Tadej Pogačar wins his fourth Tour de France in dominant fashion

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🚴 Tadej Pogačar, champion yet again

Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar wrapped up yet another dominant Tour de France victory on Sunday in Paris, beating Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard by 4 minutes, 24 seconds to capture his fourth yellow jersey and cement his status as one of the greatest competitors the sport has ever seen.

The four-timers club: Pogačar is one of just six men to win the Tour de France at least four times, and he's still only 26 years old. One more yellow jersey will tie him atop the leaderboard.

• 🇫🇷 Jacques Anquetil: 5 (1957, 1961-64)

• 🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx: 5 (1969-72, 1974)

• 🇫🇷 Bernard Hinault: 5 (1978-79, 1981-82, 1985)

• 🇪🇸 Miguel Induráin: 5 (1991-95)

• 🇬🇧 Chris Froome: 4 (2013, 2015-17)

• 🇸🇮 Pogačar: 4 (2020-21, 2024-25)

Wild stat: Pogačar also finished second in 2022 and 2023, making him the only rider ever to finish on the Tour de France podium six years in a row. (That, of course, does not include Lance Armstrong, whose seven straight victories were stripped for doping.)

One-sided rivalry: Vingegaard, a two-time champion himself (2022-23), could have been cycling's dominant force in any other era. Instead, he finished as the runner-up to his Slovenian rival yet again, just as he did last year and in his 2021 debut.

Go deeper:Tadej Pogačar and the boredom of perfection(Patrick Redford, Defector)

⚾️ The Big Amish's historic night

A's rookie Nick Kurtz authored perhaps the single greatest offensive performance in MLB history on Friday as he continued a red-hot start to his big league career.

By the numbers: The 22-year-old lefty went 6-for-6 against the Astros with 4 HR, a double and 8 RBIs, notching MLB's 20th four-HR game (and first by a rookie) while matching the single-game record of 19 total bases. His double, by the way, came about a foot shy of going over the fence, too.

• Kurtz also scored six runs, which is somehow an even rarer feat than hitting four homers. This was just the ninth six-run game in MLB history.

• Add it all up and he's the first player ever — over an entire career — to have a game with 4+ HR, a game with 5+ XBH, a game with 6+ hits, a game with 6+ runs and a game with 8+ RBIs. And he did it all in one night, at age 22, in his 66th game.

What they're saying: "It's arguably the best game I've ever watched from a single player," Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said of "The Big Amish," an appropriate nickname for the 6-foot-5 slugger from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. "This kid continues to have jaw-dropping moments."

Zoom out: As unbelievable as Friday's feat was, it hardly came out of nowhere. Kurtz was the No. 4 pick in last year's draft, raced through the minor leagues and is now off to one of the best starts in MLB history.

• His 23 HR are tied for the most among 1B despite playing just 67 games, and his 1.061 OPS since debuting on April 23 trails only Aaron Judge (1.138) during that time.

• A July for the ages: Kurtz's 1.052 slugging percentage this month trails only Barry Bonds in April 2004 (1.132) for the highest ever in a calendar month (min. 75 PA).

ROY favorite: Kurtz's scorching run has made him a massive betting favorite to win AL Rookie of the Year (-1600 at BetMGM), surging past teammate Jacob Wilson (+700).

⚽️ The Lionesses are back on top

England held off Spain in a shootout on Sunday to capture their second straight Women's Euro title, while also getting revenge for their loss in the 2023 World Cup final.

ICYMI: Spain took an early 1-0 lead on a header from Mariona Caldentey, but England returned the favor in the 57th minute with an equalizer off the head of Alessia Russo. Neither side found the net again, and the Lionesses ultimately prevailed, 3-1, in penalties.

• England's grit on Sunday mirrored how they responded to adversity all month long, starting back in early July when they became the first defending Women's Euro champion to lose their opener before dominating the rest of the group stage.

• In the quarterfinals, they trailed Sweden, 2-0, before scoring twice in the closing minutes and winning in penalties. And in the semis, they trailed Italy, 1-0, before tying it up late in stoppage time and winning on the latest goal ever scored in the tournament (119th minute).

Are you not entertained? Sunday's finale capped a knockout round full of thrillers. The largest margin of victory across seven matches was 2-0. The other six games: three shootouts, two extra-time wins and a 2-1 victory in the 90th minute.

📸 The world in photos

🇺🇸 Cooperstown, New York — Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen and Dave Parker were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, the latter two posthumously, increasing the membership to 351.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Troon, Scotland — Lottie Woad, 21, notched a three-shot victory at the Women's Scottish Open, joining Rose Zhang (2023) and Beverly Hanson (1951) as the only LPGA golfers to win in their pro debut.

🇸🇬 Singapore — Canada's Summer McIntosh is aiming to match Michael Phelps' record of five individual golds at the swimming world championships, and her first one came Sunday in the 400-meter freestyle.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blackpool, England — Luke Littler, 18, took the World Matchplay crown on Sunday to become the fifth player to complete darts' Triple Crown (Matchplay, Premier League and World Championship).

⚾️ MLB trivia

Mike Trout reached 1,000 career RBIs on Sunday, becoming the ninth active player to reach the milestone.

Question: How many of the other eight can you name?

Hint: Five NL, three AL.

Answer at the bottom.

🏀 Coming tomorrow

The 2025-26 Clippers are on track to be the oldest team in NBA history. Could this work out in LA's favor? Or are they already toast?

We'll dive in tomorrow.

Trivia answer: Freddie Freeman (1,284); Paul Goldschmidt (1,224); Nolan Arenado (1,175); Andrew McCutchen (1,127); Carlos Santana (1,126); Giancarlo Stanton (1,123); Manny Machado (1,115); Bryce Harper (1,019)

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