SEATTLE (AP) – Christian Pulisic trained apart from his U.S. teammates on Thursday for the fourth straight day because of his left calf injury, further raising concerns about his availability to face Australia on Friday in Seattle in the Americans’ second World Cup game.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Shinnecock Hills has never looked like this for a U.S. Open, not with such receptive greens and putting surfaces slow enough to keep shots from rolling off the edges and down the slopes.
NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Adolis García is out for the rest of the season with a lat injury.
NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball’s Home Run Derby is eliminating the clock.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Substitute Johan Manzambi scored his first World Cup goal on an outstanding volley in the 74th minute, and Switzerland erupted late for a 4-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday to take control of its group.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Ryder Cowan knew he was playing good golf coming into the U.S. Open.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Rory McIlroy’s ball was nestled in the rough on the far side of a cart path, some 55 yards from the flag.
SYDNEY (AP) – Veteran prop James Slipper has officially returned to international rugby after being named in the Australia squad Friday for the first three Nations Championship matches in July.