GOLF
Camden’s Cole Anderson advanced to the round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur with a 5 and 3 win over Dick Dentino of Carmel, Indiana, on Wednesday in the opening round of match play at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
Anderson will play Andi Xu of China at 11:40 a.m. Thursday.
Anderson got off to a quick start, winning the first three holes with a par and two birdies. Dentino pulled closer with a birdie on the sixth hole and a par on the eighth. But Anderson won three of the next four holes to take a commanding lead.
Anderson had eight pars, five birdies and two bogeys.
BASEBALL
EASTERN LEAGUE: Phillip Sikes had a three-run home run and Chase Meidroth and Nick Yorke had a three-run doubles as the Portland Sea Dogs held on to beat the Rumble Ponies 10-7 at Binghamton, New York.
Elih Marrero also had a solo homer for Portland.
Portland relievers Jacob Webb and Theo Denlinger allowed six runs on five hits and three walks in the bottom of the eighth. Luis Guerrero got Luisangel Acuna to ground out with runners on first and second to end the inning. Guerrero pitching a scoreless ninth, allowing two hits.
SOCCER
U.S. WOMEN: U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup earlier than ever before.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not been officially announced. An announcement was expected Thursday.
The four-time tournament champions struggled throughout this World Cup. A victory over Vietnam to kick off the group stage was followed by a pair of draws against Netherlands and Portugal — barely enough to get the team into the knockout stage.
The Americans played well in the Round of 16 against Sweden, but ultimately fell on penalties after a scoreless tie. The U.S. scored just four goals over the course of the tournament.
The United States had never finished worse that third in the tournament.
The 46-year-old Andonovski was named coach of the United States in October 2019, taking over for Jill Ellis, who led the United States to back-to-back World Cup titles. He finished 51-5-9 during his time with the team.
TENNIS
U.S. OPEN: Venus Williams will be back in the U.S. Open at age 43, and Caroline Wozniacki will join her in the field for her return to Grand Slam tennis.
Both players were given wild cards into the tournament by the U.S. Tennis Association.
Williams was the U.S. Open champion in 2000 and 2001, two of her seven major singles titles. A year after younger sister Serena retired following the tournament, Venus Williams will be back in Flushing Meadows, where she reached the final in her debut in 1997.
• Denis Shapovalov will miss the U.S. Open because of a knee injury that has kept him out of action since Wimbledon.
The Canadian wrote in a social media post that he had done everything possible to be healthy for the Aug. 28 start of play but that his knee needed more time.
BASKETBALL
NBA: The Boston Celtics say they expect forward Kristaps Porzingis to be ready in time for the start of training camp after being diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The team said Porzingis will go through a four- to six-week rehab program.
COLLEGES
FOOTBALL: Clemson freshman defensive tackle Vic Burley might miss the team’s opener because of injury, but Tigers Coach Dabo Swinney said it’s nothing that is expected to keep the highly ranked recruit out for the long term.
Swinney said a lower body injury might keep Burley out when No. 9 Clemson opens the season at Duke on Sept. 4.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: South Carolina will retire the No. 25 jersey of two-time Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell.
The 5-foot-10 Mitchell, from Charlotte, North Carolina, will be honored Nov. 12 prior to tipoff of the Gamecocks’ home game against Maryland, the school announced.
Mitchell played at South Carolina from 2012 through 2016 and helped the program to its first Final Four in 2015.
SOCCER
ARSENAL: Defender Jurrien Timber is set for a long spell out after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in his competitive debut for the Premier League club.
Arsenal didn’t give a time frame for the Netherlands international’s absence when confirming the nature of his injury.
Timber, who joined from Dutch team Ajax in the offseason, was hurt in the first half of the Premier League game against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
UEFA SUPER CUP: Manchester City marked its first appearance in the UEFA Super Cup by beating Sevilla 5-4 in a penalty shootout at Athens, Greece, to add another piece of silverware to its vast haul under Manager Pep Guardiola.
After a 1-1 draw in regulation time and then nine successful spot kicks in the shootout, Nemanja Gudelj struck his attempt against the crossbar to hand City victory.
It was a 15th trophy won by City in Guardiola’s reign that started in 2016 and made up for the loss to Arsenal in a penalty shootout in the Community Shield 10 days ago.
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