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#Breaking A Senior Women's Soccer League As the women's World Cup continues in France, there's another group of tough athletes taking the field in the San Diego area. Many are age 70 and older. Don't even think about telling them to sit. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Boston's Suffolk Downs Holds Its Last Live Horse Races Boston's Suffolk Downs racetrack, once a hugely popular venue for a nationally beloved sport, is marking the end of an era as it hosts its last live horse race ever. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Women's World Cup, Wimbledon The Women's World Cup is underway, while top tennis players are about to meet at Wimbledon. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Advances At Women's World Cup The U.S. has advanced to the semifinals of the Women's World Cup after a thrilling 2-1 victory over host country France. It was the most anticipated game of the tournament so far. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women Defeat France In Hard-Fought Quarterfinal Victory In one of the most highly-anticipated games at the Women's World Cup: top-ranked and defending champion United States defeated France in the quarterfinals. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Wins Again At Women's World Cup, Defeating Host France Epic. Intense. Pressure-packed. Match of the tournament. The U.S. got the scoring started early, and the game lived up to the hype. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Toronto Removed Basketball Hoops From Parks Every Day. Then A Tweet Called It Out For years, city workers removed the rims each evening from some Toronto parks in response to noise complaints from neighbors. Then a video made the basketball-mad city change its mind. Read more on NPR

#Breaking A Dream Women's World Cup Match: U.S. Meets France The USWNT takes on France in a World Cup quarterfinal matchup that had been hoped for for months. The winner advances to a semifinal match-up against England. Read more on NPR

#Breaking World Cup's Video-Assisted Referee System Receives Praise, Criticism The Women's World Cup in France has been attracting worldwide attention. The tournament has also been spurring controversy over how the referees are using video to review crucial plays. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women's World Cup Supporters Become A Sensation Of Their Own In France A mass of fervent, dedicated U.S. soccer fans has taken France by storm, inspiring the more lackluster "Les Bleues" supporters, and forcing small, World Cup towns to up their game. Read more on NPR

#Breaking With An All-Female Crew, 'Maiden' Sailed Around The World And Into History A new film tells the story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race: "Guys used to say to us with absolute certainty, 'You're going to die,'" says sailor Tracy Edwards. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Trump Orders Rule Allowing Military Academy Grads To Defer Service To Play Pro Sports Under Department of Defense policy established in 2017, those enrolled in military academies couldn't play sports before serving at least two years in the armed forces. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Testosterone On The Track Who — and what — should decide what’s fair when it comes to biology and gender identity in sports? Read more on NPR

#Breaking World Cup: U.S. Beats Spain 2-1 To Face France In Quarterfinals The U.S. women's soccer team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup after a thrilling game against Spain. The U.S. on Friday will play France, which is hosting the tournament. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Italy Will Host The 2026 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games A joint bid by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo aces out the runner-up Stockholm, Sweden. Italy hosted the Winter Games in 2006 in Turin. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Peak Performance: Inside The World Of Super Athletes What does it mean to push the human body to the limit? Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Battles To Beat Spain At Women's World Cup It wasn't easy, pretty or elegant, but the American team will advance to play host France on Friday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Win Or Go Home: U.S. Takes On Spain In Women's World Cup The United States opens its Round of 16 in the Women's World Cup with a game against Spain. It's only the second time the two teams have ever met. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Team USA Readies For Knockout Round At Women's World Cup The Women's World Cup has entered the elimination quick-fire Round of 16. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Roger Bennett of the Men in Blazers about Team USA's performance so far. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Cuban Baseball Players Deal With Dashed Hopes After the U.S. canceled the deal between Cuba and Major League Baseball, many players in Cuba are left with few options for their future. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: NBA Draft, Wimbledon Even though the NBA is in its off-season, the draft this week drew a lot of attention. Plus, Wimbledon is coming up! Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 3x3 Basketball World Cup NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kareem Maddox, who is competing in the 3x3 World Cup in Amsterdam. The relatively recent competitive sport is also now set to debut at the 2020 Olympics. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Move Over, Goat Yoga. Alaskans Now Have Reindeer Yoga A ranch in Fairbanks, Alaska offers yoga classes with reindeer. An owner says the animals are particularly well-suited to it because they are twisty creatures. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Sweet Win Over Sweden; U.S. Women's Soccer Team Rolls Through World Cup Both the U.S. and Sweden had already advanced to the knockout round regardless of what happened on the field today. But this match was about bragging rights. Read more on NPR

