L.A. Times - Sports

The U.S. soccer team showed it still can't punch past top World Cup talent during an ugly knockout loss to Belgium, but it hopes it helped grow the game.

A Paraguayan senator wants an apology from French star Kylian Mbappé for his response to her racist attack following Paraguay's 1-0 World Cup loss to France.

The last thing the U.S. needed before its lackluster performance in a 4-1 loss to Belgium at the World Cup was President Trump getting involved.

Dalton Rushing caps his three-hit performance against the Colorado Rockies with a walk-off single in the 11th inning of the Dodgers' 8-7 win.

The Sparks have no answer for Storm rookie Flau'jae Johnson, who scores 23 points in Seattle's victory.

After three weeks of goals, wins and buzz, the U.S. saw its dreams of a long World Cup run on home soil unmercifully crushed in a 4-1 loss to Belgium.

Lakers second-year forward Adou Thiero missed the California Classic summer league finale Monday with a right wrist injury.

French star Kylian Mbappé blasted Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla on X, accusing her of 'brazen racism' after Paraguay's 1-0 World Cup knockout loss to France.

The Manhattan Beach Volleyball Club's under-18 team, coached by Davis and Parker Boehle, took the Open Division title at the national junior championships.

Former NFL Pro Bowl selection Marcellus Wiley has been released on bond after his July 4 arrest on suspicion of domestic battery. He told authorities that "no violence had occurred."

Longtime Crenshaw football coach Robert Garrett says he was reassigned to a middle school after seven months under administrative leave.

It was yet another early exit for a team that has never made it to the World Cup semifinals — but no wanted to dwell on defeat, because no one felt defeated.

Rui Hachimura played at a high level for the Lakers in the playoffs, averaging 17.5 points per game in 10 postseason games, the third-highest average on the team.

New Lakers center Walker Kessler proposed to his girlfriend, 2025 Miss America Abbie Stockard, on a Fourth of July outing. She said yes.