Halep moves up to No. 4 in rankings

Simona Halep’s Wimbledon title lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings, while runnerup Serena Williams moved up one spot to No. 9, her best placing since returning to the tour last season after having a baby.

Halep beat Williams 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s final.

Coco Gauff ’s magical run from a wild-card entry in qualifying all the way to the fourth round at the All England Club at age 15 allowed her to rise 172 places to No. 141.

French Open champion Ash Barty remains at No. 1, followed by Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova.

Wimbledon men’s champion Novak Djokovic stayed atop the ATP rankings after his 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) victory over Roger Federer in the longest final in tournament history. Rafael Nadal is No. 2, and Federer is No. 3.

Tour de France rookie Wout Van Aert won a sprint to the line while Julian Alaphilippe kept the yellow jersey after some contenders got trapped in crosswinds in the final kilometers of Stage 10 into Albi in southwestern France. Defending champion Geraint Thomas moved to second place overall, 1:12 behind Alaphilippe, with teammate Egan Bernal in third place, four seconds further back.

The U.S. men’s soccer team will follow its July 7 loss to Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final by playing El Tri in an exhibition Sept. 6 at East Rutherford, N.J . ... James Olayinka had a goal and an assist to lead Arsenal to a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids of MLS in a friendly in Commerce City, Colo.

Michigan hired Jay Smith to be on Juwan Howard’s basketball staff as director of player personnel and development. Smith was an assistant coach for the Wolverines from 1989 to 1996 before going on to lead Grand Valley State, Central Michigan and Kalamazoo College.