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MLS News: Dynamo sign Mattheo Dimareli, 16, as homegrown player

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MLS News: Dynamo sign Mattheo Dimareli, 16, as homegrown player

The Dynamo signed 16-year-old Houston native Mattheo Dimareli as a homegrown player on Friday.

The Dynamo Academy product signed an MLS Next Pro contract through June 2027 and will join the first team on an MLS contract in July 2027. The forward’s deal is guaranteed through 2027-28 with options in each of the following three seasons through 2030-31.

Dimareli has played in 48 games for Dynamo 2 over the past three seasons, recording seven goals and six assists.

“Mattheo is a promising young attacker who has made an impact in our organization and at the international level with U.S. and Mexico,” Dynamo president of soccer Pat Onstad said. “Our goal is, and will always be, to provide unique, high-level opportunities to the young players in our Club, and Mattheo has made the most of those opportunities, advancing through our pathway system and leaving a strong mark with the first team during training sessions and this year’s preseason.”

Internationally, Dimareli is eligible to represent the U.S., Mexico, Greece or Albania. He has represented the U.S. and Mexico at the U-15, U-16 and U-17 levels.

–Field Level Media

WTA News: WTA roundup: Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek both upset at Stuttgart

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WTA News: WTA roundup: Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek both upset at Stuttgart

Top-seeded Elena Rybakina escaped in a third-set tiebreaker while No. 2 Coco Gauff and No. 3 Iga Swiatek were upset victims to Karolina Muchova and Mirra Andreeva, respectively, in Friday’s quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.

No. 7 Muchova saved 12 of 15 break points during a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory that marked her first win over Gauff in seven career meetings. The Czech will next face No. 4 Elina Svitolina after the Ukrainian delivered a 7-6 (2), 7-5 win over Czech Linda Noskova.

No. 6 Andreeva of Russia rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win to defeat Swiatek of Poland for the third consecutive time. Andreeva saved 9 of 14 break points while winning in two hours, 36 minutes.

Andreeva next faces Rybakina, who staved off a second match point against Canada’s Leylah Fernandez as part of winning the final three points to score a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory. Rybakina had a 7-6 edge in aces and hit 51 winners while winning in three hours, two minutes.

Rouen Metropolitan Open

Teenage qualifier Veronika Podrez of Ukraine reached the semifinals in her first main-draw tournament by rolling to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Brit Katie Boulter in Rouen, France.

Podrez, 19, had 28 winners against 11 unforced errors while finishing off Boulter in 78 minutes. Podrez’s semifinal opponent will be second-seeded Sorana Cirstea after the Romanian registered a 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory over Anna Bondar of Hungary.

Top-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Tatjana Maria of Germany will meet in the other semifinal. Kostyuk ousted Ann Li 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-3, while Maria beat Belarus’ Iryna Shymanovich 7-6 (5), 6-2.

–Field Level Media

NFL News: Court orders Rashee Rice’s co-defendant to pay $2.88 million

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NFL News: Court orders Rashee Rice’s co-defendant to pay $2.88 million

A Texas court ruled former SMU cornerback Theodore “Teddy” Knox was “grossly negligent” in a 2024 street racing crash in Dallas that involved Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice.

Judge Kim Bailey Phipps issued a default judgment of $2.88 million on Wednesday against Knox for the accident in which both men lost control of their vehicles in an accident that left several people injured.

The judgment awarded to Kathryn Kuykendall, one of the victims, includes punitive damages and costs for medical expenses and lost wages.

Rice, who is scheduled to go to trial in the matter on June 9, started the 2025 season by serving a six-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy stemming from his role in the crash on March 30, 2024.

He pleaded guilty in district court to two third-degree felony charges — collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. Rice and four of his friends failed to check on the injured parties and fled on foot before police arrived.

Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation, and 30 days in jail. He also was required to pay more than $115,000 in restitution to the victims of the crash.

Rice, 25, was driving a rented Lamborghini SUV at speeds up to 119 mph at the time of the accident. Knox was driving a rented Corvette.

A second-round pick by Kansas City out of SMU in 2023, Rice has recorded 156 catches for 1,797 yards and 14 scores in 28 games (20 starts) over his first three NFL seasons.

In January, the court issued default judgments against Knox totaling more than $3.6 million for two other victims in the case. Knox played for two seasons with the Mustangs (2022-23) after one season at Mississippi State.