#Breaking David Ortiz Shooting Is A Case Of Mistaken Identity, Dominican Officials Say Officials say a poorly lit photograph led to a mix-up, resulting in the former Red Sox slugger getting shot instead of a friend who was the intended target. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women's World Cup: USA Takes On Sweden In A Game That Means Little – And Everything Sweden dealt the U.S. a painful loss at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The U.S. squad has spent the past three years working on new strategies to win this time. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 103-Year-Old Sprinter Sets Senior World Record In New Mexico Baton Rouge native Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins set a world record in the 50-meter dash while competing in the National Senior Games. She started running when she was 101. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Congress Demands Greater Oversight Over U.S. Olympic Committee The U.S. Olympic Committee is dealing with renewed calls to revamp itself after sexual abuse scandals and that it hasn't done enough to protect young athletes. Congress is increasing pressure as well. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women To Take On Their Biggest Opponent Yet With Game Against Sweden The biggest test for the U.S. Women's National Team at the Women's World Cup comes Thursday when the U.S. takes on Sweden. It's been a busy week with many notable performances. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Finding Equal Footing On And Off The Soccer Field The U.S. Women's National Team's fight for equal pay and treatment is just the latest chapter in a long history of women footballers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Michel Platini, Europe's Former Soccer Boss, Is Arrested As Part Of Qatar Inquiry Just four years ago, Platini was the powerful head of Europe's football association and was seen as the heir apparent to Sepp Blatter. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Soccer Team Advances At Women's World Cup In France The U.S. Women's National Team has advanced at the Women's World Cup after defeating Chile 3-0 Sunday. There's still one more game in group play and it's an important one to the U.S. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Sports Analyst: NBA Reliance On Analytics Hurts Diversity Hiring NPR's Michel Martin speaks with ESPN analyst Jalen Rose about why he thinks advanced analytics is hindering diversity hiring in the NBA. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Continues Dominance In Women's World Cup With 3-0 Win Over Chile They won before a sell-out crowd in Paris on Sunday. It was a gem of a game for the team, which controlled play from the beginning with crisp and precise passes. The win assures the U.S. will advance. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women's World Cup: Team USA To Bring All They Have Against Chile They play their second match of the Cup Sunday. "You put yourself in the best position to advance in this tournament," Coach Jill Ellis said when asked if she'd tell her team to play less than 100%. Read more on NPR

#Breaking New U.S. Players Poised To Make Big Impact In World Cup Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan and Mallory Pugh are the new faces of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. Who they are tells us about how the career paths of elite women footballers have changed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Ethical Question Of Running Up The Score The U.S. Women's soccer team beat Thailand 13-0 on Tuesday, sparking an ethics debate over running up the score against a weaker opponent. NPR's Michel Martin talks to sports ethicist Shawn Klein. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz Soccer Star Kristine Lilly On Cups That Aren't The World Cup Over the course of more than 20 years, Lilly played in five World Cup finals and three Olympics. She holds the record for the most international appearances in the sport's history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Women's World Cup, U.S. Open The Women's World Cup is under way, with exciting matches and some controversy as well. Read more on NPR

