Nathan Eovaldi struck out eight over six scoreless innings, Rafael Devers hit a three-run double that capped a six-run third and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 on Wednesday night in a matchup of the AL East’s worst teams

Gary Sánchez made two of his team’s season-high four errors and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the sloppy Yankees 14-1, dealing New York perhaps a fatal blow in its race for home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs

We know we have to put on a show amid high expectations when international sport returns for the first time since the pandemic hit There were no big speeches to mark the occasion, no ceremony. When the Australian women’s team assembled for training in Brisbane on Tuesday morning – the first time we had been together as a group since that historic night …

Adam Frazier and Ke’Bryan Hayes led off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back homers off Kyle Hendricks, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates all the offense they’d need to slip by the playoff-bound Chicago Cubs 2-1

Dansby Swanson hits a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves cruise to their third straight win over the Miami Marlins, 9-4 in a game overshadowed by Max Fried’s early departure with an ankle injury

Shane Bieber lowered his ERA to 1.63 in his final regular-season start, the lowest in the American League since Luis Tiant’s 1.60 for Cleveland in 1968, and Jordan Luplow hit a game-ending home run that gave the Indians a 3-2 win over Chicago and dropped the White Sox into a tie with Minnesota for the AL Central lead

Randy Arozarena homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched their first AL East title in 10 years Wednesday night with an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets

Nick Margevicius tossed six shutout innings, Ty France drove in a pair of runs and the Seattle Mariners kept their slim postseason hopes alive with a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros

Fresh off clinching their first playoff berth in 14 seasons, San Diego is hoping for good news concerning Mike Clevinger

Final Bledisloe Cup Test to be played on 12 DecemberNew Zealand Rugby say they did not agree to date changeRugby Australia says they are not to blame for the Rugby Championship schedule that could leave the All Blacks locked away in hotel quarantine over Christmas. New Zealand are crying foul over playing the last match of the six-week tournament – a …

Joey Votto homered for his first hit all season against Milwaukee, Trevor Bauer dominated on short rest, and the Cincinnati Reds won a pivotal series for playoff contention, beating the Brewers 6-1

Rookie Wyatt Mathisen hit his first two career homers, fellow rookie Daulton Varsho knocked in the go-ahead run with a triple and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for a 7-3 victory over the Texas Rangers

Bryce Harper homered twice against his former team as the designated hitter and helped the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 12-3 to push the 2019 World Series champions to the brink of elimination from the playoff race

Billie Jean King and eight other women of the “Original 9” are celebrating the 50th anniversary of signing $1 contracts and breaking away from the U.S. tennis establishment to form the Virginia Slims circuit in 1970

Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is making his 2020 playoff debut in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final 211 days since he last played in an NHL game

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was delighted with Thiago Silva's impact both on and off the pitch after the Brazilian made his full debut in the 6-0 thrashing of Barnsley.

If Mendy arrives in time he could be set to make his debut in this weekend's trip to West Brom, with Kepa Arrizabalaga facing the drop after a difficult start to the season.

The Padres might have suffered a blow to the front of their playoff rotation when right-hander Mike Clevinger was pulled after only one inning in his start against the Los Angeles Angels, who jumped on San Diego’s bullpen for a 5-2 victory to sweep a two-game series

Google is celebrating Arati Saha, a groundbreaking Indian long distance swimmer and Olympian, on what would have been her 80th birthday.

The 32-year-old could yet be pushed into negotiations with Sevilla for Jules Kounde though the Spanish would prefer a straight cash deal of around £65million for the 21-year-old.