Serena to play for U.S. in Fed Cup qualifier

Serena Williams will be part of the U.S. team for its Fed Cup qualifier against Latvia, the U.S. Tennis Association said Wednesday.

It will be the first time Williams has participated in the Fed Cup since 2018. Williams has played in 10 previous Fed Cup competitions, and is 13-0 in singles and 3-2 in doubles since her first appearance in 1999.

The U.S. will face Latvia Feb. 7-8 in Everett, Wash., and the winner will advance to the Fed Cup final in April in Budapest, Hungary.

Baseball

The New York Yankees traded left-hander Stephen Tarpley, who was acquired in a trade with the Pirates in 2016 for Ivan Nova, to the Miami Marlins for third baseman James Nelson and $50,000 payable on Feb. 15.

Soccer

Riverhounds SC signed defender/midfielder Tony Walls to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2021 season. Walls was the captain of Bob Lilley’s 2015 Rochester Rhinos championship team that lost just one game all season, and he most recently played for the Chattanooga Red Wolves SC of USL League One in 2019.

• Borussia Dortmund promoted 17-year-old American Gio Reyna — the son of former U.S. internationals Claudio Reyna and Danielle Egan Reyna — to its first team. Dortmund signed the midfielder from New York City FC in July. Since then he has scored eight goals in 16 games for Dortmund’s under-19 team.

Auto racing

In his first major move since buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Roger Penske announced the Xfinity Series race July 4 will use the track’s road course. The Cup Series race, the Brickyard 400 on July 5, will remain on the track’s 2 1⁄2-mile oval.

Boxing

The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will hold weigh-ins for the 2020 Golden Gloves season from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Gloria’s Gym at Monroeville Mall. For information call or text, 412-576-9285.

Elsewhere

Driver Ed McNeight Jr. passed $10 million in career purses with a victory in the seventh race at The Meadows in Washington, Pa. It was career win 3,516 for McNeight and lifted his total purses to $10,001,903.