#Breaking In India And Pakistan, Cricket Fans Are Gearing Up For Their Favorite World Cup Match India and Pakistan went to the brink of war in February. But Sunday's match "should create love and affection," says a Pakistani fan. "We should compete, but compete for the betterment of society." Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women's World Cup: First Week Brings Big Wins, Gorgeous Goals — And Some Controversy A U.S. squad that just might be the best ever is already making history. Italy is doing better than expected, while Brazil and Australia have had rockier paths. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Toronto Raptors Win First NBA Championship The Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship Thursday night, beating the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Toronto Raptors Clinch Their First NBA Title, Denying Warriors A 3-Peat In Game 6 at the Warriors' Oracle Arena in Oakland, the Raptors pulled out a 114-110 win in a heart-stopping game that is destined to become an NBA classic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Masai Ujiri's Remarkable Journey To The NBA NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with The Undefeated's William C. Rhoden about Toronto Raptors' General Manager Masai Ujiri's unlikely path to the NBA and his charity work in Africa. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 11-Year-Old Superfan Laila Anderson Celebrates Stanley Cup Win With The St. Louis Blues Laila Anderson, 11, is a big fan of the St. Louis Blues. The team won its first Stanley Cup Wednesday and flew Anderson, who has a life-threatening autoimmune disease, to see the game in Boston. Read more on NPR

#Breaking What Makes The U.S. Open The Most Accessible Of Golf's Major Tournaments The U.S. Open is considered the toughest test in golf, but it's also the most accessible major championship. You don't have to be a star. Those who qualify have the same chance to win as Tiger Woods. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Chris Froome's 6-Hour Surgery 'A Success,' Team Says; Cyclist Crashed At 34 MPH "First things first, the surgery was a success," Team INEOS doctor Richard Usher said, one day after Chris Froome, the four-time Tour de France winner, suffered multiple fractures. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Raptors Face Off In Oakland Against Warriors In NBA Finals Game 6 Thursday night's Game 6 of the NBA finals moves to Oakland, Calif. — home to defending champions the Golden State Warriors. The Toronto Raptors are looking to win their first championship. Read more on NPR

#Breaking St. Louis Blues Win Their First Stanley Cup Over Boston's Bruins The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Boston to claim their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. Ryan O'Reilly was named Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 6 Suspects Detained In Shooting Of Former Baseball Star David Ortiz Dominican Republic authorities say security video footage indicates a plot to kill the popular retired slugger. Ortiz is reported to be recuperating in a Boston hospital where he was flown. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Spain's Soccer League Fined For Using App To Spy On Fans In Fight To Curb Piracy The country's data protection agency said the La Liga's popular app was systematically accessing the phone's microphone and geolocation data to find out which bars were showing unlicensed matches. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Bruins And Blues Have Just One Game To Decide Who Lifts Lord Stanley's Cup Each team has played more than 100 games. Yet it all comes down to Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. The rubber match caps perhaps the most surprising NHL postseason in recent memory. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Trump Will Play Ball With MLB On Cuban Players If League Helps With Venezuela The White House tells NPR it is willing to talk with MLB about letting Cuban players play in the U.S. without defecting, but the administration wants the league's help with the crisis in Venezuela. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Sailing Coach Will Be First Person Sentenced In College Admissions Scandal Federal prosecutors want a former Stanford sailing coach to get 13 months in prison, when he becomes be the first to be sentenced in the college admissions scam on Wednesday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Defeats Thailand 13-0 To Begin Defense Of 2015 Women's World Cup Title The U.S. Women's National Team began defense of its 2015 Women's World Cup title Tuesday with a game against Thailand. It's the first of three matches for the U.S. in the tournament's opening round. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women's Soccer Sets 13-0 FIFA Record In First Game, Beating Thailand No World Cup team, men or women, had ever scored 13 goals before. Alex Morgan of the U.S. scored five. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women's World Cup: U.S. Is 'Ready, Excited, Hungry' As It Takes On Thailand The U.S. enters its first game armed with enormous talent, deep experience — and high expectations. The team is prepared for a long tournament run but staying focused on the opponent in front of them. Read more on NPR

