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MLS News: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s brace helps Red Bulls down RSL

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MLS News: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s brace helps Red Bulls down RSL

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored the tying goal in the 52nd minute, and scored the winner on a penalty kick in the ninth minute of stoppage time after missing a penalty kick 15 minutes earlier as the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Sunday night in Harrison, N.J.

New York (10-10-6, 36 points) avoided its first three-game losing streak of the season and earned the win thanks to Choupo-Moting’s 14th and 15th goals. Choupo-Moting finished with his fourth two-goal game this season.

Seven of New York’s 24 attempts were on target and Choupo-Moting notched his first goal off a slick feed from Emil Forsberg. Forsberg chipped a pass from near the box by Brayan Vera and Justen Glad and Choupo-Moting finished off his latest goal by sending a right-footed shot past the left hand of diving goalkeeper Rafael Cabral.

Choupo-Moting had a golden chance at giving the Red Bulls the lead after being fouled by Vera but he fanned on the penalty kick and Cabral made an easy save. It was the first time in five career penalty kicks that Choupo-Moting did not score.

Choupo-Moting atoned for the missed shot by chipping a shot over Cabral’s left hand after fouled by Glad in the box on a play that was originally ruled offside before a video review.

Before Choupo-Moting delivered his clutch goal, Real Salt Lake missed a golden chance in the second minute of stoppage time, Rwan Cruz had a shot by New York’s Sean Nealis blocked that went off the crossbar.

Zavier Gozo scored in the third minute but Real Salt Lake attempted seven shots. Real Salt Lake (9-12-4, 31 points) fell to 5-2-1 over its past eight contests after enduring a seven-game winless skid (0-4-3) from May 3-31.

New York goalie AJ Marrucci finished with two saves while Cabral made five saves.

Real Salt Lake went ahead quickly on a transition play started by Diego Luna. Luna fed William Agada near midfield and quickly moved the ball to a cutting Gozo toward the center of the box.

Gozo sped past Nealis and Raheem Edwards and finished the sequence with a right-footed shot that caromed off Marcucci’s right heel and into the right corner of the net.

–Field Level Media

PGA News: Justin Rose outduels J.J. Spaun in playoff to win at St. Jude

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PGA News: Justin Rose outduels J.J. Spaun in playoff to win at St. Jude

MEMPHIS — England’s Justin Rose birdied four of the last five holes of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind to force a playoff and birdied the third playoff hole to capture the first leg of the PGA Tour’s season-ending, three-tournament playoffs.

Rose’s magical finish in regulation — birdies at 14, 15, 16 and 17 — allowed the 45-year-old veteran to pass 54-hole leader Tommy Fleetwood and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and join J.J. Spaun, the reigning U.S. Open champion, in the playoff.

Spaun birdied two of his final three holes in regulation to join Rose in the playoff. Rose and Spaun both had birdie putts on the first playoff hole lip out, forcing a return trip to No. 18. On their second tries, they converted birdie putts with Spaun’s coming from 30 feet.

The hole location on 18 was changed for the third playoff hole and Rose dropped his birdie putt from 12 feet. Spaun’s 7-foot attempt for birdie slid left of the cup.

“That was an amazing last 90 minutes,” Rose said. “I never stopped believing. I played unbelievable golf coming down the stretch.”

Rose shot 3-under 67 to finish at 16-under 264 and Spaun had a 65 to join him in the playoff. Scheffler was one stroke back at 15-under 265 after his final round 67. Fleetwood closed with a 69 to also finish at 15 under.

The top 50 in the FedEx Cup points standings advance to the second round of the playoffs, the BMW Championship, which will be held at Caves Valley Golf Club at Owings Mills, Md., beginning Thursday.

Rose won for the 12th time on the PGA Tour and became the first winner on Tour age 40 or older this season. His last Tour win came at the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

“When I bring my best, I know I’m good enough to play and compete,” Rose said. “And to now win against the best players in the world, it’s a very gratifying day for me and a lot of hard work coming to fruition.”

Rose began his charge in regulation shortly after a bogey at the par-4 12th hole to move up the leaderboard. It allowed him to pass Scheffler, who shared the lead for several holes on the back nine.

