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American third seed Jessica Pegula battled into the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Czech Marketa Vondrousova.Pegula, last year’s US Open runner-up, next meets unheralded Lois Boisson, ranked 361, the last French player competing in Roland Garros.Boisson fought through the pain to see off 138th-ranked countrywoman Elsa …

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Mao Saigo took aim at a second straight major title on Friday, firing a six-under-par 66 to grab a three-shot lead over a group including top-ranked Nelly Korda after two rounds of the US Women’s Open in Wisconsin.Japan’s Saigo, who won a five-way playoff to lift her first major trophy at the Chevron Championship, shrugged …

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Nick Taylor conjured four birdies without a bogey in a four-under-par 68 on Friday to pull into a tie for the lead with Ben Griffin in the US PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.Taylor, who claimed his fifth PGA title at the Sony Open this year, navigated rain-soaked Muirfield Village with little real trouble …

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New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been accused of rape in a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles, court filings showed on Friday.A filing made in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday by a woman identified as Jane Doe said the former No.1 NBA draft pick Williamson raped her at a Beverly Hills apartment on …

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The Vancouver Whitecaps are aiming to become the first Canadian club to win an international trophy when they face Mexican giants Cruz Azul in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Sunday.But if the team, which is enjoying an outstanding season under Danish coach Jesper Sorensen, is to make history they will have to …

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The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Dallas Stars 6-3 to book their place in the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, setting up a repeat of last year’s NHL showpiece against the reigning champion Florida Panthers.The Oilers, bidding to become the first Canadian team to win the National Hockey League’s championship series since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, …

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Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 56 points as the New York Knicks kept their NBA playoff campaign alive with a 111-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.Trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks roared back to life in front of a star-studded Madison Square Garden crowd with a wire-to-wire …

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Former champion Kim A-lim fired six birdies in a four-under-par 68 to headline a group of six players tied atop a log-jammed leaderboard after the first round of the 80th US Women’s Open on Thursday.Fellow South Korean Im Jin-hee, Japan’s Rio Takeda, Americans Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin and Spanish LPGA rookie Julia Lopez Ramirez …

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Jaime Munguia insisted Thursday he has “always been a clean athlete” as it emerged the Mexican boxer tested positive for a banned substance after his victory over France’s Bruno Surace on May 4.The Ring Magazine reported on its website on Thursday that the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) had “informed all relevant parties” that the “A” …

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