World Sports

And it’s not just team sports riding the wave of success. In tennis, Johanna Konta went one better than Andy Murray at Wimbledon this year by reaching the semi-finals. Heather Watson was a losing finalist in the mixed doubles – and Jordanne Whiley won the wheelchair doubles title while 11 weeks pregnant. London also played host to the World Para Athletic Championships this month, where women were again to the…

AA-A Cup: Reebok CrossFit Front Rack Sports Bra, $45; at Reebok (sizes XS-XL) A post shared by Reebok Women (@reebokwomen) on Mar 16, 2017 at 6:38am PDT Curvy girls aren’t the only ones who need support while exercising, but unfortunately, many smaller sports bras offer little (if any). Reebok’s selection, which includes styles for low, medium and high-impact activity, is one exception. We love the brand’s fashion-forward CrossFit Front…

See more of the story ORLANDO, Fla. — Youth sports travel is scoring big as communities across the United States build multisport complexes crammed with state-of-the-art fields, rinks and courts in hopes of drawing not only tournaments for kids crazy about sports – but also parents who spend big on transportation, hotels, food and family entertainment. All across the country, communities are reinventing themselves as youth sports travel destinations, following…

AA-A Cup: Reebok CrossFit Front Rack Sports Bra, $45; at Reebok (sizes XS-XL) A post shared by Reebok Women (@reebokwomen) on Mar 16, 2017 at 6:38am PDT Curvy girls aren’t the only ones who need support while exercising, but unfortunately, many smaller sports bras offer little (if any). Reebok’s selection, which includes styles for low, medium and high-impact activity, is one exception. We love the brand’s fashion-forward CrossFit Front…

Youth sports travel is scoring big as communities across the United States build multisport complexes crammed with state-of-the-art fields, rinks and courts in hopes of drawing not only tournaments for kids crazy about sports – but also parents who spend big on transportation, hotels, food and family entertainment. All across the country, communities are reinventing themselves as youth sports travel destinations, following a model that Disney helped launch 20 years…

The Vans U.S. Open of Surfing arrived on Huntington Beach this weekend, turning the seaside city into an extreme-sports fan paradise featuring some of the best surfers, skateboarders and BMX riders from across the globe. The festival, which runs through Aug. 6, kicked off early Saturday morning with the first round of heats in the junior men’s division. Though the summer months typically produce sporadic wave forecasts, many are excited…

It was before that, during her years with The Hartford Courant as a pioneering, full-time female baseball beat writer covering the Yankees, that Smith met the most resistance from players and officials. But not from that era’s tumultuous Yanks, she said with a laugh. “They hardly noticed me,” she said, “because they were holding on for dear life.” Instead, her greatest challenge came from the San Diego Padres during their…

Hard Rock Stadium was definitely the place to be in Miami on Saturday night. Among the 67,000 fans in the building were many familiar faces, including pregnant tennis star Serena Williams; NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Draymond Green and DaMarcus Cousins; rapper Drake; hip-hop artist French Montana; Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima; Brazilian pro skateboarder Leticia Bufoni; former NFL star Terrell Owens; and more than 40 Dolphins players. The Dolphins contingent included…

At 3pm next Saturday the world’s first and only vegan football club will make sporting history when they play in the Football League for the first time. Forest Green Rovers, who were founded in the 19th century by a man named Peach, and play in green at the appropriately named New Lawn, take on Barnet – the Bees – in their first fixture in League Two. They will use their…

Hardly a month seems to go by without high-profile US athletes speaking out on non-sporting causes. Increasingly, the most passionate voices belong to women. Take the recent basketball game between Seattle Storm and Chicago Sky. The team’s owners organised a pre-game rally in support of Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit that provides reproductive healthcare and whose funding is under perpetual attack from the Republican party and the Trump administration. Several players,…

BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is all done with the tooth scary — at least for now. The New York Yankees slugger was back in the starting lineup, a day after he accidentally lost half of his front left tooth during a home-plate celebration . “I’m all good,” he said. “Got it fixed.” The AL home run leader saw a dentist earlier in…

Hardly a month seems to go by without high-profile US athletes speaking out on non-sporting causes. Increasingly, the most passionate voices belong to women. Take the recent basketball game between Seattle Storm and Chicago Sky. The team’s owners organised a pre-game rally in support of Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit that provides reproductive healthcare and whose funding is under perpetual attack from the Republican party and the Trump administration. Several players,…

Liverpool have posted an update on Divock Origi’s late withdrawal in Berlin. The forward was down to start before Dominic Solanke was promoted from the bench. “Divock Origi did not start Liverpool’s pre-season friendly with Hertha Berlin on Saturday as planned after feeling tightness in his hamstring,” reads a Liverpool statement. “The striker was due to begin the contest, but was withdrawn from the line-up during the warm up as…

COLLEGES: Men’s basketball: In dire need of immediate size, William and Mary’s basketball program announced the addition of Cole Harrison, a 6-foot-11 graduate transfer from Dartmouth. Harrison played in 51 games with the Ivy League team but missed the past season with an injury. For his career, he averaged 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds a game. Harrison played his high school ball at Montrose Christian (Md.) for Coach Stu Vetter.  Harrison…

The San Diego State women’s soccer team is scheduled to play at Texas Tech on Sept. 15. A week later, the men’s soccer team plays a pair of games at Texas-Rio Grande Valley. It might the last time an Aztecs team or athletic department personnel visit the state of Texas for a while. A California law enacted Jan. 1 prohibits most forms of state-funded travel to places with legislation deemed…

BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is all done with the tooth scary — at least for now. The New York Yankees slugger was back in the starting lineup, a day after he accidentally lost half of his front left tooth during a home-plate celebration . “I’m all good,” he said. “Got it fixed.” The AL home run leader saw a dentist earlier in…

Hardly a month seems to go by without high-profile US athletes speaking out on non-sporting causes. Increasingly, the most passionate voices belong to women. Take the recent basketball game between Seattle Storm and Chicago Sky. The team’s owners organised a pre-game rally in support of Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit that provides reproductive healthcare and whose funding is under perpetual attack from the Republican party and the Trump administration. Several players,…

COLLEGES: Men’s basketball: In dire need of immediate size, William and Mary’s basketball program announced the addition of Cole Harrison, a 6-foot-11 graduate transfer from Dartmouth. Harrison played in 51 games with the Ivy League team but missed the past season with an injury. For his career, he averaged 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds a game. Harrison played his high school ball at Montrose Christian (Md.) for Coach Stu Vetter.  Harrison…

I dislike the sport of boxing. I don’t like to see people punching each other with the goal of knocking their opponents out or down to the floor. Boxing often results in injuries, and it sometimes has adverse long-term effects, such as brain damage from repeated concussions. What do you think of boxing? Why do some people find it entertaining? —Charita Poe in Burke, Virginia I don’t like boxing, either,…