Rose didn’t play any practice rounds before the start of the St. Jude and he skipped the Wednesday pro-am because of illness, but the absences didn’t affect his play.

Rose had a chance to win on the 72nd hole, but his 13-foot birdie putt slid past the hole forcing the playoff with the 34-year-old Spaun. He had the exact same putt on the first playoff hole.

Spaun thought he had a solid opportunity to extend the playoff to a fourth hole with a 7-foot birdie attempt.

“It (stinks) to miss a 7-footer, but tricky read and I pulled it a little bit,” Spaun said. “But yeah, I hung in there the best I could, and he beat me to the hole first. Just wasn’t meant to be.”

For Fleetwood, it also wasn’t meant to be. He once again was denied the opportunity to win for the first time in 15 years on the PGA Tour. Entering the final round with a one-stroke lead, he was unable to hold a two-stroke lead with three holes to play. He had a par-bogey-par finish.

“I’m obviously disappointed,” Fleetwood said. “But I was next to somebody (Rose) who played unbelievable golf down the stretch.”

–Phil Stukenborg, Field Level Media

NAS News: Shane van Gisbergen shines at Watkins Glen for fourth road course win

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NAS News: Shane van Gisbergen shines at Watkins Glen for fourth road course win

Shane van Gisbergen delivered some Down Under redemption at Watkins Glen International on Sunday to cap the New Zealander’s cracking good week.

The Trackhouse Racing driver continued his dominance of NASCAR’s road courses, speeding to his fourth straight road win in 2025 as he rolled over the Cup Series field in the Go Bowling at the Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

After leader Brad Keselowski pitted with 16 laps left, van Gisbergen cycled back around to the point and breezed to his fourth victory this season by 11.116 seconds over Christopher Bell. Defending champion Chris Buescher, William Byron and Chase Briscoe joined them in the top five.

The four victories, all on road races, tied the 36-year-old van Gisbergen with Denny Hamlin for this year’s series lead as he snared his fifth career win in just 38 starts.

In last season’s race at the Glen, SVG led at the white flag but slipped up in the “Bus Stop” portion of the legendary road course, allowing Buescher to pass for the win.

On Saturday in the Xfinity Series race, he was booted out of the way while leading by teammate Connor Zilisch and was wrecked out.

Neither scenario would play out that way Sunday for SVG, who received a contract extension earlier in the week.

“Oh, man, good to get that one back,” said van Gisbergen, who led 38 laps in the three-caution race. “What an awesome win. … The car was just amazing again. I gave that Bus Stop (turn) another meter on that last lap. Awesome.”

Added the No. 88 driver, who owns 22 playoff points, “We’ll have a proper crack (in the playoffs).”

Chevrolet scored its fifth win in the past seven races while Ford remained winless through its past 10 starts.

Trackhouse withdrew its third entry, the No. 87 Chevrolet of Zilisch, after the 19-year-old road racing standout broke his collarbone in a fall from his car after winning Saturday’s Xfinity event.

After earning his second career pole on a road course, Ryan Blaney paced the field during Stage 1 with van Gisbergen and Briscoe right behind in the same order they qualified for the Cup Series’ fifth of six stops on road racing layouts.

However, early pitting before the first segment ended allowed leader Buescher, Alex Bowman and Ryan Preece — 16th, 15th and 17th, respectively, around the 16-car cut line for the playoffs — to secure the top three spots on Lap 20.

In Stage 2, van Gisbergen, who notched road victories at Mexico City, Chicago and Sonoma after failing to win in Austin, Tex., in early March, began to flex his muscle and started the pitting with three laps left in the stage.

Turning over the lead that late allowed Blaney to stay out and earn the maximum stage points as John Hunter Nemechek wrecked into the outer barrier as the segment concluded. Byron and Bell finished second and third.

van Gisbergen was the class of the field through the middle third of the 90-lap race, restarting 12th at halfway, moving to third within five laps and passing leader Blaney on Lap 54. He then built an 18 1/2-second advantage in his Chevrolet over second-place teammate Ross Chastain with 30 to go.

