Las Vegas Review-Journal

Austin council votes on MLS stadium plan

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The Austin City Council voted on a new stadium plan that could trigger a move by Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew to Texas.

Crew owner Anthony Precourt has been exploring a move to Austin and negotiatin­g terms for city land to build a privately funded 20,000-seat stadium.

Considerat­ion of the proposal was expected to go late into the night and possibly into Friday.

NBA: Detroit Pistons forward Jon Leuer, limited to eight games last season after left ankle surgery, had surgery Wednesday after injuring the medial meniscus in his right knee during an offseason workout.

Tennis: At Toronto, 19-yearold Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece upset Wimbledon champion

Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the Rogers Cup to reach his first

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarterfin­al.

Swimming: At Tokyo, Canadian Taylor Ruck won the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute, 54.44 seconds at the Pan Pacific Championsh­ips. American Katie Ledecky, a five-time Olympic champion, was third in 1:55.15.

Olympics: IOC president Thomas Bach said he is disappoint­ed that the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee refused to allow sports equipment to be sent to North Korea.

Track and field: At Berlin, world champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey won the men’s 200 meters at the European Athletics Championsh­ips in a meet-record 19.76 seconds.

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