#Breaking From Drought to 'Title-Town': Why Boston Fans Remain Insatiable The Boston Bruins hope to add yet another championship to Boston's collection when they take on the St. Louis Blues in Wednesday's Stanley Cup Final. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Santa Anita Park Resists Call To Suspend Racing After 2 More Horses Die The weekend deaths of the two horses brings the number of animals that have died at the track since December to 29. But the California park says it will remain open until racing season ends June 23. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Ex-Red Sox Star David Ortiz In Stable Condition After Shooting In Dominican Republic The shooting occurred late Sunday when a motorcycle-riding gunman approached shot Ortiz from behind at a Santo Domingo bar. Read more on NPR

#Breaking For U.S. Women's Soccer, Winning The Game Isn't The Toughest Fight The U.S. national team is favored to win this year's Women's World Cup in France. But back home, they're fighting a legal battle over gender discrimination. NPR speaks with journalist Caitlin Murray. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Toronto Raptors, Women's World Cup The NBA and NHL are in the middle of finals, while the Women's World Cup begins. NPR's Scott Simon talks to ESPN's Howard Bryant. Read more on NPR

#Breaking How Kentucky Keeps Horse Racing Deaths Secret When a thoroughbred dies on a Kentucky racetrack, it's almost impossible to learn the circumstances of the death because the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission keeps the information largely secret. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Jamaica's 'Reggae Girls' Are The Unlikeliest Team Of The Women's World Cup The Jamaican women's national soccer team are the first from the Caribbean to ever make it to the Women's World Cup. Grit, luck and a little help from a reggae star helped them get there. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women's Quest To Defend World Cup Title Is Only 1 Of The Team's Goals The Women's World Cup kicks off June 7 in Paris. The U.S. is once again the favorite and looking to defend its title from four years ago — even as the team sues U.S. Soccer for gender discrimination. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 2019 Women's World Cup Preview: What You Need To Know The action kicks off today in Paris. The U.S. is once again ranked No. 1 in the world — but any number of teams could bring home the prize. Here's your essential guide to the tournament. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women's Soccer Struggles For Recognition In France France hosts the month-long FIFA Women's World Cup starting Friday. While women's soccer is well entrenched in the U.S., in France, women's soccer is struggling to be taken seriously. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Roger Federer And Rafael Nadal Set To Reignite Their Rivalry At French Open Semifinal NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renewing their rivalry at the French Open. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Boston Vies For 3rd Major Sports Title In A Year As Bruins Compete For Stanley Cup The Boston Bruins are in the Stanley Cup finals. If they win, it would be the third major sports championship for the city of Boston in a year's time. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Louisville's International Airport Renamed After Muhammad Ali Louisville's international airport officially has a new name after hometown boxing hero Muhammad Ali. The Muslim community is celebrating the switch and symbolism behind it. Read more on NPR

#Breaking There Aren't Enough Golfers To Keep All Of The U.S. Courses In Business An estimated 800 golf courses have closed in the last decade, freeing up vast swaths of green space and a new "golf course gold rush" for developers and loss of public courses for golfers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Commentator Is Still Outraged After 1970's Blues-Bruins NHL Finals The Boston Bruins and the Saint Louis Blues are tied at two wins apiece in the Stanley Cup final. Commentator Mike Pesca remembers the first time the two teams met in the NHL finals. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Boxing's 'Little Fat Boy' Continues To Wow The World Andy Ruiz Jr. surprised the boxing world by beating Anthony Joshua to become the heavyweight champion. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Andy Ruiz Jr. Defeats Anthony Joshua To Become Heavyweight World Champion NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Roberto Andrade Franco about Andy Ruiz Jr. becoming the first heavyweight boxing champ of Mexican descent after one of the sport's biggest upsets. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Caster Semenya Hopes to 'Run Free' Again After Swiss Supreme Court Offers A Reprieve "I hope that following my appeal I will once again be able to run free," the Olympic champion athlete said Monday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Qualified' Documents Indy 500 Trailblazer Janet Guthrie's Roadblocks In Male-Dominated Sport Retired race car driver Janet Guthrie was the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Guthrie and filmmaker Jenna Ricker about the new documentary, Qualified. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: NBA Finals, French Open The NBA Finals have had a surprising start, there are calls for safety nets at MLB games, and the French Open continues. Read more on NPR