Kim Coon

PARIS (AP) — American cyclist Tom Danielson says he tested positive for synthetic testosterone in an out-of-competition test performed last month.

KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Katie Ledecky improves her own swimming world record in 1,500-meter freestyle to 15:27.71.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Matt Kenseth stretched his fuel and zipped past the fading leaders in the final laps yesterday to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. The race came down to fuel and which cars had it. Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. were all inside the top five in the final five laps when they ran out of fuel.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 9-year-old bat boy has died after he was accidentally hit in the head during a National Baseball Congress World Series game in Kansas.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Mets and Nationals are in a virtual tie for the NL East lead after rookie Noah Syndergaard (SIHN'-dur-gahrd) tossed eight innings and New York homered three times in the third to beat Washington 5-2. Syndergaard struck out nine and gave up solo homers to Anthony Rendon and Yunel Escobar (EHS'-koh-bahr). Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda (DOO'-dah) went deep in the Mets' five-run third, with Duda homering for the ninth time in his last eight games.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says the Olympic body will take action against any Olympic medalists if they are found guilty of the latest doping allegations in track and field.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of athletes have said goodbye to Los Angeles in an emotional closing ceremony for the Special Olympics.

NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and streaking Lucas Duda homered in a span of five pitches, a sudden power strike that charged up Citi Field and sent the New York Mets past the Washington Nationals 5-2 Sunday night for a three-game sweep.