Captain Olga Carmona scored the winner in the first half as Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time by beating England 1-0 in front of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia on Sunday.
New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga on Saturday became the eighth Japanese pitcher to win at least 10 games in their rookie MLB season.
Australia and Sweden missed out on the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final, but they hope their deep runs at the tournament will give them a platform to build on ahead of next year's Paris Olympics.
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia won a dramatic women's 10,000-meter final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday night after race leader Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stumbled and fell about 20 meters from the finish line.
Veteran attacker Yuya Osako took a physical beating after coming off the bench against Kashiwa Reysol, but got his revenge by scoring the late equalizer in Vissel Kobe's 1-1 home draw in the J. League first division Saturday.
The NBA has opened an inquiry into Philadelphia 76ers star guard James Harden's public criticism of Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, ESPN reported on Saturday.
Kotaro Kurebayashi and Keita Nakagawa each hit a solo home run and four Orix Buffaloes pitchers kept the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in check in the Pacific League leaders' 2-1 victory Saturday.
Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic put on a basketball clinic Saturday in Tokyo as he led world No. 7 Slovenia to a 103-68 exhibition win over 36th-ranked Japan.