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Ajax’s game abandoned after smoke bombs thrown onto pitch in Dutch soccer league

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

GRONINGEN, Netherlands (AP) — Ajax’s game at relegated Groningen was abandoned after smoke bombs were thrown onto the field on Sunday.Groningen was relegated last weekend after drawing 1-1 with the Go Ahead Eagles, ending a 23-year stay in the top-tier Eredivisie.Just minutes after Sunday’s game began, fans started to throw fireworks onto the pitch, leading to the referee halting the match and players being taken off the field for about 15 minutes.The game restarted but was soon abandoned after fireworks continued to be thrown.Ajax players later went out to applaud the away supporters, with the club fourth in the standings as Feyenoord wrapped up the title on Sunday.Last month, former Everton midfielder Davy Klaassen was hit on the head by an object thrown from the crowd during the Dutch Cup semifinal game between Ajax and Feyenoord.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

García slam, 5 RBIs lead Rangers to 11-3 win, dropping A’s to 9-33

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Adolis García doubled to start an eight-run eighth inning capped by his second grand slam this season, and the Texas Rangers routed Oakland 11-3 on Sunday to take three of four from the Athletics.García had three hits and five RBIs. He has 10 homers and leads the major leagues with 42 RBIs.“We’ve had some tough games get away from us but today guys were determined to find a way to get it done,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “If we play our game we’re a tough team to beat.”It was the majors-leading 10th time this season that Texas has scored 10 or more runs — no other team has done it more than seven times.Oakland dropped to a major league-worst 9-33 and is on pace finish 35-127, which would be the most losses in the major leagues since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders went 20-134. The A’s have allowed 316 runs, 71 more than any other team.The game drew 7,793 to the Coliseum, the finale of a four-game series that totaled 25,547. The A’s have drawn under 10,...

Ko wins Founders Cup for third time in five years, beating Minjee Lee in playoff

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Jin Young Ko overcam a four-shot deficit to win the Founders Cup for the third time in five years, getting the victory on the first playoff hole Sunday when defending champion Minjee Lee three-putted for bogey.In winning for the 15th time on the LPGA Tour and the second time this year, Ko shot a final round-best 5-under 67 in tough, windy conditions. The 27-year-old South Korean forced the playoff making a clutch downhill birdie from roughly 15 feet on No. 18 to tie for the lead.Ko joins Lilia Vu as the only players with multiple wins on tour this year, earning $450,000 from the $3 million purse.The players went back to the par 4 No. 18 at the Upper Montclair Country Club for the playoff. Both players hit the green with their second shots with Lee being about 15 feet away and closer than Ko, who had a winding putt from right to left.Ko snuggled her birdie attempt to tap-in range and Lee went for the win, but putted it six feet past the hole, missing the par save...

MATCHDAY: Relegation-threatened Leicester faces tough test against Liverpool

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday:ENGLANDLeicester can climb out of the relegation zone with a win against Liverpool on Monday. The Foxes are running out of time in their bid to avoid the drop, with just three more games to play this season. A win would see Leicester climb above Leeds and Everton up to 17th in the Premier League. Liverpool, meanwhile, is hoping to keep the pressure on Manchester United and Newcastle in its bid to qualify for the Champions League. The Merseyside club is in fifth place, four points adrift of the top four.SPAINReal Betis hosts Rayo Vallecano and is bidding to strengthen its hold on one of the European places in the Spanish league. Betis is in sixth place, four points ahead of seventh-place Girona. Manuel Pellegrini’s team, which has won only once in its last four matches, is five points from fifth-place Villarreal. Its gap to fourth-place Real Sociedad, which currently has the final Champions League spot, is at 10 points. Ra...

Chaos at Coors Field: Phillies' Harper, Rockies' Bird get tossed

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper was ejected for charging Colorado's dugout, and Kyle Freeland dominated for six innings on his 30th birthday in the Rockies' 4-0 win Sunday.Harper appeared to respond to Colorado reliever Jake Bird, who clapped a hand against his glove and said something toward the Philadelphia dugout after the last out of the top of the seventh.“I get emotional," Harper said. "I understand getting fired up for an inning and stuff like that, but once you make it about a team or make it about yourself and the other team, that’s when I’ve kind of got a problem with it.” Rockies pitcher has skull fracture, concussion after taking line drive to the head Harper was initially restrained by Rockies catcher Elias Díaz, then Phillies third base coach Dusty Wathan prevented the two-time NL MVP from entering a group of players and coaches gathered near the first-base line.“It could be," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said when asked whether Harper's reactio...

SUV passenger killed, woman and 2 children hospitalized after wrong-way wreck in Lauderhill

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

A man was killed, and a mother and her two children were rushed to the hospital after a rollover crash in Lauderhill involving a wrong-way driver.Lauderhill Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the Mother’s Day wreck in the area of Northwest 36th Avenue and West Broward Boulevard, at around 5:45 p.m., Sunday.According to detectives, a man who was behind the wheel of a GMC SUV was traveling northbound on the southbound lanes of Northwest 36th Avenue and was crossing Broward Boulevard when he collided with a black Mustang convertible.The impact caused the SUV to flip over. Police said the passenger of the GMC was ejected.Paramedics rushed the passenger to Broward Health Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.Inside the Mustang, investigators said, was a mother and her two children, aged 1 and 4 years old.Paramedics transported all three of them to BHMC. The mother is listed in serious condition, but the children are expected to be OK.The driver of t...

State police searching for 4-year-old off Castle Island in Boston

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

A massive police presence has gathered in South Boston as state police search the area off Castle Island for a missing 4-year-old boy, officials said.Emergency crews could be seen using flashlights, boats, and a helicopter to search the area for the toddler.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657923502618361859https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657919005569564674This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

NY woman gets life-saving heart transplant surgery in Boston

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

An upstate New York woman whose brother got a heart transplant in Boston three years ago also recent underwent the procedure to treat a familial heart issue called dilated cardiomyopathy, which claimed the life of her father.Erica Raspante recently received a heard transplant in Boston to treat the condition, which causes the heart muscle to thicken and weaken, decreasing its ability to pump blood.For the last 15 years, she’s been in management mode.When she went back for tests at Mass General Hospital in Boston, they told her she needed a new heart immediately.Dr. Greg Lewis, her cardiologist, and Dr. Dave D’Allesandro, her transplant surgeon, got her on the list and using a heart harvest through what’s called “donation after circulatory death” or DCD, saved her life.“The family that chose to donate… whoever’s child, sibling whoever it was… whoever’s heart I got. I’ll never be able to express my gratitude at a second chance at life. I hope they find so...

Driver escapes injury in wild Amherst, NH crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

A driver managed to emerge unscathed from a chaotic crash in Amherst, New Hampshire on Saturday that left a pickup truck sticking upright out of a ditch.Amherst Fire Rescue responded to the crash on Old Manchester Road around 6 a.m.The driver managed to escape the crashed vehicle and refused treatment at the scene.https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=814140206930538&set=a.610405633970664

15-year-old boy struck, seriously injured by vehicle in Middleboro

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:10:21 GMT

An investigation is underway after a 15-year-old boy was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle in Middleboro on Sunday night, officials said.Officers responding to a report of a person struck on East Grove Street in front of Hannaford’s around 7:30 p.m. found the teen injured and assisted in transporting him by medical helicopter to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence for treatment, Police Chief Joseph Perkins and Fire Chief Owen Thompson said in a joint statement.The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and is cooperating with police.The incident remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.