On the heels of perhaps his finest MLB start to date, Paul Skenes has been bestowed a rare honor: the Pirates right-hander was named the National League’s starting pitcher for the 2024 All-Star Game on Tuesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

LONDON — Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic produced some of his best tennis to outclass Italian 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4 on Friday and reach a 10th Wimbledon final, where he will meet holder Carlos Alcaraz in a mouth-watering 2023 rematch.

Team USA has assembled another Dream Team roster headlined by LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. On paper, this team has more talent than any roster in the Olympics, but sometimes that doesn’t mean anything.

LOS ANGELES — Harrison Butker was not one of the winners Thursday night at the 2024 ESPY Awards.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Uruguayan soccer players climbed into the Bank of America stands after their defeat in a Copa America semifinal Wednesday night, with several of them exchanging punches with Colombian fans.

Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL plan a renewed fight in a court ruling over the league Sunday Ticket plan that could result in a damages toll over $14 billion.

LAS VEGAS — Team USA star forward Kawhi Leonard, who has been battling chronic knee soreness and inflammation for months, will not play for the U.S. in the Paris Olympics, USA Basketball announced Wednesday.

LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova produced a comeback full of steel and resilience to reach her first Wimbledon final, showing unbendable resistance in the face of an attacking barrage from Elena Rybakina to triumph 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Thursday.

The deadline before the deadline is Sunday at 5 p.m. ET, two hours before the start of the amateur draft.

DORTMUND — Substitute Ollie Watkins scored a stoppage-time winner to send England through to their second successive European Championship final on Wednesday as they finally turned on the style to beat Netherlands 2-1 on a memorable night in Dortmund.

Taylor Fritz is the last American to leave the All England Club. The No 12 seed went down to Italy’s No 25 seed, with Lorenzo Musetti winning 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in three hours and 27 minutes, turning on the style in the fifth set.

One of the biggest kickboxing events in all of Hawaii will take place this weekend on the east side.

Serving for the second set against Lulu Sun, Donna Vekic double faulted five times — the joint-second highest number in a game in Wimbledon history. It was an incredible implosion, or at least it would have been had we not seen these kind of struggles with Vekic before. She went through an excruciating defeat from an advantageous position against Serbian Olga Danilovic at the French Open.

On a dramatic night at Euro 2024, Kylian Mbappe discarded his mask and set up an early (and rare) France goal, only for record-breaking 16-year-old Lamine Yamal to inspire Spain to a comeback victory that took them into Sunday’s final.

With Campbell’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele deciding to orally commit to California on Monday, the state’s No. 1 prospect in the class of 2025 from Hawaii is set to make history.

Many people’s introduction to University of Hawaii alumnus Taylor Averill will take place in Paris, the picturesque site for his Summer Olympics debut with the U.S. men’s volleyball national team.