–Field Level Media

PGA News: Scottie Scheffler to use fill-in caddie for final round at St. Jude

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PGA News: Scottie Scheffler to use fill-in caddie for final round at St. Jude

Scottie Scheffler will turn to a familiar face to carry his bag on Sunday.

With Ted Scott unexpectedly returning home to Louisiana to attend to a private family matter, fellow caddie Brad Payne will be on Scheffler’s bag for the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.

Payne also caddied for Scheffler during the third round of last year’s PGA Championship. Payne, the PGA Tour’s chaplain, served as the replacement for Scott while the latter attended his daughter’s high school graduation.

Scheffler closed with birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 on Saturday to post a 5-under-par 65, tied for the best round of the day at TPC Southwind. He resides at 12-under-par 198 for the tournament and sits two strokes behind leader Tommy Fleetwood of England entering play on Sunday.

The world’s top-ranked golfer, Scheffler is vying for his fifth victory of the season.

He is set to tee off at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

–Field Level Media

Celtics waive F Miles Norris

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The Boston Celtics waived two-way forward Miles Norris.

The 6-foot-10 Norris appeared in three games for the Celtics last season, averaging 2.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 0.7 steals.

After going undrafted in 2023, Norris began his career on a two-way contract with the Atlanta Hawks. He played for the College Park Skyhawks in the G-League but was waived before making his NBA debut.

In 2024, Norris played in the Basketbol Super Ligi in Turkey for Cagdas Bodrumspor. After four games overseas, he returned to the United States, signing a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. The forward averaged 17.1 points, while shooting 39.3 percent from deep in 22 games, for the Memphis Hustle in the G-League.

In 2025, the 25-year-old finally saw his first NBA action as a member of the Celtics.

–Field Level Media

LOL News: Clouid9 remains perfect, first bracket set at LTA North Split 3

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LOL News: Clouid9 remains perfect, first bracket set at LTA North Split 3

A day after a pair of teams completed perfect runs through the first phase of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North in Los Angeles, Cloud9 followed suit Sunday, beating Team Liquid to advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs.

It was not a complete loss for Liquid, however, as despite a 1-2 record the club got the fourth and final slot in the upper bracket.

The LTA North 2025 Split 3 is the third Americas North League of Legends split under the LTA banner, with eight Americas North teams competing for the Americas title.

The first three weeks were single-match formats and ended on Sunday.

Elimination matches take place in Weeks 4-5, with the matches each best-of-five. Weeks 6-7 are a double-elimination format and also best-of-five. The top three teams qualify for the LTA Championship, and the winner qualifies for the 2025 World Championship.

Cloud9 opened Sunday with a pair of 33-minute wins, the first on blue and the second on red. Park “Thanatos” Seung-gyu of South Korea led the winners with a combined 10/5/21 kill-death-assist ratio in the two maps.

In the second match, Disguised got by Dignitas 2-1 in a matchup of teams headed to the lower bracket of the playoffs and who each began the day 0-2. In a back-and-forth match, Disguised took the first map in 35 minutes on red before Dignitas evened up the match in 30 minutes on blue. Disguised took the winner-take-all final map in 35 minutes on blue to earn their first win. Choi “huhi” Jae-hyun of South Korea and the United States led Disguised with a combined 0/8/43 K-D-A

The upper bracket semifinals will take place next weekend — Week 4 — with Cloud9 playing Shopify Rebellion in a battle of 2-0 teams on Saturday, and FlyQuest playing Liquid on Sunday. Winners will advance to the upper bracket final in Week 6 while losers will go to the lower bracket quarterfinals, also in Week 6.

Week 5 will be the lower bracket’s Round 1, with Disguised against Dignitas on Aug. 23, and LYON versus 100 Thieves on Aug. 24 in best-of-five matches.

–Field Level Media

Spurs F Jeremy Sochan injures calf training with national team

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Spurs F Jeremy Sochan injures calf training with national team

San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan injured his calf while training with Poland’s national team, which will keep him out of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 tournament that starts Aug. 27.

