Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. MLB roundup: Red Sox pound Yankees, 19-3

Xander Bogaerts crushed a three-run home run as part of a seven-run first inning, and the Boston Red Sox never looked back, routing the visiting New York Yankees 19-3 Thursday in the opener of a four-game series. Bogaerts later added a solo shot and had four hits, and Rafael Devers and Sandy Leon also hit homers as the Red Sox set a single-game franchise record for scoring against the Yankees. Boston slugged 10 doubles among its 23 hits on its way to beating New York for just the second time in eight meetings this season. Lochte to make competitive return next week after 14-month ban

Six-time Olympic gold medallist Ryan Lochte will return to competition following a 14-month doping ban at next week's Phillips 66 National Championships in Palo Alto, California, USA Swimming said on Thursday. Lochte, who was banned for taking an intravenous infusion, has been entered in six events at the July 31-Aug. 4 meet. American Creamer rises to the top at Evian Championship

Paula Creamer carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 64 to surge to the top of the leaderboard after the opening round at the Evian Championship in France on Thursday. With temperatures soaring up to 36 degrees Celsius (96.8°F) at the Evian Resort Golf Club, Creamer made a brilliant start to make the turn at 31 before grabbing the lead with her seventh birdie on the par-five 18th. MLB notebook: Five-time All-Star Tulowitzki retires

Five-time All-Star Troy Tulowitzki announced his retirement on Thursday after injuries again derailed another season. Tulowitzki, 34, was able to play in just five games for the New York Yankees due to a calf injury. He went 2 for 11 with a homer and last played on April 3. He also missed all of last season and the final two-plus months of the 2017 season with a heel injury while with the Toronto Blue Jays. Athletics: Felix advances in first race in 13 months on time qualifier

A humble Allyson Felix returned to racing for the first time in 13 months on Thursday and made the semi-finals of the 400 meters on a time qualifier at the U.S. national championships. The 33-year-old multiple Olympic and world champion is on the comeback trail after giving birth to daughter Camryn in November through an emergency caesarean section, 32 weeks into her pregnancy Golf: Lingmerth grabs lead before lightning stops play in Reno

Swede David Lingmerth fed off his friendly pairing with American Robert Streb to charge to a clubhouse lead at the end of the truncated first day of the Barracuda Championship in Reno on Thursday. Lingmerth made a blistering start with nine birdies at the Montreux Golf & Country Club on a day when play was brought to a halt by lightning with more than a third of the field yet to complete their rounds. Olympics: Skateboarders stoked to send sport to greater heights at Games

In exactly a year from Friday, skateboarding will make its Olympic bow at the Tokyo 2020 Games with top skaters hoping the global exposure will help take the sport to the next level of popularity. What started with surfers attaching rollerskate wheels to wooden slats in 1950s California is already a professional sport, of course, but the Olympics offers skaters the chance to do their thing on the biggest sporting stage of all. Fatigued Djokovic withdraws from Montreal event

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month's Rogers Cup in Montreal in order to get more rest before opening his hard court season, the world number one said on Thursday. Djokovic, a four-times champion in Canada, said he needs more time to recover after a physically demanding run at Wimbledon, where he beat Swiss Roger Federer in a five-set final to secure his 16th Grand Slam title. WBC seeks information on Whyte dope test reports

The World Boxing Council (WBC) said on Thursday it had asked Britain's governing body for information after media reported that heavyweight Dillian Whyte failed a dope test before fighting Colombian Oscar Rivas in London last weekend. Whyte won the fight on a unanimous points decision at the O2 Arena, making him a mandatory challenger for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Swimming: Dressel dominant, Ledecky 'struggling' at worlds

Caeleb Dressel swam within himself in the 100 meters butterfly heats and eased up in the 50 freestyle preliminaries yet no one was able to get a jump on the American at the world championships in Gwangju on Friday. On course to repeat his record-equaling seven-gold medal haul from Budapest in 2017, the Florida native has been a class apart in South Korea where he has already won three world titles and a rare silver from the mixed medley relay.

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