Новости за 20.07.2015

WASHINGTON - Kara Lawson scored a season-best 24 points, LaToya Sanders had six of her season-best 17 points in the final 4 minutes and the Washington Mystics rallied to beat the Connecticut Sun 89-82 on Sunday night.

ATLANTA - Cubs manager Joe Maddon says reliever Rafael Soriano will join the team Monday in Cincinnati, and Edwin Jackson will be designated for assignment.

SANLIURFA, Turkey - The children had all been shown videos of beheadings and told by their trainers with the Islamic State group that they would perform one someday. First, they had to practice technique. The more than 120 boys were each given a doll and a sword and told, cut off its head.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - A Kuwait-born man who shot and killed five service members in Tennessee suffered from depression since his early teen years and also fought drug and alcohol abuse, spending time in Jordan last year to help him clean himself up, a family spokesman said Sunday.

PHOENIX - The Diamondbacks went into the All-Star break with three straight losses. They've come back and lost three more.

ATLANTA - Results of the Georgia Sports Writers Association contest, announced Sunday at the association's annual meeting in Norcross:

MADISON, Wisconsin - Brett Favre can still zip a pass into tight spaces.

LOS ANGELES - Demi Moore said she is stunned and saddened by the death of a 21-year-old man Sunday in the backyard pool of a Los Angeles home she owns.

Under oath in a hotel - away from the TV cameras and the soapbox where he did his public moralizing - Bill Cosby sketched a very different image of America's Dad: a philanderer who plied young women with quaaludes, claimed to be adept at reading their unspoken desires and tried to use his wealth to keep "Mrs. Cosby" in the dark.

SAN DIEGO - It was a rare summer day in San Diego - a Padres game was rained out.

PHOENIX - Even with his bullpen overworked the previous two days, Giants manager Bruce Bochy decided that there was no point in pushing ace Madison Bumgarner beyond five innings and 93 pitches on Sunday.

OAKLAND, California - Tommy Milone's return to Oakland was forgettable. He looked forward to facing his former team while trying to think of it as any other outing.

OAKLAND, California - Jake Smolinski has made a big impression with his bat in less than 24 hours of his first home games for Oakland.

ROSEMONT, Illinois - Elena Delle Donne had 29 points and 13 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the San Antonio Stars 93-82 on Sunday.

NEWTON, Iowa - Team Penske's baffling lack of success at Iowa Speedway culminated with an awful performance Saturday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kei Kamara broke a deadlock in the 17th minute with his Major League Soccer-leading 14th goal of the season as the Columbus Crew went on to beat the Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday in game delayed 30 minutes because of heavy rain and lightning.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kei Kamara broke a tie in the 17th minute with his MLS-leading 14th goal of the season and the Columbus Crew beat the Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday in game delayed 30 minutes because of heavy rain and lightning.

DETROIT - Police in Detroit are searching for men who allegedly robbed two young couples at gunpoint in separate attacks two hours apart and gang-raped the women while forcing the male victims to watch.

CINCINNATI - Johnny Cueto was uncharacteristically wild.

TULSA, Oklahoma - Maya Moore scored 32 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Tulsa Shock 79-72 on Sunday in a showdown between the top two teams in the Western Conference.

SAO PAULO - Fluminense lost 2-1 to rival Vasco da Gama on the day Ronaldinho was introduced to its fans, missing a chance to go top of the Brazilian league.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Dusan Lajovic beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to help Serbia avoid a clean sweep to Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday.

CHICAGO - There is no big secret to Danny Duffy's July success. No mechanical adjustments. Nothing like that at all.

CHICAGO - Chris Sale's fastball was all over the place, and that is a big problem when the Kansas City Royals are in town.

NEW YORK - Jen Kessy and Emily Day won the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour's New York City Open on Sunday and Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson took the men's title.