BASEBALL
Nick Yorke, who was named the Most Valuable Player last season for the Portland Sea Dogs, was promoted Wednesday to Triple-A Worcester.
Yorke, a second baseman who also has been used in the outfield, became the second Portland player to be promoted this week, following outfielder Matthew Lugo. Yorke hit .251 this season with four home runs and 27 RBI.
Also, catcher Kyle Teel received his second Eastern League honor in three days. After being named the league Player of the Week on Monday, he was named Player of the Month for May. Teel led the league in average, RBI and OPS in May. He recorded nine multihit games, and posted separate hitting streaks of seven and eight games.
• Alexfri Planez opened the scoring with a three-run homer, C.J. Kayfus added a grand slam, and the Akron RubberDucks rolled to a 9-1 win Wednesday night against the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field.
Roman Anthony, activated from the injured list before the game, hit his fourth home run of the season in the sixth inning, accounting for Portland’s lone run.
SOCCER
SAUDIS ACCUSED: A global group of trade unions is accusing Saudi Arabia of abusing migrant workers in a complaint filed Wednesday with a UN-backed labor organization, which comes as FIFA prepares to confirm the kingdom as the 2034 World Cup host.
The complaint filed by Building and Wood Workers’ International urged the International Labor Organization to investigate Saudi Arabia for “severe human rights abuses and wage theft,” which it said affected at least 21,000 workers over the past decade.
TURKISH LEAGUE: Fenerbahce said new coach Jose Mourinho will earn $11.4 million a year after agreeing on a two-year contract.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Kylian Mbappé scored late in his first game since joining Real Madrid to help France build momentum for the tournament with a dominant 3-0 victory against Luxembourg at Metz, France.
COLLEGES
TRACK AND FIELD: UConn senior Travis Snyder of Saco was eliminated at the second height in the pole vault at the NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in a tie for 20th place.
Victoria Bossong, a Harvard junior from Cumberland, competes Thursday night in the women’s 800-meter semifinals.
FOOTBALL: The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta.
The four first-round games will be on Dec. 20 and 21. ABC and ESPN will televise games on Friday and Saturday night with an 8 p.m. kickoff, while TNT will have the Dec. 21 afternoon games at noon. and 4 p.m. The afternoon showdowns will be going up against two NFL contests, Houston-Kansas City at 1 p.m. and then Baltimore-Pittsburgh at 4:30.
BASKETBALL: Kansas guard Elmarko Jackson, who started 17 games as a freshman and was expected to be a big contributor next season, tore his patellar tendon during a scrimmage at Jayhawks Coach Bill Self’s basketball camp.
HIGH SCHOOLS
FLORIDA RULE: The Florida High School Athletic Association unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that allows students to earn money through NIL without putting their athletic eligibility at risk. The changes go into effect for the 2024-25 season, with administrators hoping they won’t create recruiting issues or competitive imbalances.
Under the new rules, students and parents or guardians are responsible for negotiating NIL deals.
ROAD RACING
RECORD-HOLDER BANNED: Kenyan runner Rhonex Kipruto was stripped of his world record in men’s 10-kilometer road racing and banned for six years in a doping case.
A disciplinary panel ruled that abnormalities in Kipruto’s blood samples pointed to “a deliberate and sophisticated doping regime,” and Kipruto likely had help from unknown third parties. At the time, he was aiming to qualify for the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
OLYMPICS
LOS ANGELES 2028: The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics hired retired Army Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover as its CEO.
Hoover is a retired U.S. Army and National Guard veteran who earned the rank of three-star lieutenant general. He served as deputy commander of the U.S. Northern Command out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado from 2016-18. He had roles in U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Before that he worked at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the CIA.
— Staff and news services
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