Costa Rica Tops Japan After suffering a 7-0 loss Wednesday in its World Cup Opener against Spain, Costa Rica bounced back with a 1-nil victory over Japan Sunday at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar. In the 81st minute, Costa Rican defender Keysher Fuller lofted a left-footed shot just past …

Trailing 1-nil in the 75th minute Wednesday at Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar, Japan forward Ritsu Doan — who substituted into the game just four minutes prior —hammered a rebound goal past Germany keeper Manuel Neuer to even the match. https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1595426575708786690?s=20&t=B29apktf9LJ_itOsrYvC1A Eight minutes later, Japan forward Takuma Asano scored a top-corner …

After suffering its first loss this season Wednesday in Tallahassee, Florida women’s basketball will look to bounce back at home Friday against Bethune-Cookman. Correa’s Hot Start Through the first three games, senior guard Leilani Correa leads the Gators with 19 points per game. The St. John’s transfer is shooting 40% …

Following Friday’s 88-78 home win over Kennesaw State, Florida improved to 2-0 under first-year head coach Todd Golden. The Gators will return to the O’Connell Center Monday night to face the FAU Owls. Golden called Florida forward Colin Castleton “really efficient” following the fifth-year senior’s career-high, 33-point performance Friday. “We …

Down by seven to Alabama in overtime last Saturday at Tiger Stadium, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels ran a read option and scored a 25-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to one point. First-year LSU head coach Brian Kelly kept his offense on the field as Daniels managed to convert a …

With just one matchday remaining in Champions League group play, 12 soccer clubs clinched their path to the knockout round. The remaining four spots in the knockout stage are still up for grabs. Five squads — Napoli, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica — all won or drew their fifth match …

After trailing by three points at halftime Saturday at Tiger Stadium, LSU scored four unanswered touchdowns in the second half to defeat Ole Miss, 45-20. This week, the Tigers are on a bye week before taking on Alabama Nov. 5. LSU Tigers Tame Rebels Junior LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels threw …

The Orlando Magic will open their 2022-23 season Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit against the Pistons. Orlando finished 22-60 last season — last place in the Eastern Conference — and the Pistons finished second-to-last in the standings just one game ahead of the Magic. In four meetings last …

Up 3-1 in the 68th minute Wednesday at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Liverpool substituted forward Mohamed Salah into the match. Within eight minutes, the Egyptian star beat Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor to extend Liverpool’s lead. Just over six minutes later, Salah scored two more quick goals to record the …

After Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League loss to FC Porto, Bayer Leverkusen sacked manager Gerardo Seoane. https://twitter.com/bayer04_en/status/1577705540586807297?s=20&t=Nx8z-JwDbtQ31DZUAs_5-Q Leverkusen is off to a 1-0-2 start in Champions League — third in Group B — and the German club finds itself in The Bundesliga’s relegation zone following a 1-2-5 start to the season. Leverkusen hired …