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TAKING THE FIFTH: Sox winning streak continues

BOSTON (AP) — Wilson Contreras hit a three-run homer, Caleb Durbin added a home run of his own, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Monday to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. Contreras opened the scoring for Boston with his 18th homer of the ...

World Cup: Paraguay sends Germany packing in PKs

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — José Canale wasn’t in the starting lineup in either of his previous two appearances for Paraguay in this World Cup. He made his first start a memorable one. Canale scored on the first sudden-death penalty kick, Orlando Gill made two key saves in the shootout, and ...

Wimbledon: Horrible opening day for the host Brits

LONDON (AP) — This Wimbledon couldn’t have started much worse for the home team. After Emma Raducanu withdrew on the eve of the Grand Slam tournament with a stress fracture, Jack Draper followed suit on Monday by pulling out because of long-term arm injury. That left the grass-court ...

SWEEP! Duran’s single caps extra inning win over Yankees

BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran singled home the winning run to cap a three-run rally in the 10th inning after Boston blew a two-run lead in the ninth, and the Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of the rival New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory Sunday night. Boston starter Sonny Gray took a ...

WOO IS GASPER: Sox send former Silver Knight to Worcester

Mickey Gasper had been a constant in the Boston Red Sox lineup, and was holding his own. But the numbers crunch caught up to him, at least temporarily, as the former Merrimack High and Nashua Silver Knights standout was sent down to Triple A Worcester on Sunday, prior to last night's game vs. ...

World Cup: Canada wins first knockout game, 1-0 over South Africa

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Right after Canada finished its first knockout match victory in a World Cup, coach Jesse Marsch huddled his players on the grass of a stadium still in pandemonium and spoke from his heart — shouted, actually. “You guys are Canadian heroes today!” Marsch ...