All About: Red-hot Osaka, Red Sox tie, St. Petersburg final, Andy Murray

Andy Murray will end his season after playing in the Shenzhen and Beijing tournaments over the next two weeks to be "in the best possible shape" for the Australian Open in January," the Scot said on Saturday.

Red-hot Osaka powers past Giorgi into Tokyo final

U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. Osaka's victory in front of an expectant home crowd was her 10th in a row and did not look in doubt from the moment the world number seven pounded down a huge ace with her first serve of the match.

MLB roundup: Red Sox tie franchise wins record

Tzu-Wei Lin delivered the tie-breaking RBI infield single in the seventh inning Friday night and hit his first major league homer in the ninth as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 7-5, in the opener of a three-game series between division champions at Progressive Field. The Red Sox, who clinched the American League East on Thursday, improved to 105-49 despite fielding a lineup that included only two regulars -- third baseman Rafael Devers and AL MVP candidate J.D. Martinez. Boston needs just one win to clinch the best record in MLB for the season.

ATP roundup: Klizan, Thiem reach St. Petersburg final

Slovakia's Martin Klizan will put his unbeaten record in ATP finals on the line Sunday against top-seeded Dominic Thiem in the St. Petersburg Open in Russia. Klizan is 6-0 in finals, including a 2012 win in St. Petersburg. He advanced to the championship match with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win against Stan Wawrinka. Deadlocked at 5-5 in the deciding set, Klizan broke Wawrinka with a backhand drop volley.

Murray to end season after playing in Shenzhen and Beijing

Andy Murray will end his season after playing in the Shenzhen and Beijing tournaments over the next two weeks to be "in the best possible shape" for the Australian Open in January," the Scot said on Saturday. The former world number one returned to the ATP tour in June after having hip surgery in January and has played nine competitive matches this year.

IOC Athletes' Commission supports WADA's lifting of ban on RUSADA

Kirsty Coventry, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, said on Saturday that she supported the lifting of the ban on Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA despite widespread dismay over this week's WADA decision. Coventry, newly appointed sports minister in her native Zimbabwe, said she saw it as a positive decision which would allow "for greater transparency through increased testing and access to their labs and data by December of this year".

Braves clinch NL East with victory against Phillies

Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz opened the game with six no-hit innings and the Braves survived a late Philadelphia comeback for a 5-3 win, clinching the National League East title and sending them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Foltynewicz (12-10) did not allow a hit until Odubel Hererra led off the seventh with a hit. The right-hander worked 7 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on two hits and three walks. He struck out five.

Golf-Woods on brink of breaking title drought at Tour Championship

Tiger Woods stood on the brink of his first title triumph since 2013 after opening a three-shot lead over Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy in the third round of the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Saturday. Woods made a blistering start amid scenes reminiscent of his halcyon days, notching six birdies in the first seven holes after starting the day tied for the halfway lead with world number one Rose at East Lake.

Olympics - USOC boosts payments to Paralympians

Olympians and Paralympians from the United States will now earn equal payouts for winning medals with payments retroactively distributed to include this year's Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, the U.S. Olympic Committee said on Friday. Paralympic athletes will receive $37,500 for each gold medal, $22,500 for silver and $15,000 for bronze after the USOC board approved the increase at its meeting in Colorado Springs.

Joshua retains heavyweight crowns with Povetkin TKO

Britain's Anthony Joshua delivered a devastating technical knockout in the seventh round to defeat Russian Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium on Saturday and retain his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO world heavyweight championship belts. In front of about 80,000 fans, Joshua moved on to 22 fights unbeaten in his professional career by handing the 39-year-old Povetkin only his second defeat but his first by TKO.

Canadian Nesbitt shoots first 59 in Latinoamerica history

Canadian Drew Nesbitt carded the first 59 in PGA Tour Latinoamerica history at the Brasil Open on Saturday. Nesbitt recorded the feat in the second round at Porto Feliz, including a hole-in-one in a score that was a 20-stroke improvement on his opening round.