EASTBOURNE, England--Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova continued her sizzling streak on grass with a 7-5 6-3 defeat of Kateryna Bondarenko in her opening match at the Eastbourne championships on Tuesday.
SAMARA, Russia- - Uruguay burnished their World Cup credentials with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Russia on Monday, finishing top of Group A with a perfect record while dampening the hopes of the tournament hosts, who had to settle for second.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia- - Harry Kane struck a hat-trick as England's young and free-flowing team banished the ghost of past failures with a record 6-1 thrashing of feeble Panama on Sunday that eased them into the last 16.
DETROIT--Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking home run in the top of the ninth, and the visiting Oakland Athletics rallied from a late three-run deficit to defeat the slumping Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Monday afternoon.
LE CASTELLET, France- - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton steered clear of chaos on the opening lap to win the first French Grand Prix in a decade on Sunday and retake the overall lead from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
