Sports News Roundup: Tennis-Teenagers Gauff and Raducanu to light up last Manic Monday; Pirates snap Brewers' 11-game winning streak with 2-0 win and more

England were without 13 players on Lions duty and several others being rested, and starting with eight debutants, they led 26-3 at halftime after two tries for Joe Cokanasiga and one each for Sam Underhill and Ollie Lawrence. Baker wins 100m in Stockholm, Duplantis delights home crowd American Ronnie Baker won a tight 100 metres race at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday and heads to his first Olympics in Tokyo as a leading medal contender.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Tennis-Teenagers Gauff and Raducanu to light up last Manic Monday

Some intriguing last-16 clashes in the women's singles promise to make Wimbledon's last-ever Manic Monday a memorable one with teenagers Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu topping the bill. Seventeen-year-old American Gauff's progress to the fourth round is no surprise, seeing that two years ago she made a sensational debut, reaching the same stage as a qualifier.

Pirates snap Brewers' 11-game winning streak with 2-0 win

Kevin Newman homered and left-hander Tyler Anderson pitched seven shutout innings Sunday as the Pittsburgh Pirates not only snapped their six-game losing streak but also halted the visiting Milwaukee Brewers' 11-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory. Anderson (4-8), who often has been the victim of poor run support, got enough this time as he held Milwaukee to three hits, with two walks and six strikeouts.

MLB roundup: A's rally in 12th to knock off Red Sox

Tony Kemp hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the host Oakland Athletics erased a two-run deficit in the 12th inning to snap the Boston Red Sox's eight-game winning streak with a 7-6 victory on Saturday night. Seth Brown (3-for-5) singled off Red Sox reliever Matt Andriese (2-3) for his third RBI of the night with no outs in the home 12th to make it 6-5. Jed Lowrie doubled to plate the tying run before Sean Murphy scored from third on Kemp's fly out to center.

Cycling-Pogacar retains Tour lead as O'Connor wins stage

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar kept a close eye on his challengers as he retained the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France after the ninth stage, a 144.9km mountain trek from Cluses in the northern Alps on Sunday. Australian Ben O'Connor of the AG2R-Citroen team won the stage from the breakaway, ahead of Italians Matteo Cataneo and Sonny Colbrelli.

Rugby Union-Seven-try England beat U.S. 43-29

England scored seven tries - but conceded a worrying four - as a virtual reserve team beat the spirited United States 43-29 in an entertaining though somewhat ragged Twickenham clash on Sunday. England was without 13 players on Lions duty and several others being rested, and starting with eight debutants, they led 26-3 at halftime after two tries for Joe Cokanasiga and one each for Sam Underhill and Ollie Lawrence.

Baker wins 100m in Stockholm, Duplantis delights home crowd

American Ronnie Baker won a tight 100 meters race at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday and heads to his first Olympics in Tokyo as a leading medal contender. Baker, 27, clocked 10.03 seconds, edging out Italian Marcell Jacobs by 0.02 seconds with Britain's CJ Ujah third in 10.10.

Shohei Ohtani a two-way All-Star as pitchers, reserves unveiled

Los Angeles Angels two-way standout Shohei Ohtani made history Sunday by becoming the first player to be selected to the All-Star team as both a position player and a pitcher. Ohtani was voted in as the American League's starting designated hitter by the fans in balloting announced Thursday. Three days later, when reserves and pitchers were announced, he was selected as one of the AL's pitchers for the July 13 All-Star Game in Denver.

Tennis-Wimbledon to have maximum capacity crowds from quarter-finals onwards

Wimbledon will have capacity crowds from the singles quarter-finals onwards as COVID-19 restrictions on attendances are relaxed, the All England Club announced on Sunday. Attendances have been capped at 50% since the start of the tournament last Monday although next weekend's finals were to rise to 100% on the 15,000-capacity Centre Court.

Olympics-Australia confirm team of 472 for Tokyo

Australia will take 472 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced on Monday, the country's second-largest team for an overseas Summer Games. Some of the 254 women and 218 men who will compete in 33 sports are already in Japan making their final preparations for the Games, which were postponed for a year because of the global health crisis.

Basketball-Czechs join the trio in clinching Olympic berths

The Czech Republic became the last team to seal a berth in the Tokyo Olympics men's basketball tournament after blowing away Greece 97-72 in the final of their qualifying event on Sunday. Patrik Auda led the charge with 20 points as the Czechs, who stunned tournament hosts Canada 103-101 in Saturday's thrilling semi-final, will join holders the United States, France, and Iran in Group A at the July 23 to Aug. 8 Olympics.