In an announcement by the Polish Basketball Federation, Sochan confirmed that he would miss EuroBasket but added that “doctors predict that I will be fully healthy” in time for the start of Spurs training camp.

The 22-year-old expects to return to San Antonio to continue his recovery.

“In the face of injury, Jeremy received professional help in Poland,” Spurs general manager Brian Wright said in the statement. “Cooperation with the staff and management of KoszKadry has always been exemplary. In this situation, however, the best option is to return to San Antonio.”

The ninth overall pick out of Baylor in 2022, Sochan has been a steady presence in the Spurs’ rotation. He has averaged 11.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists in his first three seasons while shooting 46.8 percent from the field.

–Field Level Media

ATP News: Reilly Opelka ends troubles against Alex de Minaur at Cincinnati Open

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ATP News: Reilly Opelka ends troubles against Alex de Minaur at Cincinnati Open

Reilly Opelka smacked 14 aces and saved all seven break points while posting a 7-6 (6), 6-4 upset victory over No. 6 seed Alex de Minaur on Sunday to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open at Mason, Ohio.

Opelka defeated de Minaur for the first time in six all-time meetings. He had 35 winners and converted 75.6 percent of his first-serve points.

“My forehand helped me a lot and my backhand, playing with a lot of offense and I was pretty consistent from the baseline the whole match,” Opelka said. “My serve fluctuated, and it was a bit of a surprise that the other things came through well for me today. I think I returned really well too.”

Another factor was that de Minaur had just six winners and two aces. The Australian standout’s failure to convert a break point was also a key element in the match.

Opelka will next face Argentina’s Francisco Comesana, who advanced by beating 29th-seeded Luciano Darderi. Comesana led 6-4, 3-1 when Darderi retired due to a lower-back injury.

Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz wasn’t overly sharp, but the Spaniard notched a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

Alcaraz had 44 unforced errors and just 21 winners. He also failed to save any of his three break points.

“It was just a rollercoaster,” Alcaraz said. “Lots of good feelings, bad feelings, back to the good ones. All I can say is I am happy to get the win at the end and just have another chance to be better.”

“I will try tomorrow to have my confidence back because today it was a little bit tricky,” he continued. “Damir plays really smart tennis, which I have to be focused and ready for that.”

Dzumhur had just 11 winners and made 36 unforced errors.

In other matches, No. 9 Andrey Rublev of Russia defeated Learner Tim 7-6 (4), 6-3, and Australia’s Adam Walton recorded a 6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 12 Daniel Medvedev of Russia. No. 16 Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic notched a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Ethan Quinn.

No. 21 Alexei Popyrin of Australia knocked off Spain’s Martin Landaluce 7-6 (3), 6-3, while Czech Jiri Lehecka, the No. 22 seed, rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Tristan Boyer.

Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut registered a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 32 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain. Jenson Brooksby beat France’s Arthur Cazaux 7-5, 6-1.

Two of the top five seeds were in action during the night session and both triumphed in straight sets in second round action.

Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the No. 3 seed, defeated Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3, 6-3, while No. 5 Ben Shelton kept his winning streak alive with a 6-3, 3-1 (retired) victory over Argentina’s Camilo Ugo Carabelli.

Shelton won last week’s ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto, defeating Karen Khachanov in a three-set thriller.

Khachanov also triumphed as the No. 14 seed from Russia bested French qualifier Valentin Royer 6-4, 7-6 (6). No. 27 Brandon Nakashima continued his solid hard-court efforts, holding off Belgian qualifier Alexander Blockx, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

However, No. 24 Canadian Denis Shapovalov and No. 26 Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor was not as fortunate, falling in the second round. Shapovalov lost a three-setter to Italian lucky loser Luca Nardi 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4; while Griekspoor fell to Hamad Medjedovic, of Serbia, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

–Field Level Media

CHAMP News: Steve Allan makes Boeing Classic his third tour victory this year

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CHAMP News: Steve Allan makes Boeing Classic his third tour victory this year

Australian Steve Allan birdied the final hole to forge a one-stroke victory over Stewart Cink on Sunday at the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.

