Grizzlies center Jaren Jackson Jr. will require surgery to repair a turf toe injury in his right foot sustained playing basketball offsite, the team announced Tuesday.
An update and preliminary recovery timeline will be provided after the surgical procedure.
Jackson, 25, averaged 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season to earn his second All-Star appearance. He has reportedly agreed to a five-year, $240-million extension with the Grizzlies.
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to block transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports after a federal civil rights investigation stemming from swimmer Lia Thomas.
The US Department of Education announced the agreement and said the Ivy League university would apologise and restore titles and records to female athletes in events that were “misappropriated by male athletes”.
The university said it would update its records set during Ms Thomas’ season to “indicate who would now hold the records under current eligibility guidelines”, but it did not say whether her records would be erased.
Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win the highest US national college title in March 2022.
Kylian Mbappe made his Club World Cup debut in the 1-0 win over Juventus on Tuesday, with the Frenchman providing a reminder of what he can bring to Xabi Alonso’s changing Real Madrid side.
Mbappe came on for Gonzalo Garcia in the 68th minute of the match in Miami, with the latter having opened the scoring not long before with a brilliant header.
The Madrid academy product has thrived when given the opportunity under the absence of Mbappe, but the Frenchman made his return and was energetic throughout, linking up well with Vinicius Jr in attack and almost prodding home from one of the Brazilian’s crosses.
The cameo also marked Mbappe’s first appearance under Alonso, who is four games into his role as Madrid manger, with the 26-year-old obviously forming a key part of the Spaniard’s plans going forward.
Mbappe featured as the striker for much of his cameo as Alonso moved from a 3-5-2 to a 3-4-3, with this role likely familiar to Mbappe after last season. Though the fact remains that he is probably not a natural number nine, there were few complaints with Mbappe’s first term, with the World Cup winner having scored 43 goals in all competitions.
Nevertheless, it is notable that Madrid started with more of a 3-5-2 formation, so the Frenchman may be expected to play alongside Vini Jr as one of two strikers at certain points in a formation that could help him share some of the goalscoring burden.
Mbappe was understandably not 100 per cent sharp, having recently been hospitalised with gastroenteritis, but took up good positions on several occasions, though his teammates failed to find him.
It remains to be seen whether he will start in the quarter-final, whoever that may be against, but fans will be excited to see how he fits in to a new-look Madrid side having won the European Golden Boot for 2024/25.
Madrid will face either Borussia Dortmund or Monterrey in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup on Saturday, 5 July.
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Notables: England’s Harry Hall, a PGA TOUR winner at the 2024 ISCO Championship, will make his first career appearance at The Open Championship. Hall currently stands No. 46 on the PGA TOUR’s season-long FedExCup standings and finished T19 at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. … Denmark’s Jacob Skov Olesen, 26, made history in 2024 as the first Dane to win The Amateur Championship, winning at Ballyliffin GC in Ireland. That victory earned him a spot at The 152nd Open at Royal Troon, where he made the cut and finished T60.
For Felix Rosenqvist and Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian, the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season has delivered something valuable: confidence.
When confidence is backed by results, that is a powerful thing.
With a determined second-place finish in the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR on June 22, Rosenqvist delivered the fastest race lap and surged from sixth in points into fourth in the championship standings.
Rosenqvist trails Chip Ganassi Racing driver and two-time defending series champion Alex Palou by 155 points with eight races remaining in the season.
Fourth is the best position Rosenqvist has been this deep into an NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and a clear sign MSR is no longer building – it is competing.
“I feel like we’ve definitely taken it to the next step,” Rosenqvist said. “We’re sitting pretty good.”
Entering the 2024 season, Rosenqvist’s first with MSR after spending two years with Chip Ganassi Racing (2019-20) and three at Arrow McLaren (2021-23), few would have predicted this kind of rise. In 2023, MSR’s No. 60 Honda finished a distant 25th in the entrant standings.
Also, both had produced one career win, Rosenqvist in 2020 at Road America and MSR in the 2021 Indianapolis 500, where Helio Castroneves earned his record-tying fourth victory in the iconic race.
But after their first season together in 2024, the No. 60 driven by Rosenqvist catapulted to 12th in points, a leap no other car matched.
The positive results continued this season with six top-10 finishes in the first nine races.
“There’s some really smart people on the team,” Rosenqvist said. “I feel like it’s a confidence thing, as well. Everyone’s just more relaxed. The pit crew is happier. It’s just a big confidence boost, and I think that’s what’s really been missing.”
Rosenqvist’s Road America podium two weeks ago also didn’t come amid smooth sailing but after a turbulent stretch. A sign of improvement.
Rosenqvist placed 21st in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on June 1, a race marred by a wild crash in the closing laps with rookie Louis Foster, which forced a complete rebuild of the car.
Then, a 16th-place finish in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline at World Wide Technology Raceway followed on June 15, capping a brutal six weeks of racing that included the gauntlet of the Sonsio Grand Prix and 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500, in addition to the Barber Motorsports Park race weekend that opened May.
“Behind the scenes, we’ve had a lot of technical stuff going on,” he said. “We had to split the car apart (after Detroit crash) and build it back together. This stretch had been wearing on the guys. It’s hard. This is a really tough championship for everyone.”
Last season, a similar midyear slump derailed what began as a promising campaign. After producing six top-10 finishes in the first seven events, Rosenqvist managed one more in the final 11 events.
This time, when exhausted and battered, MSR didn’t break. It rebounded.
In a season dominated by powerhouse duos Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Global, which have won all nine races thus far, Meyer Shank Racing’s climb into the top five of points is one of many compelling developments.
