Major League Baseball roundup: Dozier delivers walk-off slam to top Rays
Brian Dozier hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a wild 11-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Joshua to defend world titles against Povetkin at Wembley
Britain’s Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles against Russian Alexander Povetkin at Wembley on Sept. 22, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Monday.
Mbappe’s France have quality to emulate Pele’s boys from Brazil
When teenager Kylian Mbappe netted France’s fourth goal in the World Cup final, thoughts turned to the possibility that the French could go on to emulate the dominant Brazilian teams led by their great striker Pele.
Paris subway changes names to honor World Cup champs
France’s soccer coach will have a subway train station named after him to celebrate his World Cup win and poet Victor Hugo will have to share his memorial slot on Paris’s transport map with the team’s goalkeeper and captain.
World Cup celebrations rock France; ‘Les Bleus’ victory parade set for Champs Elysees
Newspapers and TV stations hailed France’s World Cup victory on Monday, while clean-up crews worked against the clock to tidy up after a crazy night’s partying in Paris ahead of a victory parade down the Champs Elysees.
Soaked but smiling, Croatian president wins admirers at World Cup final
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has won many admirers for own performance at the World Cup final in Moscow, where she stood in driving rain at the closing ceremony, smiled and hugged every player from both teams.
Macron can bless his lucky stars, again, as ‘Les Bleus’ win World Cup
It looks like Emmanuel Macron just got lucky again.
Future seems bright after great final at ‘greatest’ World Cup
“The greatest World Cup ever” got the final it deserved when a young, exciting France team swept aside Croatia with a pulsating 4-2 victory and performances that suggested a changing of the guard at the top of the sport.
England’s strong World Cup run will boost home support: Stones
England’s run to the semi-finals of the World Cup will encourage more home fans to show up and support the team in future matches, defender John Stones has said.
Back to harsh reality for Croatia after stellar World Cup run
It was a dream run that came agonizingly close to being crowned with a World Cup title but for Croatia now comes a return to a harsh soccer reality of sketchy infrastructure and scandals.
