Sports Headlines Unleashed: Boxing Overhaul, Record Jumps, and Star Absences

Current sports news highlights include Saudi Arabia's plans to create a new boxing league, Jordan Diaz breaking records in the triple jump, Christian McCaffrey featuring on Madden NFL 25's cover, Naomi Osaka ending her grass-court drought, and key athletes missing mandatory events due to injuries and contracts.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Boxing-Saudi wealth fund holding talks to create boxing league, sources say

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in discussions with multiple boxing stakeholders to create a league, potentially reshaping the competitive landscape of the sport, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. PIF is looking to invest in a joint venture with some of the sport's stakeholders that would feature more boxing bouts, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Athletics-Diaz soars to European gold with third best triple jump of all time

Spain's Jordan Diaz leaped a massive 18.18 metres, the third best jump of all time, in a triple jump thriller at the European Championships in Rome on Tuesday, also breaking a 26-year-old championship record to take the gold medal. Diaz had set a new personal best with a jump of 17.96 on his fourth attempt of six, but was still in second place after Portugal's Pedro Pichardo had already broken Jonathan Edwards' championship record of 17.99, set in 1998, with a leap of 18.04.

49ers' Christian McCaffrey on cover of Madden NFL 25

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is the cover athlete on the Madden NFL 25 video game, EA Sports announced Tuesday. The video game will be released Aug. 16.

WTA roundup: Naomi Osaka ends drought on grass

Naomi Osaka upset No. 4 seed Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4 in the first round at the Libema Open, notching her first win on grass since 2019 on Tuesday in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Osaka, the former World No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan, fired seven aces and saved the only break point she faced against Belgium's Mertens in the 69-minute victory.

ATP roundup: Lorenzo Musetti advances at Stuttgart

Italy's Lorenzo Musetti was pushed to a pair of tiebreakers Tuesday before the No. 5 seed earned his way to the second round of the Boss Open at Stuttgart, Germany, with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (9) victory over qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France. Two-time Boss Open champion Matteo Berrettini of Italy also was pushed to the brink before earning a 7-6 (8), 5-7, 7-5 victory over No. 8 seed Roman Safiullin of Russia.

Soccer-U.S. sticking to plan for pre-Copa Brazil friendly, says Berhalter

The United States will not change course in Wednesday's friendly against Brazil, head coach Gregg Berhalter said, despite a 5-1 mauling by Colombia in their Copa America warm-up last weekend. Colombia scored three times in 11 second-half minutes to hand the U.S. team a thrashing on Saturday in Landover, Maryland, prompting alarm among the home fans.

USA Basketball names 12-member women's roster for Paris

USA Basketball announced a veteran roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics, boasting a squad where each member has at least an Olympics or World Cup gold medal. The Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi was named to her sixth Olympics, with 38 Olympics basketball games to her credit, the most of any women's player in USA Basketball history. She is second in Olympics points scored (414) behind Lisa Leslie (488).

Jets' Aaron Rodgers, Haason Reddick not at mandatory minicamp

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and edge rusher Haason Reddick did not report to the start of the New York Jets' two-day mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, leaving both players subject to fines. Reddick, 29, who came over in a March trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, skipped all voluntary offseason workouts due to a contract dispute. In the final season of a three-year, $45 million contract he signed in 2022 with the Eagles, he's slated to earn a non-guaranteed $14.25 million in base pay.

Report: Suns to hire former Washington coach Mike Hopkins

Former University of Washington head coach Mike Hopkins is joining the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach, ESPN reported Tuesday. Hopkins, 54, was a two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and compiled a record of 118-106 over seven seasons with the Huskies from 2017-24. He took Washington to the NCAA Tournament in 2019.

Golf-Rahm withdraws from U.S. Open due to foot injury

Former champion Jon Rahm has withdrawn from this week's U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina due to a painful foot injury that also forced him out of last week's LIV Golf event, the Spaniard said on Tuesday. "After consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health, to withdraw from this week's U.S. Open Championship," Rahm, who won his first major at the 2021 U.S. Open, wrote on social media.

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