MSR and Rosenqvist proved they can run and belong with the best the sport has to offer.
The next step to gain is to become a winner, which Rosenqvist believes he and the team can deliver.
“We’re always quick, so it’s all about the details,” he said.
Maybe that comes in Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport (1 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a track that carries personal and professional significance to Rosenqvist.
Not only is Mid-Ohio the place where Rosenqvist earned his first podium in a photo finish with Scott Dixon as a rookie in 2019, it’s also the home track for MSR, which is headquartered in nearby Pataskala, Ohio, approximately 75 miles from the track.
“I love Mid-Ohio,” Rosenqvist said. “Honestly, Road America and Mid-Ohio are two of my favorites. Mid-Ohio, I had my first podium, and I had my first win at Road America (in 2020).
“I can’t wait to go back to Mid-Ohio. I don’t just say that because it’s like a home race. I literally love that place. A lot of fans come there, the track layout, it’s just a really cool race. True race car fans.”
SANTIAGO (Chile) – Argentina (2-2) needed a win to secure its place in the next stage of the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025, and it delivered by defeating El Salvador (0-3) 76-57. With the result, the South American team, which has now completed all its games in the Group Phase, is locked in at least third place in Group A.
El Salvador briefly took a 28-27 lead after a jump shot by Hillary Martínez with 2:31 left in the second quarter, but Argentina responded with an 11-0 run sparked by the hot hand of Macarena D’urso (8 points and 2 three-pointers) to go into halftime up 38-28.
In the second half, Argentina maintained its tempo and took good care of the ball to keep control of the scoreboard. A layup by Candela Gentinetta made it 69-54 with just 1:39 left in the game, putting an end to El Salvador’s hopes of a comeback.
Argentina’s head coach, Gregorio Martínez, opted to rest veteran center Agostina Burani. In her absence, fellow post player Diana Cabrera stepped up and delivered, leading the team with a double-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds.
D’urso added 11 points, including three triples, while Andrea Boquete followed with 10 points and a pair of three-pointers. Melisa Gretter— who became the AmeriCup’s all-time assists leader (since 2003) in the previous game— dished out 8 more assists, while also scoring 5 points and grabbing 6 rebounds.
For El Salvador, Martínez posted 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Kimberly Villalobos recorded another double-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Argentina hit 11 three-pointers compared to just two by El Salvador, but perhaps the most notable stat was the 24 assists with only 6 turnovers, a stark contrast to El Salvador’s 10 assists and 12 turnovers.
The Argentine bench also played a key role, contributing 31 points to just seven from El Salvador’s reserves.
Argentina will have Wednesday off and rest for 48 hours before playing its Quarter-Final matchup on Friday against an opponent yet to be determined. El Salvador, already eliminated, will close out group play on Wednesday against the reigning champions, Brazil.
“I’m happy with what I did, but it was tough at first. In the second half, we were able to settle into our game more and took better, more comfortable shots. Now we’re focused on what’s next,” said Cabrera after her team’s important win.
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World number one Aryna Sabalenka will open proceedings on Centre Court on day three of Wimbledon 2025 (30 June-13 July).
The three-time tennis Slam champion is set to take on Czechia’s Marie Bouzková in the second round on Wednesday, 2 July, having made it through her first round tie against Carson Branstine.
Following her will be the double defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who made it through a five-set thriller against Fabio Fognini and now takes on home qualifier Oliver Tarvet.
Among the other stars in action on the opening day of the main draw are 2023 women’s singles champion Marketa Vondrousova, world number five Taylor Fritz and British number one Emma Raducanu.
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Pierre Gasly endured a “long” and “frustrating” Austrian Grand Prix as the Alpine driver was unable to capitalise on a strong start, coming home 13th while team mate Franco Colapinto finished two places further back.
With Gasly running sixth at the end of the opening lap in Spielberg, there were high hopes for a significant number of points for Alpine. However, after starting on the soft tyres, the Frenchman was forced into an early pit stop – with his race unravelling afterwards.
Calling it “a very disappointing afternoon,” Gasly was unable to explain why he then could not extract much pace from either the hard or medium compound tyres on Sunday, despite the majority of the teams going well on those compounds.
“We have a lot to understand and analyse as I just felt a lack of grip all race and really struggled across all the stints,” Gasly said.
“I am not sure why, maybe some damage to the car, maybe not, but we need to review this one in detail as it was a very long afternoon and a frustrating outcome.
“We had a very good start, up to sixth place at the end of the first lap. After that, there is not much to say other than it being a difficult race.
“We move onto Silverstone straight away now for the home race of Enstone. It is always a fantastic event and one I look forward to going to, this time aiming to bounce back from this tough weekend.”
Gasly wasn’t the only frustrated Alpine driver at the end of a hot race in Austria, with Colapinto also enduring a long afternoon. He was tagged into a spin by Yuki Tsunoda at one point, and then picked up a five-second penalty for forcing Oscar Piastri off the track.
“I had the incident with Tsunoda at Turn 4, which set us back a bit and lost us some time,” said Colapinto. “Yuki came to me and said sorry afterwards, but it’s a pity as the car felt different following the contact, potentially due to some damage.”
On his moment with Piastri, who was lapping him at the time, Colapinto explained: “He was in my blind spot. After the contact with Tsunoda, I just wanted to pass him and I was not really focused on Oscar.”
Alpine remain rooted to the bottom of the Teams’ Championship table, 15 points adrift of Kick Sauber, who managed to score with both cars in Austria.