CONCACAF suspends 2 U.S., 2 Mexico players
Two U.S. players and two Mexico players received punishments from CONCACAF on Friday in connection with the red cards they received during the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal on June 15.
The United States’
Weston McKennie and Mexico’s Cesar Montes were each handed threematch suspensions, while the United States’ Sergino Dest and Mexico’s
Gerardo Arteaga were both given two-match suspensions.
The U.S., which beat Canada 2-0 in the Nations League final on Sunday, will open Gold Cup play against Jamaica on Saturday in Chicago. Mexico plays its Gold Cup opener against Honduras on Sunday in Houston.
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Tennis: Unseeded A Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan will face No. 3 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia in the Terra Wortmann Open final on Sunday in Halle, Germany. Bublik advanced to his first career ATP 500 final with a 6-3, 7-5 victory against German favorite and No. 9 seed Alexander Zverev. Rublev eliminated No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista-Agut of
Spain 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday’s other grass-court semifinal . ... In the Cinch Championships, topseeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz advanced to his first grass-court final and can reclaim the No. 1 spot in the world rankings with a victory in London on Sunday against Alex de Minaur. Alcaraz posted a 6-3, 6-4 win against Sebastian Korda in the semifinals, and de Minaur No. 2 Holger Rune of Denmark 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) in the Queen’s Club semifinals . ... No. 1 seed Barbora
Krejcikova of the Czech Republic and No. 2
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia will square off in Sunday’s final at the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham, England. Krejcikova beat China’s Zhu Lin 6-3, 6-2, and Ostapenko rallied for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win against No. 4
Anastasia Potapova of Russia. At the bett1open, No. 7 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and unseeded Donna Vekic of Croatia each advanced to Sunday’s final in Berlin. After Friday’s quarterfinal action was rained out, Kvitova followed up a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win against No. 3 Caroline Garcia of France with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova. Vekic eliminated Russia’s Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 7-6 (7-0) before beating No. 6 Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) in the semifinals.
NBA: Undrafted former A Gonzaga star Drew Timme is signing with the Milwaukee Bucks, The Athletic reported. The consensus 2022-23 AllAmerican reportedly agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal, a minimum contract that can be converted to a two-way deal before the start of the season . ... The Los Angeles Lakers added two undrafted players from the University of Florida: center Colin Castleton and forward Alex Fudge. ... The New York Knicks will not pick up the option on veteran point guard
Derrick Rose’s contract for 2023-24.
College World Series: A
Tommy White hit a tworun, walk-off homer in the 11th inning late Thursday night, giving No. 5 LSU a 2-0 win over No. 1 Wake Forest and sending the Tigers to the championship round. The Tigers advance to the best-of-3 finals to meet No. 2 Florida, with Game 1 scheduled for late Saturday in Omaha, Neb.