CYCLING

American rider Sepp Kuss won the grueling 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, while race leader Tadej Pogacar remained on course for his second overall victory.

Kuss is the first American to win a stage at cycling’s biggest race since Tyler Farrar 10 years ago.

The 26-year-old Colorado native left it late to make his move in the punishing 118-mile ride from Ceret at the foothills of the Pyrenees to the tiny mountain-bound nation of Andorra.

Kuss attacked going up the 1,796-meter Col de Beixalis and maintained his hard-fought advantage over Spanish veteran Alejandro Valverde, who was 23 seconds behind. Dutch rider Wout Poels finished third and took over the polka dot jersey for the best climber.

GIRO d’ITALIA DONNE: Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen solidified her favorite status ahead of the Tokyo Games by winning her fourth Giro d’Italia Donne, finishing safely in the breakaway on the final stage of the prestigious Italian stage race.

Coryn Rivera of the U.S. beat British sprinter Lizzie Deignan to win the 10th stage. Elise Chabbey was third while van der Breggen crossed the line in fourth place with her arms raised to celebrate her dominant performance.

Van der Breggen, the reigning world champion, finished 1 minute, 43 seconds clear of South African teammate Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, who won the previous day’s queen stage to solidify her own Olympic credentials. Demi Vollering, van der Breggen’s teammate on the Dutch squad for Tokyo, finished the race third overall.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Jamahl Mosley has agreed to become the new coach of the Orlando Magic, the team announced, giving the longtime NBA assistant his first chance at running his own club.

Mosley replaces Steve Clifford, who left Orlando by mutual agreement after three seasons and two playoff appearances. He becomes the 14th coach in Magic history – 15th if including Billy Donovan, who was hired by the Magic but never coached a game, instead returning to his job at the time with the Florida Gators.

Mosley, 42, has spent the last 15 years as an assistant in Denver, Cleveland and Dallas. The last seven seasons were with the Mavericks, and his name has been discussed as a candidate in coaching searches for some time.

WNBA: A’ja Wilson had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to help visiting Las Vegas beat Dallas 95-79 in the teams’ final game before the Olympic break.

• Jonquel Jones had 17 points, 17 rebounds and five assists as the visiting Connecticut Sun routed the New York Liberty, 71-54.

• Teaira McCowan had 21 points and 14 rebounds to help the Indiana Fever beat the Atlanta Dream 79-68 in College Park, Georgia.

• Epiphanny Prince scored 15 points, Katie Lou Samuelson matched her career high with 14, and the Seattle Storm beat the visiting Phoenix Mercury, 82-75.

U-19 WORLD CUP: The United States overcame a mammoth performance by 7-foot-2 Victor Wembanyama to beat France 83-81 and win the FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Riga, Latvia.

Wembanyama recorded 22 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks but fouled out with 2:42 to play, and the Americans held on for the victory, led by 16 points apiece from Jaden Ivey of Purdue and Kenneth Lofton Jr. of Louisiana Tech.

Chet Holmgren, a 7-foot-1 incoming freshman at Gonzaga, added 10 points and five assists and was named MVP of the tournament.

BASEBALL

FUTURES GAME: Chicago Cubs prospect Brennen Davis homered twice in the thin air of Coors Field, and Cincinnati’s Jose Barrero, Colorado’s Michael Toglia and the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez also went deep to lead the National League to an 8-3 win over the American League.

The AL had one hit until the last inning of the seven-inning game, when Boston’s Jeter Downs hit a two-run double and Toronto’s Austin Martin followed with an RBI single.

NECBL: The Sanford Mainers (7-15) scored the go-ahead runs in the seventh and got solid pitching from four relievers in a 7-6 win over the North Adams SteepleCats (11-11-2) in a New England Collegiate Baseball League game at Goodall Park in Sanford.

Dayne Leonard tied it at 6 with an RBI triple and scored on a single by Dominic Freeberger.

Jose Rodriguez, Brian Craven, Trevor LaBonte and Gavin Hinchliffe combined to allow three hits in five-plus innings of relief. LaBonte (3-0) was credited with the win and Hinchliffe got the save.

SOCCER

GOLD CUP: Sam Vines scored his first international goal on a header in the eighth minute, and a U.S. team mostly of backup players opened the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti in Kansas City, Kansas.

Shaq Moore’s cross bounced off two Haitans to Gyasi Zardes, who popped up the ball for Vines to head past goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre from 6 yards. Moore was making his sixth international appearance and Vines his fourth.

U.S. Coach Gregg Berhalter picked just four players for his 23-man roster from the group he selected for last month’s Nations League final four, allowing Christian Pulisic, Zack Steffen, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and other regulars to report to European club preseasons.

PORTUGAL: Benfica President Luís Filipe Vieira was placed under house arrest late on Saturday until he pays bail of $3.5 million.

Vieira and three other men are being investigated as part of “Operation Red Card” for possible fraud, money laundering and tax fraud.

Defense lawyer Manuel Silva told reporters that the president of Portugal’s most successful soccer club denies any wrongdoing.

Benfica is not under investigation.

Vieira, 72, has run the club since 2003.

Former star Rui Costa, who was a club vice president, has taken over its management.

TENNIS

HAMBURG EUROPEAN OPEN: Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse won her first title with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic in the final in Hamburg, Germany.

The 23-year-old Ruse is the lowest-ranked WTA winner at No. 198 since No. 299 Margarita Gasparyan won in Tashkent in 2018.

Ruse saved two set points in the first set and came back from trailing 3-0 in the second to beat Petkovic in 2 hours, 12 minutes.

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