Toronto FC forward Akinola on the shelf for rest of season
Toronto FC forward Ayo Akinola is expected to miss the rest of the 2021 MLS season with a torn ACL.
Akinola, 21, was making his first ever start for Team Canada on Sunday when he injured his right knee during a 1-0 CONCACAF Gold Cup loss to the United States in Kansas City, Kan.
Akinola has three goals in 11 games (eight starts) this season for Toronto.
The TFC Academy product has posted 13 goals and two assists in 38 games (21 starts) since making his MLS debut in 2018.
The 2021 Junior Ryder Cup
was cancelled on Tuesday due to ongoing travel issues for the European team.
The event had been scheduled for Sept. 20-21 at Blue Mound Golf and Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wis.
“We are deeply disappointed for the talented young athletes on both sides of the Atlantic who were working hard to earn a place in this wonderful match,” read a joint statement issued by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe.
First played in 1997, the Junior Ryder Cup features teams of six boys and six girls from the U.S. and Europe, all aged 18 years and under.
The Junior Ryder Cup will return in Italy in 2023.
The senior Ryder Cup competition between teams from the United States and Europe is set for Sept. 24-26 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.
Plans remain on track to hold the contest with full spectator attendance, under the guidance of local public health authorities.
Anthony Joshua will defend his
world heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sept. 25, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The World Boxing Organization ordered Joshua to defend his title against Ukrainian Usyk after the Briton's bout with domestic rival Tyson Fury was called off when Fury was ordered to fight Deontay Wilder in a rematch.
Joshua, 31, also holds the IBF and WBA titles and had initially been set to face WBC champion Fury in Saudi Arabia in August in a highly anticipated heavyweight title unification fight.
Fury will now face Wilder in Las Vegas on Oct. 9 after this month's fight was postponed when Fury tested positive for COVID-19.
Joshua was scheduled to fight Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev at Spurs stadium in June last year, but the bout was postponed due to the COVID -19 pandemic. Joshua (241) beat Pulev at Wembley Arena in December to retain his IBF, WBO and WBA titles.
The Kansas City Royals placed lefthander Danny Duffy and righthander Brady Singer on the 10-day injured list Tuesday.
Duffy has a left flexor strain and his designation is retroactive to Saturday. Singer has right shoulder fatigue and his status is retroactive to Sunday.
In corresponding moves, the Royals recalled infielder Ryan Mcbroom and right-hander Tyler Zuber from triple-a Omaha.
Duffy, 32, left his start Friday against the Baltimore Orioles after being hit on the knee by a come-backer. This marks the second time he has been sidelined by a flexor strain this season.
He's 4-3 with a 2.51 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) this season.
Singer, 24, was rocked for seven runs in two-plus innings in his last start Saturday against the Orioles.
He's 3-7 with a 5.13 ERA in 19 starts this year.
Mcbroom, 29, has hit .167 in five games with the Royals this season.
Zuber, 26, is 0-2 with a 6.35 ERA in 20 relief appearances for Kansas City in 2021.
The New York Yankees placed
outfielder Trey Amburgey on the 10-day injured list and recalled outfielder Estevan Florial from triple-a Scranton/wilkes-barre on Tuesday.
Amburgey, 26, has a right hamstring strain and his designation is retroactive to Monday.
He made his MLB debut against Boston on Friday and left Sunday's game against the Red Sox in the bottom of the fourth inning after grounding into a double-play and appearing to injure his leg.
Florial, 23, played in one game for the Yankees in 2020, going 1-for-3 with two strikeouts. He has played in just one game for New York this season, going 1-for-3 with a double against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 27.
Florial is batting .214 with 12 homers and 31 RBIS in 52 games this year between triple-a Scranton and double-a Somerset.
Brad Keselowski officially joined the
Roush Fenway Racing ownership team on Tuesday. The move had been anticipated since the 37-year-old former NASCAR Cup Series champion departed Team Penske earlier this month.
Keselowski will drive Roush Fenway's flagship No. 6 Ford Mustang starting in 2022.
Keselowski is the second active Cup Series star to move into an ownership role. Denny Hamlin partnered with NBA legend Michael Jordan to form 23XI Racing ahead of the 2021 season.
Roush founded the team in 1988. The team won back-to-back Cup Series championships in 2003 and 2004 with drivers Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch, respectively.