U.S. women win fourth straight World Cup
in reality most of the energy from the impact was absorbed by the driver. Busch is out for an 11th consecutive race;Bowman crashed on the 98th lap last Sunday at Texas, radioed his team to say it was the hardest hit of his life, appeared unwell on his in-car camera and yet continued to drive 231 laps. He was diagnosed with his concussion on Thursday.
“These types of incidents that result in injuries . ... I'm not a doctor, but I've watched a lot of cars back into the wall and the guy would be fine,” Elliott, who is teammates with Bowman at Hendrick Motorsport, said before qualifying at Talladega.
“No one's immune to it; it could be me next week. It could be any of my peers or fellow competitors. I just hate to see us go backwards and I'm afraid that we have,” Elliott added.
Christopher Bell won the pole for the Cup race today with a speed of 180.591 mph. He was followed by Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Aric Almirola and Chase Briscoe.
• Max Verstappen looked on course for pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix when his Red Bull team aborted his lap with just seconds left in qualifying because of a fuel issue and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole instead.
Verstappen starts eighth, although he's won from 14th on the grid this season in Belgium.
• AJ Allmendinger finally won his first race on a superspeedway with a lastlap pass that allowed him to beat Sam Mayer to the Talladega finish line by less than 3 feet.
Allmendinger's fourth Xfinity Series win of the season locked him into the next round of the playoffs and afforded him the luxury to not hold back in next week's elimination race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Allmendinger is a perfect 3-for-3 in his career.
He denied Mayer his first career Xfinity Series victory by 0.015 seconds.
• Matt DiBenedetto was named winner of the Truck Series race at Talladega after a lengthy review by NASCAR officials of the finishing order.
DiBenedetto and Alabama native Bret Holmes both waited inside their trucks, parked side-byside, as NASCAR reviewed its data.
The race went to overtime and there were several lead swaps over the two-lap shootout finish. But then a crash in the middle of the pack as the leaders were headed to the checkered flag caused NASCAR to throw the caution.
Holmes in the outside lane seemed to be the first driver to the finish line by inches over DiBenedetto on the bottom. But NASCAR reverted back to who was the leader when the caution flag waved — seconds before the drivers reached the checkered flag.
It was the first national series victory for DiBenedetto.
Sherif first Egyptian to win a WTA event
Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian to win a WTA Tour event by beating top-seeded Maria Sakkari 7-5, 6-3 at the Parma (Italy) Ladies Open.
Besides earning her first career title, Sherif also notched her first win over a top-10 opponent.
The 74th-ranked Sherif actually had to win two matches on Saturday, first overcoming sixth-seeded Ana Bogdan 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the semifinals, which were postponed a day due to rain.
Hubbard on course for first PGA Tour victory
Mark Hubbard ran off five straight birdies on the back nine, giving him a 7-under 65 and a oneshot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss., as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory.
Hubbard has gone 163 starts over six years without winning, and this would be as good a chance as any. It's his first time to hold a 54-hole lead on tour.
Hubbard was at 15-under 201, one shot ahead of Mackenzie Hughes (68).
• Charley Hull began the back nine with a double bogey and then settled down to salvage an even-par 71 to share the lead with Xiyu “Janet” Lin going into the final round of The Ascendant LPGA at The Colony, Texas.
Lin had missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have given her the lead, settling for a 69 to join Hull at 11-under 202 at Old American Golf Club.
• Richard Mansell doubled his lead to four strokes at the Alfred Dunhill Links
Championship in Scotland by shooting 5-under 67 at Carnoustie in the third round.
The No. 218-ranked Mansell was eyeing his first victory on the European tour as the Englishman postedsix birdies and one bogey to reach 15-under 201.
Three players are tied for second place: Fellow Englishman Daniel Gavins (67), Sweden's Alex Noren (69) and New Zealand's Ryan Fox (65).
Pelicans re-sign Nance
The New Orleans Pelicans and forward Larry Nance Jr. agreed to a two-year extension worth $21.6 million, his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said.
• The Houston Rockets traded Sterling Brown, Trey Burke, Marquese Chriss and David Nwaba to Oklahoma City for Derrick Favors, Maurice Harkless, Ty Jerome, Théo Maledon and a second-round draft pick in 2026.
• The Memphis Grizzlies gave center Steven Adams a multiyear contract extension after the center's strong first season with the team. Adams averaged career highs of 10 rebounds and 3.4 assists to go with his 6.9 points per game in 76 games after being acquired from New Orleans.
ACFC to play Chicago in season finale
The Angel City Football Club remained in playoff contention for 21 of the 22 games in its inaugural season.
Friday's scoreless draw between San Diego Wave FC and North Carolina Courage, knocked ACFC (8-8-5, 29 points) from contention before today's regular-season finale against the Chicago Red Stars.
“For us as a staff, we have to do a lot of reflection, review, evaluation and be quite critical of ourselves,” Angel City coach Freya Coombe said. “If we look at some of the earlier games and points that we dropped, I think there are ways in which we can manage the game and I think there are ways in which we can learn and take lessons from them.”
Angel City defeated Chicago 1-0 Aug. 14. The Red Stars are seventh in the standings and need a win to clinch a playoff berth.