Drogba goal rescues point for Phoenix Rising FC
Didier Drogba scored in stoppage time to give Phoenix Rising FC a point following a 1-1 tie with Orange County SC on Saturday night in Irvine, Calif.
Phoenix Rising FC returns to Arizona on July 15 to take on Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Louise Solheim, wife of late Ping founder, dies at 99
Louise Solheim, the wife of late Ping golf equipment founder Karsten Solheim, has died. She was 99.
Ping said she died Friday. The company didn’t give a cause of death.
Louise Solheim played a prominent role in the creation of PING and the Solheim Cup, a biennial women's match-play tournament played between Europe and the U.S. She is also credited with naming PING’s Anser putter.
Karsten Solheim died in 2000.
Calmejane grits teeth to win Stage 8 of Tour
STATION DES ROUSSES, France - Speeding away on a small mountain road more suited to goats than riders, Lilian Calmejane has won Stage 8 to the Rousses ski station in the Jura Massif for his first victory in his first Tour de France.
Tour leader Chris Froome finished in a group further back, retaining the overall race lead and its yellow jersey ahead of a second, far harder day of climbing, again in the Jura mountains, on Sunday.
Bottas beats Vettel to take pole position for Austrian GP
SPIELBERG, Austria - Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas beat Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Lewis Hamilton qualified in third place but will start from eighth because of a grid penalty. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen moves up from fourth to third.
Will Power wins Iowa Speedway pole, his 4th pole of season
NEWTON, Iowa - Will Power won the pole for Sunday’s IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway. This is his fourth pole of the season. Power was fastest in Saturday’s single-car, two-lap runs on the oval. J.R. Hildebrand qualified second, followed by Helio Castroneves, Ed Carpenter and Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato.
Sun overcomes 22-point deficit to beat Mystics 96-92
Jonquel Jones scored 22 points, Alyssa Thomas hit the go-ahead jumper with 36 seconds and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics. Breanna Stewart had 26 points as the Seattle Storm beat the Los Angeles Sparks. Courtney Vandersloot scored a seasonhigh 26 points as Chicago got its first home win this season.
Wednesday, July 19 Philadelphia at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at New York, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at NY City FC, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Minnesota United, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Portland, 7:30 p.m. D.C. United at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. Wimbledon Results Saturday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $41.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round Grigor Dimitrov (13), Bulgaria, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-1, 6-1, retired. Sam Querrey (24), United States, def. JoWilfried Tsonga (12), France, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-5. Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas PGA - Greenbrier Classic Scores Saturday At The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,286; Par 70 Third Round Sebastian Munoz 61-67-68-196 -14 Robert Streb 65-68-65-198 -12 Xander Schauffele 64-69-66-199 -11 Jamie Lovemark 69-64-66-199 -11