach Ertz and Terry McLaurin helped Quinn build Washington’s brotherhood quickly. The Commanders’ 2024 rookie class, led by quarterback Jayden Daniels, was also a part of the franchise’s culture shift.
After Tyrese Haliburton hit a buzzer-beater to send Game 1 against the New York Knicks to overtime, he channeled a former Indiana Pacers star’s infamous celebration.
Haliburton’s long 2-pointer — which he said he thought was a game-winning three — bounced off the back rim and high into the air before sailing back down through the net. The shot capped off a frenetic 14-point comeback with just under three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, and the Pacers would go on to win 138-135 in overtime.
Europa League end-of-season awards for 2024/25
The 2024/25 Europa League season concluded on Wednesday with Tottenham Hotspur ousting Manchester United in the final.
Spurs sealed success in Bilbao courtesy of Brennan Johnson’s goal, ending a 17-year trophy drought in the process. It’s been another unforgettable season of Europa League football and we’ve dished out our end-of-season awards.
Europa League end-of-season awards for 2024/25
Best Moment
The 2024/25 season has been the year for ending the trophy droughts. Newcastle United. Bologna. Go Ahead Eagles. Crystal Palace.