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Williams defeated her big sister 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. It keeps alive her quest to win each of the year's major tournaments, the first time the feat would be accomplished since Steffi Graf did it in 1988.

The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story.

Somewhat maligned Josh Allen ran for a touchdown, threw for another, and the Bills claimed the bragging rights of New York with a 28-14 victory over the…

In the NBA, the Nets had a 112-110 victory over the Knicks. In men’s college basketball, Syracuse squeaked by Indiana, 112-110, UConn topped Maryland, 72-63, and Siena bested Army, 83-67. On the women’s side, North Dakota defeated Siena, 71-63.

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

By all accounts, math is no longer an important criteria for college sports. At least not when it comes to college athletic conferences. As you may know with recent announcements, the Big 10 is about to house 16 teams. The Pac 12 is down to 10, where it used to be. The Big 12 will soon be 12 again, but it’s been 10 for a long time. Fortunately, the SEC and ACC have avoided numbers altogether, which makes their expansion and contraction much cleaners, even as they stretch the boundaries of geography.

The answer could cut the number of calories and fat listed on Nutella's nutritional labels in half, because of differences between the government's standard sizes.

In baseball news, the Mets topped the Reds, 8-3, the Nationals held off the Phillies, 3-2, the Rays defeated the Red Sox, 7-1, and the Yankees pummeled the Pirates, 16-0. Meanwhile, the Yankees head to Fenway for a four-game series against the Red Sox beginning tonight at 7:10 p.m.

It was a stunning upset. Underdog Sara Sorribes Tormo, from Spain, beat Australia's Ash Barty in straight sets. Barty won Wimbledon just two weeks ago.