ULTIMATE
Three Mainers helped U.S. teams win gold medals at the Ultimate U-24 World Championships in Nottingham, England.
Calvin Stoughton of Cape Elizabeth scored twice in a 15-9 victory over Belgium in the Open division championship match Saturday. Nate Buchholz of Norway did not factor in the scoring Saturday, but he had two goals and two assists for the U.S. Open division squad during the weeklong tournament.
Cole Moore of Cumberland scored two goals and had an assist as the U.S. defeated Singapore, 15-5, in the Mixed division title match Saturday.
All three U.S. teams, Open, Mixed and Women’s, went undefeated en route to the gold medal.
FOOTBALL
MAINE MAYHEM: A fourth-quarter comeback fell short as the Maine Mayhem lost 14-8 to the West Palm Beach Coyotes in a Women’s Football Alliance Division 3 conference final in Boynton Beach, Florida.
The Mayhem fell behind 14-0 before scoring their only touchdown with 7:41 remaining. They drove inside the Coyotes’ 25 on their next drive before getting stopped on downs.
BASKETBALL
PEACH JAM: Cooper Flagg recorded 34 points, 20 rebounds, 10 blocked shots and five assists, and Maine United advanced to the Peach Jam U16 championship game with a 70-57 victory over Team Griffin on Saturday afternoon in North Augusta, South Carolina.
Ace Flagg added 17 points for Maine, which will play for the title Sunday against Nightrydas Elite, which features the twin sons of former NBA player Carlos Boozer.
Earlier Saturday, Maine rallied for a 67-65 double overtime victory over NH Lightning in the quarterfinals. Cooper Flagg finished with 37 points, 12 rebounds, 10 blocks and six assists, and Teigan Pelletier chipped in with 11 points.
NBA: Gregg Popovich, the NBA’s all-time winningest coach, has signed a five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team, the Spurs announced.
WNBA: A’ja Wilson took her Las Vegas Aces teammates, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young, with her first two picks in the WNBA All-Star draft and drafted Kelsey Plum as her top reserve choice, keeping all four Aces players together for the game that will be played in Las Vegas next Saturday.
Breanna Stewart also drafted two teammates, taking New York’s starting backcourt of Courtney Vandersloot and Sabrina Ionescu with her top two choices in the reserve draft. She made Brittney Griner the overall No. 1 pick.
• Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the visiting Seattle Storm, 80-76.
BASEBALL
NECBL: Jeremiah Jenkins hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Devin Russell smacked two solo home runs, and Matthew Polk drove in three runs as the Sanford Mainers earned an 11-6 win over the Keene Swamp Bats in Keene, New Hampshire.
Sanford finished with 14 hits, including three by Kevin Skagerlind.
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE: Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France.
Competing in his final season, the most successful sprinter in Tour history crashed out during the eighth stage on Saturday. His team said he broke his right collarbone and will need surgery.
Cavendish, 38, equaled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins during the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success, but was not selected last year.
Former world champion Mads Pedersen claimed a second career stage win with a big burst of power to win a 125-mile mass sprint from Libourne to Limoges in central France.
AUTO RACING
FORMULA ONE: Max Verstappen shrugged off an unusual low-speed crash in the pits to qualify in pole position for the British Grand Prix, while his Red Bull teammate, Sergio Pérez, continued to struggle in qualifying with 16th place.
McLaren was the star of qualifying, with Lando Norris second and rookie Oscar Piastri third. Norris was on top of the standings in the final seconds before Verstappen went even faster to take back the top spot by .241 seconds.
SOCCER
U.S. WOMEN: Megan Rapinoe announced that her fourth World Cup that begins later this month will be her last, and she’ll officially retire with the OL Reign at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season.
Rapinoe, 38, is one of only seven players in the history of the U.S. women’s team with more than 50 goals and 50 assists. She has played her entire 11-year NWSL career for the Reign and has the sixth most goals in league history with 48.
ENGLAND: Veteran goalkeeper David de Gea has announced he is leaving Manchester United as a free agent after 12 seasons.
The 32-year-old’s contract expired at the end of June, with no new deal agreed despite talks that took place throughout the 2022-23 season.
EURO U-21s: England won the European Under-21 Championship for the first time in 39 years when James Trafford saved a stoppage-time penalty to preserve a 1-0 win over Spain in Batumi, Georgia.
Curtis Jones scored in first-half stoppage time when he deflected Cole Palmer’s free kick past keeper Arnau Tenas.
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