COLLEGES

Kimberly Stiles, who has more than 300 victories during a 14-year college softball coaching career, was hired Tuesday to lead the University of Maine program.

Stiles spent the past three seasons at Holy Cross, guiding the Crusaders to 50 wins in a three-year span for the first time in 25 years. She also had more than 140 wins in five years at Division II University of Charleston, and before that coached Division II Davis & Elkins for six years.

Stiles, a Thurmont, Maryland, native, played one year at Vermont before transferring to Pittsburgh for her final three seasons. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communication and political science from Pittsburgh in 2007, and her master’s in kinesiology and athletic administration from Midwestern State in 2009.

SOCCER

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Spain reached the final with a 2-1 victory over France with 16-year-old Lamine Yamal becoming the youngest-ever scorer at a major tournament.

France took an early lead when Randal Kolo Muani headed in a cross from Kylian Mbappé, who played without a mask, before Yamal’s goal in the 21st minute. Dani Olmo scored what proved to be the winner four minutes later.

CYCLING

TOUR DE FRANCE: Jasper Philipsen prevailed in a thrilling sprint to win a stage at Saint-Amand-Montrond, France, after finishing runner-up twice last week.

The overall leaders stayed the same. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey with the same 33 second-gap on Remco Evenepoel and more than a minute on Jonas Vingegaard, the two-time defending champion.

TRACK AND FIELD

CHAMPION HURT: Shericka Jackson, the world 200-meter champion and Olympic favorite from Jamaica, pulled up with an apparent injury late in a race as part of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix at Tzekesfehervar, Hungary.

Jackson was in front and nearing the finish line when she suddenly shut it down. Jackson appeared to be in discomfort while walking off the track in a race won by Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: Caitlin Clark leads Angel Reese in the race for WNBA Rookie of the Year at the midpoint of the season, according to a national panel of voters The 15-member panel gave the edge to Clark in a 9-5 vote. One person didn’t vote.

RUGBY

PLAYERS CHARGED: Two players for the French national team were arrested in Argentina on sexual assault allegations.

Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou were arrested in Buenos Aires on a request from prosecutors in Mendoza, in the western part of the country, after a formal complaint was filed against them. The complaint said the assault took place at a hotel.

OLYMPICS

TRACK AND FIELD: Athing Mu, who failed to qualify at the U.S. trials to defend her 800-meter title, was not given a spot in the relay pool and will be sidelined for the Paris Games that start later this month.

As expected, Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were on a U.S. roster that boasted more than 100 athletes. The squad includes four reigning Olympic champions in Ryan Crouser (shot put), McLaughlin-Levrone (400-meter hurdles), Katie Moon (pole vault) and Valarie Allman (discus).

CYCLING: Taylor Knibb resigned her position on the U.S. cycling team for the road race at the Paris Olympics and will be replaced by Kristen Faulkner, who already had been picked to compete with the American pursuit squad in the velodrome.

FOOTBALL

NFL: Lawyers for retired quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases.

A federal judge in Mississippi threw out the lawsuit in October, saying Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to the welfare misspending case.

– Staff and news services