Day: September 26, 2021

Alexander Volkanovski defended his featherweight title with a bloody, tumultuous unanimous decision over Brian Ortega, and Valentina Shevchenko defended her flyweight belt with a fourth-round stoppage of Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Stefanos Tsitsipas won his singles contest before returning to court with Andrey Rublev to triumph in doubles as Team Europe swept all matches on Saturday and are one victory away against Team World to maintain their iron grip on the Laver Cup. Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost to Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-0 in singles action.

Forge FC kept the pressure on Pacific FC atop the Canadian Premier League standings by beating the league leaders 2-1 on Saturday night in Hamilton, Ont.

Teoscar Hernandez, Marcus Semien and George Springer homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays held their position in the playoff chase by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Saturday night in Minneapolis, Minn.

Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair scored her fourth goal of the NWSL season, in a losing effort against the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday.