12:35 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The day after making golfing history, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the third round on Saturday. She’s at 18 under overall and the nearest challenger is teenage American Yealimi Noh at 13 under after carding a 4-under
11:49 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers have signed goaltender Mike Smith to a two-year, $4.4 million contract, the team announced Saturday. Smith went 21-6-2 last season with a 2.31 goals-against average and .923 save percentage while helping the Oilers reach the playoffs in the all-Canadian North Division, though they were swept by the Winnipeg Jets
11:14 AM ET The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed star defenseman Cale Makar to a six-year, $54 million contract extension. The Avalanche announced the deal with the restricted free agent on Saturday, with Makar’s agents disclosing the contract’s value. Makar, 22, is one of the NHL’s premier young defensemen. The Calder Trophy winner as rookie of
11:36 AM ET Unvaccinated NFL players will be subjected to a fine of $14,650 every time they violate COVID-19 procedures. A spotlight was put on the punishment after a report that Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians would fine a player “$14,000 on the spot every time he isn’t wearing a mask or is breaking
9:06 AM ET TOKYO — Devin Booker, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday arrived in Japan on a private jet just before 11 p.m. Saturday, less than 24 hours before Team USA opens Olympic play against France in a vital game out of the gate. It was a brutal travel day after an exhausting playoff stretch,
Report No Quinton de Kock, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi for visitors; hosts replace Josh Little with Barry McCarthy South Africa chose to bat vs Ireland A new-look South Africa XI has been chosen to close out their winter tour and the T20I series against Ireland, which the visitors have won already. The visitors made
8:22 AM ET Fridolina Rolfo celebrate with her teammates after putting Sweden ahead against the Matildas. Francois Nel/Getty Images The Matildas have been left to rue what might have been as Sam Kerr scored a brace but had a penalty saved in a dramatic 4-2 Olympics loss to Sweden. Kerr twice headed home to give Australia
8:20 AM ET Team GB progressed into the Olympics quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory over hosts Japan on Saturday. Ellen White scored a late header to earn the victory to and settle a tough contest against a stubborn Japan side. – Women’s Olympics soccer bracket and fixtures White has been the star of Team GB
10:42 AM ET Associated Press Vivianne Miedema celebrates with her teammates after opening the scoring for Netherlands. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images Dominique Janssen‘s 79th-minute goal pulled Netherlands into a 3-3 draw with Brazil on Saturday in women’s football at the Tokyo Olympics. Vivianne Miedema gave the Dutch the early lead in the third minute but Debinha countered
7:53 AM ET Barcara Banda celebrates with her Zambia teammates during the epic draw with China. Kohei Chibahara/AFP via Getty Images Zambia’s Copper Queens held China 4-4 in an Olympic thriller on Saturday, with China-based Barbra Banda becoming the first player — male or female — to score consecutive hat tricks at the tournament, while Wang