Allan won for the third time this season and second time in last three starts on tour, shooting a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 to finish 15 under for the three-day tournament at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.

He said he was “a little” surprised by three victories in 2025, following up wins at The Galleri Classics in March and the Dick’s Open in July with Sunday’s triumph.

“I think I would have probably laughed if you told me I would have won three times,” said Allan, 51, who joined the PGA Tour Champions in 2024 and was playing in his 39th event. “I definitely thought that I had a win in me, but I wouldn’t have said three.”

His 5-foot birdie putt at the par-5 No. 18 was the difference, as Cink, who started the round with a three-stroke lead, found a bunker at 18 and settled for par at the final hole. Cink finished the day with a 2-under 70 and alone in second place at 14-under 202.

“It’s weird, not something I’ve ever done before,” Allan said of watching Cink play the last hole with the title on the line. “I think it’s really odd because you don’t want to wish ill on someone but, obviously, you want to win the tournament. He’s a great player so I fully expected him to make a birdie.

“But you know what, at the end of the day if he got up here and made eagle and beat me, so be it,” Allan continued. “I played well and had a great week.”

Allan carded birdies at Nos. 1, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16 and 18. Cink lost ground with bogeys at Nos. 6, 10 and 11 against birdies at Nos. 4, 8, 12, 15 and 16.

“Well, I’m disappointed,” Cink said. “I mean, I played well enough to win this, just made a couple mistakes and kind of put myself a little bit in a hole today. And I clawed back out, which I was really proud of.

“I’m in the middle of the fairway on 18 and we — first of all, we got the situation wrong. We at the time thought that we were tied. It didn’t really affect the shot plan, but then the wind changed on me in my shot. If I had waited about 30 seconds to hit the shot, we would have played it differently. It didn’t quite go far enough. I hit a little too far right.”

Ernie Els of South Africa (6-under 66 on Sunday) and Darren Clarke (66) of Northern Ireland tied for third at 13 under.

Two-time defending champion Stephen Ames of Canada carded 69 to tie for 14th at 7 under.

-Field Level Media

INDY News: Alex Palou captures fourth IndyCar title in past five years

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INDY News: Alex Palou captures fourth IndyCar title in past five years

Will Power may have won the battle in Sunday’s IndyCar series race at Portland International Raceway, but Alex Palou unmistakably captured the war.

Power crossed the line first, winning the Penske Fleet’s first race of the year, but Palou clinched his fourth IndyCar Series championship over the last five seasons for Chip Ganassi Racing with a third-place finish.

With three races left going into Sunday, the only contender left for Palou to vanquish to earn the Astor Cup was Pato O’Ward. O’Ward had the pole, but the 28-year-old Spaniard enjoyed a 121-point lead over his closest rival and needed to leave Portland ahead by 108 points to sew up the title.

The die was cast just 22 laps into the race when O’Ward encountered an electronic issue on made an unplanned pit stop in his Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. The long delay in the pits caused O’Ward to re-enter the track nine laps behind the leaders and he would finish 10 laps down at a distant 25th.

Despite the knowledge that the title was his, Palou raced aggressively in the final laps of the race.

“We’re here to win. That’s why we’re here. We’ve said it many times. When we come here, although we have that big goal of winning the championship, our priority is always to win races and win every single weekend,” Palou said. “Even though could have been OK to stay third, we wanted to win.”

Palou only trails A.J. Foyt and Scott Dixon, who won seven and six series championships, respectively. His three consecutive titles have tied Dario Franchitti (2009-11), Sebastien Bourdais (2004-07) and Ted Horn (1946-48). The 2025 eight-time winner still has two races left to tie the IndyCar record for victories in a season set at 10 by Foyt in 1964 and Al Unser in 1970.

Chip Ganassi Racing captured its 17th series championship to tie Team Penske for most in series history.

–Field Level Media

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MLS News: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s brace helps Red Bulls down RSL

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NAS News: Shane van Gisbergen shines at Watkins Glen for fourth road course win

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Spurs F Jeremy Sochan injures calf training with national team

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CHAMP News: Steve Allan makes Boeing Classic his third tour victory this year

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