–Field Level Media

ATP News: ATP roundup: Semifinals set at Barcelona and Munich

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ATP News: ATP roundup: Semifinals set at Barcelona and Munich

Unseeded Slovakian qualifier Alex Molcan continued his strong run in Munich on Friday and joined three top seeds in the semifinals at the BMW Open.

Molcan defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4 in 78 minutes in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 clay-court tournament. Up next is No. 2 seed Ben Shelton, who outlasted Brazil’s Joao Fonseca 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Saturday’s other semifinal pits No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany and No. 4 Flavio Cobolli of Italy. Zverev rallied for a 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 win against No. 5 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, while Cobolli cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic.

Barcelona Open

Spanish wild card Rafael Jodar roared into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory against No. 7 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in just 69 minutes.

Jodar advanced to face ninth-seeded Frenchman Arthur Fils, who earned a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 clay-court event.

No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev and Serbian qualifier Hamad Medjedovic will meet in the other semifinal. Rublev rolled to a 6-4, 6-3 win against Czech Tomas Machac and Medjedovic took care of Portugal’s Nuno Borges, 7-6 (6), 6-2.

–Field Level Media

WORLD News: Kennedy Wesley’s first goal, assist lead USWNT past Japan

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WORLD News: Kennedy Wesley’s first goal, assist lead USWNT past Japan

Kennedy Wesley scored and had an assist during a 17-minute, second half eruption when the U.S. women’s national team scored all its goals for a 3-0 victory over Japan in Commerce City, Colo., on Friday.

The U.S. won two of three in the series vs. Japan over the past week, prevailing in the finale on goals by Naomi Girma (47th minute), Rose Lavelle (56th) and Wesley (64th).

Wesley, who entered at halftime, got her first U.S. goal contribution in her sixth match on the opening score. She headed a corner kick by Lavelle to Girma in front of the goal for another header and Girma’s third career goal.

Lavelle stretched the lead to 2-0 after a pass by Trinity Rodman split the defense to send her on a break. Lavelle calmly scored from the top of the box to the left corner. She has 29 goals in 120 appearances for the USWNT.

Another corner kick, this one by Jaedyn Shaw, found the right foot of Wesley to extend the lead.

Several inches of snow were cleared from the field hours before the match and the kickoff temperature was 36 degrees.

Claire Hutton was the lone holdover starter from the United States’ 1-0 loss to Japan in Seattle on Tuesday. However, nine starters for this match also started in the 2-1 U.S. victory on April 11.

The U.S. outplayed but couldn’t outscore Japan in the first half with 70% possession, nine shots with two on goal while Japan’s one attempt was a comfortable for goalkeeper Claudia Dickey in the 5th minute.

There were three prime chances for the U.S. beginning with Colorado native Sophia Wilson’s try in the 20th minute. Tierna Davidson headed a pass to her in the center of the box, and Wilson put the shot on target, but goalie Chika Hirao parried it over the crossbar.

Nearly 20 minutes later on a break, Hutton took a setup in stride from Alyssa Thompson and ripped a shot off the bar from outside the box. In the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time, Girma forced a close-range save.

–Field Level Media

ATP News: French Open purse climbs nearly 10% to $72.1M

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ATP News: French Open purse climbs nearly 10% to $72.1M

The total prize money for next month’s French Open is climbing nearly 10 percent to $72.1 million, tournament organizers announced on Thursday.

The men’s and women’s champions for the May 24-June 7 clay-court grand slam at Roland Garros will each pocket $3.25 million, with the runners-up in Paris each taking home $1.6 million. Losers of first-round matches will earn $100,000.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, 22, is the two-time defending men’s champion and will be looking for his eighth grand slam title.

Coco Gauff, 22, is the reigning women’s champion and will be seeking her third grand slam trophy.

Men’s and women’s doubles winners will earn $700,000, with $140,000 going to the mixed-doubles champions.

The purse for this year’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, was $75 million, a 16% increase from the previous year.

–Field Level Media

FIFA News: FIFA president defends World Cup prices in ‘very special’ U.S. market

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FIFA News: FIFA president defends World Cup prices in ‘very special’ U.S. market

FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended high ticket prices for this year’s World Cup in North America by saying on Friday that the event, which captivates the globe, is the organization’s only source of income every four years.

Speaking at Semafor’s annual world economy summit in New York, Infantino also reiterated that FIFA is a non-profit organization that has 211 nations as members.

