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6:17 PM on Saturday, July 4

Canada’s unprecedented run to the World Cup’s round of 16 put the country where hockey is king in the international soccer spotlight

5:34 PM on Saturday, July 4

Hooker Gregor Hiddleston has scored a crucial try on debut as Scotland finished strongly to beat Argentina 47-38 in the first round of rugby’s Nations Championship

5:20 PM on Saturday, July 4

Fireworks crackled and jets roared ahead of the France-Paraguay World Cup game in Philadelphia on Saturday as fans celebrated the double joy of soccer’s biggest tournament on home soil and the 250th anniversary of American independence in the nation’s birthplace

5:19 PM on Saturday, July 4

Josh Bell homered in consecutive at-bats and the Minnesota Twins hit six homers in a game for the first time in nearly three years to pull away for an 11-4 victory over the slumping New York Yankees

5:01 PM on Saturday, July 4

Decades after Norway shocked Brazil at the 1998 World Cup in what is arguably the biggest victory men's soccer in the Scandinavian country’s history, they meet with a spot in the quarterfinals at stake

4:58 PM on Saturday, July 4

That was quite a big brew outside the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers for America’s 250th birthday

4:57 PM on Saturday, July 4

The Houston Astros optioned struggling outfielder Jake Meyers to Triple-A Sugar Land in one of four roster moves made before Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays

4:48 PM on Saturday, July 4

Reed Hoffmann, a freelance photographer for The Associated Press, captures unique moments at the World Cup

4:48 PM on Saturday, July 4

It is shaping up as another duel between Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington for the U.S. Senior Open championship

4:34 PM on Saturday, July 4

The Texas Rangers have swapped right-handed relievers on the 15-day injured list

4:17 PM on Saturday, July 4

Veronica Burton scored 21 points and Gabby Williams had 14 of her 19 points in the second half to help the Golden State Valkyries complete a season sweep of the Atlanta Dream with an 88-83 victory

4:08 PM on Saturday, July 4

Cape Verde’s World Cup team walked into its Miami hotel after getting eliminated from the tournament, almost in disbelief at the scene in the lobby

3:30 PM on Saturday, July 4

A Grand Canyon river rafting guide who aimed to become the first American woman to row across the mid-Pacific solo has completed a record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii

2:35 PM on Saturday, July 4

One of Serena Williams' coaches tells The Associated Press that it took some time for her to settle her nerves in her first singles match in nearly four years

2:27 PM on Saturday, July 4

Braxton Ashcraft won his fourth consecutive start and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1

1:56 PM on Saturday, July 4

South Africa has torn apart England 45-21 after a stunning three-try blastoff in Nations Championship rugby at Ellis Park

12:50 PM on Saturday, July 4

Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis have put on 143 runs for the sixth wicket as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second test

10:02 AM on Saturday, July 4

Jacob Bethell helped England spoil the international debut by teenage India sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with a four-wicket win in the second Twenty20

9:21 AM on Saturday, July 4

Tadej Pogačar started his quest for a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title when cycling’s elite race kicked off in neighboring Spain on Saturday

9:15 AM on Saturday, July 4

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup