Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play on April 9, 2024Nelly Korda is on a roll not seen on the LPGA Tour in 16 years. She won four of the first seven holes, largely making the rest of the final Sunday in the T-Mobile Match Play a formality in beating Leona Maguire 4 and 3 at Shadow Creek. Lorena Ochoa in 2008 was the last […]
Bhatia wins Texas Open playoff to get last Masters spot on April 9, 2024Akshay Bhatia nearly celebrated too soon Sunday, hurting his left shoulder while pumping his arms on a 12-foot birdie to force a playoff. He recovered to make birdie on the first extra hole and win the Texas Open over hard-luck Denny McCarthy to earn a trip to the Masters. McCarthy was six shots behind going […]
Verstappen bounces back with dominant win at Japanese Grand Prix on April 8, 2024Max Verstappen’s record-breaking dominance in Formula 1 resumed Sunday with his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, leading almost the entire race on a sunny day in central Japan. His abrupt breakdown two weeks ago in Melbourne, Australia, looks like a blip in his total command over F1. He was out on the fourth lap […]
Ruidíaz leads Sounders over Montreal 5-0 for first victory of season on April 8, 2024Raúl Ruidíaz scored a pair of first-half goals and the Seattle Sounders won for the first time this season, beating CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday night. The Sounders (1-3-2) jumped on top in the 20th minute when Jackson Ragen used his head to set up Ruidíaz’s left-footed shot from the left side of the box […]
74-year-old John Force races to record 156th NHRA victory and 1st in 2 years on April 8, 2024John Force raced to his record 156th NHRA victory and first in two years, with the 74-year-old Funny Car great powering past Matt Hagan on Saturday at Firebird Motorsports Park in the completion of the postponed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Force had a 4.033-second run at 318.24 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro SS for his […]
Glass Animals return this summer with a new album on April 8, 2024Glass Animals’ latest album was born thanks to a massive storm, a house on a cliff and an existential crisis. What emerged from that? A 10-track collection exploring love. The indie-pop band’s frontman, songwriter and producer Dave Bayley found himself in an Airbnb house high on stilts below Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, alone, sick […]
Russian missile strikes in Ukraine kill 8 and wound 12 on April 7, 2024Russian missile strikes in Ukraine overnight and on Saturday killed eight people and wounded 12 more, officials said. According to the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, six people were killed and 11 were wounded in overnight missile attacks on the city of Kharkiv, which is Ukraine’s second largest. The attack damaged residential buildings, […]
Victor Wembanyama has key late block, Spurs rally to beat reeling Pelicans 111-109 on April 7, 2024Victor Wembanyama scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and had a crucial block on Herb Jones´ shot in the final seconds to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 111-109 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Wembanyama and the Spurs overcame a 10-point halftime deficit in sending […]
Shelton beats Nakashima to advance to semifinals in US Clay Court Championship on April 7, 2024Top-seed Ben Shelton beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 7-6 (9) on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Men´s Clay Court Championship. “Definitely not an easy matchup today with the way Brandon was serving and playing,” Shelton said. “He made things really difficulty and I was definitely feeling the pressure in that tie-break. But […]
Pegula reaches Charleston Open semifinals on April 7, 2024Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) Friday to reach the Charleston Open semifinals. Danielle Collins, the Miami Open champion, won her 11th straight match with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Elise Mertens. Pegula squandered four match points of her own, up 5-4 […]