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11:00 PM on Thursday, July 16

Golden State hosts Washington aiming to prolong its eight-game win streak

10:06 PM on Thursday, July 16

Kevin Kelsy finished with two goals and an assist and the Portland Timbers thumped the Seattle Sounders 5-1 as the MLS resumed play following the FIFA World Cup break

8:00 PM on Thursday, July 16

Eduard Löwen scored on a late penalty kick to lift St. Louis City to a 3-2 victory over Sporting Kansas City as the MLS resumed play following a nearly eight-week break for the FIFA World Cup

6:55 PM on Thursday, July 16

Toronto’s Luka Gavran had three saves and Montreal goalkeeper Thomas Gillier wasn’t tested in a scoreless draw in the league’s first match following the FIFA World Cup break

6:19 PM on Thursday, July 16

Carla Leite scored 14 points, Serah Williams had 12 points and the Portland Fire beat the Washington Mystics 75-56 on Thursday night

6:10 PM on Thursday, July 16

Francisco Alvarez homered twice, Brett Baty also went deep and the New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in the first major league game following the All-Star break

6:01 PM on Thursday, July 16

West Indies have collapsed from 67-1 to be all out for 140, handing New Zealand a six-wicket win in the third one-day international and a 2-1 lead in the five-match series

5:38 PM on Thursday, July 16

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says Caitlin Clark has become a “political football” amid debates about officiating and physical play in the WNBA, spurred by a recent play involving the star guard and Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas

4:47 PM on Thursday, July 16

Todd Clements of England and Ivan Cantero Gutierrez of Spain each shot 7-under 65 on Thursday at breezy Puntacana Resort to share the first-round lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship

4:44 PM on Thursday, July 16

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber won’t rule out adopting relegation and promotion but says for now it doesn’t make sense for the league

4:35 PM on Thursday, July 16

Philadelphia Phillies reliever Brad Keller is expected to miss the rest of this season — and possibly more — with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow

4:18 PM on Thursday, July 16

2027 MLB Draft Signing Bonuses

4:04 PM on Thursday, July 16

The NBA is investigating the circumstances surrounding the Milwaukee Bucks’ signing of Gary Trent Jr. that became official Thursday

3:39 PM on Thursday, July 16

Major League Soccer is back after its six-week break for the World Cup

3:39 PM on Thursday, July 16

New York City FC wants to bring Christian Pulisic to Major League Soccer, but AC Milan isn't interested in selling him

3:29 PM on Thursday, July 16

Illinois has extended athletic director Josh Whitman’s contract through 2036

2:46 PM on Thursday, July 16

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2:20 PM on Thursday, July 16

The start time for the MLB game between the New York Mets and the Phillies on Thursday in Philadelphia was moved up one hour due to air quality concerns due to wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota, and an MLS game in Chicago was postponed

2:19 PM on Thursday, July 16

The delayed opening of New York City FC’s Etihad Park has been scheduled for July 17 next summer

11:06 AM on Thursday, July 16

England hired a German coach to end 60 years of hurt but will exit the World Cup in the most English of ways