Louis Boulben
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Football: Joveljic scores twice, Sounders still cannot win
Joveljic scored twice on debut and Seattle still could not win. Ten matches without a victory, and the Red Bulls arrive on Saturday.
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NCAAF: USC blank Fresno State 39-0 behind Maiava’s 349 yards
Jayden Maiava missed twice all night. USC missed nothing else, blanking Fresno State 39-0 for the programme’s first shutout in two years.
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Tennis: Sabalenka rolls past Rakhimova into the last 16
Sixteen straight points behind her first serve, ten aces, 29 winners. Aryna Sabalenka is two weeks from something no woman has managed in a decade.
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Basketball: Caitlin Clark sets a US assist record in Berlin
One game into her first World Cup, Caitlin Clark already owns a piece of American history. Eleven assists, no turnovers, and a 33-point win over China.
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Boxing: McKenna and Bentley agree middleweight unification
A month after taking the IBF belt in Dublin, Aaron McKenna already has his next target lined up: Denzel Bentley’s WBO title, before the year is out.
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MLB: White Sox get Kyle Teel back after 46 days out
Nineteen games, a .190 average and three separate injuries. Kyle Teel’s second season has been a write-off, and Chicago have handed him September to salvage something from it.
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NHL: Maple Leafs add Brendan Brisson on a one-year deal
Toronto have handed a former Vegas first-round pick a one-year contract. Brendan Brisson arrives with 27 NHL games behind him and a pile of AHL goals.
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WNBA: Kanter Freedom sues Sky over arena ejection
Eleven days after being escorted out of Wintrust Arena, Enes Kanter Freedom has taken the Chicago Sky, the city and the arena’s owner to federal court.
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Rugby: Hansen calls Erasmus’ late switch a waste of time
Sir Steve Hansen calls the Springboks’ hour-before-kick-off front-row switch a debacle. Ewen McKenzie reckons it bought South Africa nothing at all.