Rapinoe, Shields named Sportswomen of the Year

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe and boxer Claressa Shields have been honored as Sportswomen of the Year by theWomen’s Sports Foundation.

They won in the team and individual categories, the awards coming at the foundation’s 40th annual Salute to Women in Sports.

Rapinoe led the U. S. to victory at theWorld Cup in France and earned the FIFA Player of the Year award. Shields is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and middleweight champion.

Sheila Johnson, partowner of the Washington Wizards, Capitals and recentWNBA championMystics, won the Billie Jean King Leadership Award.

Golf

DAY IMPRESSES AT CJ CUP » Jason Day’s attempt to impress International team captain Ernie Els for a spot at the Presidents Cup took a positive turn on Thursday when the Australian shot a 6-under 66 to sit two strokes off the lead after the opening round of theCJ Cup at Nine Bridges in Jeju Island, South Korea.

ByeongHun An took the leadwith a 64with Joaquin Niemann a stroke behind in second. Day was alone in third place. HATAOKA, YANG LEAD BUICK LPGA » Nasa Hataoka and Amy Yang shot 5-under-par rounds of 67 to share the lead after the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. They hold a one-shot cushion over Jessica Korda and Angel Yin.

Motors

THERIAULT TO MISS HOLLYWOOD 500 » Austin Theriault hasn’t been cleared by NASCAR’s medical team and won’t take part in Sunday’s Hollywood 400 at the Kansas Speedway, he announced on social media. Xfinity Series driver Garrett Smithley will take his place driving the No. 52 car for Rick Ware Racing.

Theriault was injured in a wreck on Monday at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Theriault is 35th in the NASCAR Cup standings. BOWYER RETURNING TO STEWARD- HAAS » Clint Bowyer has reached an agreement with StewartHaas Racing to return to the No. 14 Ford next season. Bowyer has been with SHR for three of his 15 seasons in the Cup Series.

Tennis

MURRAY AVOIDS UPSET BUG » AndyMurray reached the quarterfinals of the European Open by beating Pablo Cuevas 6- 4, 6-3, while the three highest-seeded players were all eliminated. Top- seeded Gael Monfils lost 6-3, 6-2 to 18-year- old wild-card entry Jannik Sinner, while No. 2 David Goffin was ousted 6-3, 6-1 by Ugo Humbert. EARLYEXITFORTOP-SEEDED SVITOLINA » Top- seeded Elina Svitolina lost her openingmatch at the Kremlin Cup after having been a breakup in thedeciding set. Veronika Kudermetova beat the fourth-ranked Svitolina, who had a first-round bye, 6-2, 1- 6, 7-5. FEDERER PLANS BUSY 2020 » Roger Federer committed to play in the 2020 French Open, where the 20-time Grand Slam winner returned this year after a three-year Paris absence. He lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Federer also confirmed his plans to compete at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, looking to win his first men’s singles gold medal.

Soccer

OPARA HONORED » Minnesota United’s Ike Opara was named the 2019 MLS Defender of the Year. The former Earthquake, who also won the award in 2017.