Argentine soccer giant River opens stadium to homeless as winter bites
Argentine soccer club River Plate opened the doors of its Monumental stadium on Wednesday to give shelter to people living on the streets, as temperatures fell during the Southern Hemisphere winter and a biting economic recession exacerbates poverty in…
Dutch star Martens hopes to make final despite injury
The Netherlands reached the women’s World Cup final with a 1-0 extra-time win over Sweden on Wednesday achieved without their star player, midfielder Lieke Martens, for much of the game.
Bogaerts, Lowe, Berrios named as AL All-Star replacements
Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe and Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Jose Berrios were named as injury replacements to the American League All-Star team on Wednesday.
Netherlands reach first World Cup final with extra-time rocket
A long-range strike from Jackie Groenen sent European Champions the Netherlands into their first women’s World Cup final as they edged Sweden 1-0 after extra time in their last-four clash on Wednesday.
Angels All-Star La Stella diagnosed with broken tibia
The Los Angeles Angels announced Wednesday that All-Star second baseman Tommy La Stella has a fractured right tibia and will miss eight to 10 weeks.
Wimbledon ready to roll out green carpet for ‘Serena and Andy’ premier
Andy Murray left a string of broken hearts with his decision to hook up with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon and Victoria Azarenka had a stark message for anyone harboring hopes of breaking up tennis’ power-couple – “good luck!”
Best quotes and fact of the day at Wimbledon
A selection of the some of the best quotes and facts from the third day at Wimbledon on Wednesday:
Athletics: Knee injury puts Van Niekerk’s world championships in jeopardy
South African world record holder Wayde van Niekerk’s defence of his 400 metres world title could be in jeopardy after a knee injury.
White Sox overpower Tigers in DH opener
Plenty of extra-base power and a pitcher making his major league debut helped the Chicago White Sox continue their climb towards the .500 mark on Wednesday.
Regular as clockwork, Djokovic eases into Wimbledon third round
Novak Djokovic trails Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal in many of the game’s most important metrics, but when it comes to consistently reaching the third round at Wimbledon, which he achieved with dazzling ease on Wednesday, he leaves his rivals in his wak…
