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Spain's soccer federation named Montse Tomé as head coach of the women's national team, the first woman in the role. She was assistant coach to Jorge Vilda, who was dismissed on Tuesday.

Spain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.

The two-time defending champion U.S. opened group play in the Women's World Cup with a sluggish performance over Vietnam. The U.S. brings a mix of newcomers and veterans to this year's tournament.

Megan Rapinoe will end her career having won at least two World Cups and one Olympic gold medal and having been awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

"He made it big all due to his own efforts. We had nothing to do with it," Ohtani's former coach, Shoji Asari, says of the Los Angeles Angels' superstar. Asari emphasized fun over winning.

In Boston on Tuesday, state lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill looking to change the culture of sports in public schools. If it passes, "An Act to Remodel Public School Athletics through Social Emotional Learning" would amend the state's anti-bullying law.

The Commissioner of the National Hockey League tackles the league's efforts to increase diversity, hockey's culture of fighting and potential links between the game and the brain disease CTE.

The deal is believed to be among the first "name, imagine and likeness" agreement signed by a college athlete with a New Hampshire-based business.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland captured his sixth men’s wheelchair Boston Marathon title, while American Daniel Romanchuk was second. In the women’s wheelchair race, American Susannah Scaroni won her first Boston title.

The 127th running of the Boston Marathon takes place Monday.