“What many people don’t know, because of course we generate billions in a World Cup, people don’t know FIFA is a non-for profit organization, which means all the revenue we generate, we invest them in the organization of the game, in 211 countries all over the world,” Infantino said on stage during a Q&A session. “Three quarters of (those countries) probably would not be able to have organized football without the grants we could give them. So we always try to find the right balance.”

A check at the secondary-market ticket site StubHub on Friday showed that the most inexpensive ticket for the United States’ World Cup opener June 12 against Paraguay was listed at $1,359, while tickets in the lower bowl of the Los Angeles venue were priced as high as $14,000 per seat.

For the World Cup final in the New York area on July 19, a single ticket in the upper deck was priced at $8,860 and as much as $25,000 in the lower bowl.

After initial complaints over the ticket prices and availability, FIFA introduced a $60 option that was only a small portion of each venue.

“The main, and so far the only, revenue-generating event for FIFA is the World Cup,” Infantino said. “The World Cup takes place one month every four years, so we generate money in one month. The 47 months until the next World Cup, we spend that money.”

Infantino called North America “a very special market,” and he said he has been living in the United States the past two to three years in order to better “understand” the market.

A record 48 teams, organized in 12 groups of four, are playing in this year’s World Cup that will have games in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The tournament will consist of a record 104 matches.

–Field Level Media

CSGO News: Team Spirit, Team Vitality punch tickets to IEM Rio semifinals

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CSGO News: Team Spirit, Team Vitality punch tickets to IEM Rio semifinals

Team Spirit and Team Vitality kicked off the playoff stage at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Rio event with quarterfinal victories Friday, moving into the final four in Brazil.

Spirit blanked MOUZ 2-0 and Vitality did the same to Natus Vincere. While the losing sides were eliminated, Spirit will meet Team Falcons and Vitality will oppose FURIA in the semifinals Saturday.

Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams are competing this week for a top prize of $125,000.

The double-elimination group stage began with two groups of eight teams, with all matches best-of-three. The group winners advanced to the playoff semifinals, with the group runners-up entering the quarterfinals as high seeds and the third-place teams entering the quarterfinals as low seeds.

In the single-elimination playoffs, all matches are best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.

On Friday, Spirit defeated MOUZ 13-5 on Dust II and 13-8 on Mirage. Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich of Belarus paced the winning side with 39 kills and a 1.86 match rating. Dorian “xertioN” Berman of Israel had 25 kills to lead MOUZ.

Meanwhile, Vitality rolled past NaVi 13-4 on Mirage and 13-6 on Dust II. Frenchman Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut starred for Vitality with 44 kills and a 1.92 rating. Ukraine’s Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov had a team-high 25 kills for NaVi.

Play continues Saturday with the two semifinal matches:
–Team Falcons vs. Team Spirit
–FURIA vs. Team Vitality

IEM Rio prize pool:
1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3. $30,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $12,500 — MOUZ, Natus Vincere
7-8. $7,000 — G2 Esports, Aurora Gaming
9-12. $5,000 — RED Canids, 3DMAX, B8, HOTU
13-16. $4,000 — Gentle Mates, Team Liquid, Passion UA, Legacy

–Field Level Media

LPGA News: Sei Young Kim grabs lead at midpoint of LA Championship

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LPGA News: Sei Young Kim grabs lead at midpoint of LA Championship

World No. 10 Sei Young Kim of South Korea carded a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 on Friday and took a one-shot lead after two rounds at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Tarzana, Calif.

Kim sits at 14-under 130 at El Caballero Country Club, just ahead of first-round leader Chizzy Iwai of Japan. Coming off a course-record-tying 63 on Thursday, Iwai carded a 68 on Friday, leaving her at 13 under.

South Korea’s Ina Yoon holds third place at 12 under following a 64. Tied for fourth at 9 under are Melanie Green and South Korea’s Jin Hee Im, who each shot 68 on Friday, and Jessica Porvasnik, who logged a 69.

Jenny Bae (second-round 68), Japan’s Minami Katsu (69), Australia’s Hannah Green (69) and Thailand’s Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (71) are level at 8 under, tied for seventh.

Kim birdied two of the first three holes and was 2 under at the turn. She then reeled off five birdies in a seven-hole span on the back nine.

“Little less windy today, because yesterday (it was a) very dry golf condition because (I started in the) afternoon,” Kim said. “So today … I can attack to the pin more than yesterday.”

Kim owns 13 career LPGA victories, but just one in the past six years, at the BMW Ladies Championship last October.

