Horse racing:

The richest horse race in the world is getting richer. Organizers of the Pegasus World Cup say the purse for next year’s race will be $16 million, an increase of $4 million from this year’s inaugural.

The winner will be in line to claim more than $9 million that day, a total that only eight horses running in North America have reached in their entire careers.

The race is set for Jan. 27, again at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The women’s world championships resume today with semifinals matches between undefeated U.S. vs. Germany and Finland vs. Canada in Plymouth, Mich.

Hockey: Running:

Authorities say they’ll make greater use of trucks and drones to secure April 17’s Boston Marathon.

Exactly seven months after being struck in the head by a line drive that left him with a cracked skull, Matt Shoemaker looked every bit the same pitcher he had been.

Shoemaker pitched five strong innings in his return to the mound as his Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Tuesday night.

It was Shoemaker’s first regular-season outing since he was hit by a line drive off Kyle Seager’s bat in Seattle in September, an injury that required surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. The righthander wore a carbon-fiber protective insert under his cap Tuesday to protect an area where a titanium plate was inserted on his skull.

“He’s very determined,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “I think once he was physically fit, I think everyone felt that he would come back. He’s got the perseverance to get back on that mound and hopefully have the success that he had before.”

Shoemaker threw 99 pitches and left with a 4-2 lead.

There was a scare in the