Boston extends its surge with a 13-1 rout of Oakland for a ninth straight win. Payton Tolle drives the result with 14 strikeouts in a commanding start, while the Red Sox lineup gives him early support and keeps scoring throughout a one-sided game that underscores the club’s current momentum.

Denver defensive lineman Matt Henningsen says he has torn his Achilles tendon, an injury expected to end his season. The setback comes a year after a previous serious injury and leaves the Broncos without a rotational presence on the defensive front before the campaign fully gets underway.

Manchester City agrees a deal to bring goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli back from Marseille. The move, valued at about €2 million, returns the Argentine to a club where he previously had a brief spell in 2016 and adds experienced depth to City’s goalkeeping options.

Paris stages its first high-diving event in the Seine, with athletes leaping from a 20-metre platform near the Eiffel Tower. The competition on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim is part of the European Aquatics Championships and serves as a high-profile test of the city’s reclaimed river as a sporting venue.

Chase Utley becomes the 51st member of the Philadelphia Phillies’ Wall of Fame. The honor recognizes a standout career in Philadelphia, including his central role at second base on the team that won the 2008 World Series and became one of the defining clubs of that era.

India’s Ashish Yadav wins silver in the men’s javelin at the World Athletics U20 Championships with a throw of 74.09 metres. The result ends India’s medal drought in the event since Neeraj Chopra’s junior gold in 2016, while compatriot T. Dharanidharan finishes sixth and South Africa’s Jan-Hendrik Heymans takes gold.