“This course (offers) a lot of the opportunity if you play well, so I think some players or couple players (will) play good and we’ll see, yeah, what’s going on,” Kim said. “Yeah, (I) like my position so I just want to keep (moving) forward (the) next two days.”

Iwai had another good round, albeit nowhere near as good as her first-round 63. She had two birdies and one bogey through the first 12 holes, then added three birdies in a four-hole stretch starting at No. 13.

“My front nine, I didn’t make … short birdie putts, but my driver and my second shot was all consistent, my swing,” Iwai said. “Yeah, my shot is pretty good.”

Yoon charged into contention with a sizzling start to her round, making seven birdies and two pars on the back nine. She then played the front nine and cooled off, adding only one more birdie in a bogey-free day.

“First nine holes was awesome,” Yoon said. “I never shoot 29 for nine hole in my life. It was unbelievable.

“The back nine was little bummer, but I had pretty good shot on the back nine as well. Some tricky putts on there. I made some. But it was good overall.”

–Field Level Media

NAS News: Kyle Larson looks to defend title at Kansas’ AdventHealth 400

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NAS News: Kyle Larson looks to defend title at Kansas’ AdventHealth 400

Through eight Cup Series races, five different drivers have been the first to the checkers and positioned their teams nicely at the top of the standings.

Reigning series champion Kyle Larson is hoping it’s his turn to join that list Sunday at the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

In its effort to crown a championship by creating more competition in every race instead of a Game 7 scenario for just four drivers, NASCAR scrapped its system and revisited the “Chase” format reminiscent of 2004’s Chase for the Nextel Cup, which had 10 drivers competing in a 10-race playoff.

Some variations made their way into the new 16-race postseason, but the most significant is the 55-point reward to each race winner, a 15-point bump from 2025.

Though five drivers have won a race so far, 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick has been victorious in half, owning four total victories to give him a 62-point advantage over second-place Ryan Blaney.

Winning mattered a lot in 2025. First, it was a “win and you’re in” the playoffs, then it was tacking on postseason points with another. Finally, winning in the final three stages advanced a driver to the next one.

However, winning matters even more now and can create a gap from the pack from Race 1 to Race 36, even after a lone 26-race reset that favors the points leader.

Win a lot and a hot shoe can be in Reddick’s perch, sitting pretty in the catbird seat.

Denny Hamlin, Bristol first-time victor Ty Gibbs and Chase Elliott occupy third through fifth, which leads to the first non-winner in sixth place, Larson.

Hamlin arrives at Kansas as one of the betting favorites, but Larson appears on a quest because the Hendrick Motorsports pilot has yet to end a race as the top dog on a Cup Series Sunday.

It’s been a minute since grabbing the checkers.

Larson finds himself in a unique position Sunday: It marks the final time this regular season where he is a defending race winner. The Elk Grove, Calif., product also won at Homestead-Miami (this season’s finale) in March of 2025 and Bristol last spring.

“I feel like we’re really close, like we could have won four to five races in this time span of not winning, maybe even more,” said Larson, who has 260 points and is second to Blaney with 72 stage points. “It’s kind of wild to think it’s been almost a year since I’ve won because I don’t feel like we’re that bad. … It just hasn’t happened.”

Larson, 33, said last November’s championship in the Arizona desert made his current 32-race winless streak seem like no big deal, saying, “Ultimately, celebrating the championship in Phoenix felt like a win in a lot of ways.”

The two-time series champ does not lead single-digit laps at Kansas. Larson runs the point in chunks and is usually the guy being chased at the leaderboard’s perch.

Larson led 221 laps a year ago in his last victory and is a three-time winner at the 1.5-mile track in the past nine races.

Since 2021, his No. 5 Chevy has paced 761 circuits there, more than double that of Hamlin (337), the next highest leader.

But just leading the final one Sunday will be fulfilling.

–Field Level Media

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MLS News: Dynamo sign Mattheo Dimareli, 16, as homegrown player

WTA News: WTA roundup: Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek both upset at Stuttgart

NFL News: Court orders Rashee Rice’s co-defendant to pay $2.88 million

ATP News: ATP roundup: Semifinals set at Barcelona and Munich

WORLD News: Kennedy Wesley’s first goal, assist lead USWNT past Japan

ATP News: French Open purse climbs nearly 10% to $72.1M

FIFA News: FIFA president defends World Cup prices in ‘very special’ U.S. market

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