AUTO RACING

OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY: Scott Farrington won the Super Late Model feature Saturday, passing reigning series champ TJ Brackett midway through the race and running away for the victory.

Other feature winners were: Zach Emerson (Street Stock); Jacob Hall (Bandit); Hal Clark (Late Model & Modified); and Bobby Guyon (Outlaws).

BEECH RIDGE: Trevor Sanborn won the Pro Series 50-lap feature Saturday, taking the lead on Lap 9 and cruising to the checkered flag.

Also Saturday, Craig Smith won the Sport Series race and Travis Lovejoy captured the Wildcat feature.

INDYCAR: Josef Newgarden took the lead on the 72nd lap and held on to capture the Honda Indy Toronto. It was the second win of the season for the 24-year-old Newgarden.

Teammate Luca Filippi was second, 1.4 seconds behind.

BASEBALL

TWILIGHT LEAGUE: Aero Heating and Ventilation (3-1) scored five runs in the fifth inning to earn a 5-2 win over Lenders Network (3-1) in Cumberland.

Aero took advantage of a pair of Lenders errors, coming out on top despite being held to four singles.

Forrest Chadwick had a double and a single for Lenders.

• Justin Fortier had two hits and recorded the save as The Edge Academy defeated Patriot Insurance 3-1.

Niko Ruiz hit a home run for Patriot Insurance.

College World Series: TCU’s Preston Morrison limited LSU to five hits and a run in seven innings in a 10-3 victory.

TENNIS

Nadal wins first title on grass court since 2010

Rafael Nadal defeated Viktor Troicki 7-6 (3), 6-3 Sunday in Stuttgart, Germany, to win the Mercedes Cup for the third time and claim his first title on grass since Wimbledon in 2010.

The top-seeded Spaniard, who had no aces in his semifinal win over Gael Monfils, ended the first set tiebreaker with an ace – his ninth. Nadal saved the only break point he faced.

TOPSHELF OPEN: Frenchman Nicolas Mahut won his third career title, beating second-seeded David Goffin 7-6 (1), 6-1 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, and fifth-seeded Camila Giorgi of Italy won the women’s final.

SOCCER

UNDER-20 WORLD CUP: Serbia beat the United States 6-5 on penalties in Auckland, New Zealand, highlighting the value of a strong defensive combination as it reached the semifinals for the first time.

The teams needed 18 penalties to decide a victor after the game finished 0-0 after extra time, and end Serbia finally advanced after a marathon shootout.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Abby Bishop scored 13 of her career-high 18 points in the second half and Seattle rallied to beat Los Angeles 60-54 in Los Angeles.

• Skylar Diggins scored 21 points to lead Tulsa over host San Antonio, 73-62.

•Elena Delle Donne scored 24 points – her lowest output of the season – and grabbed nine rebounds, and Chicago dominated Indiana 98-72 in Indianapolis.

•Kelsey Bone and Shekinna Stricklen each scored 18 points to lead Connecticut over Atlanta 82-64 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

•DeWanna Bonner scored 22 points and Phoenix extended its home winning streak to 22 games with an 81-66 victory over Minnesota in Phoenix.

• Ivory Latta scored 20 points, Stefanie Dolson added 15 and Washington beat host New York, 74-59.

– From staff and news services

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