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SARZEAU, France >> Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan have turned the first four days of the Tour de France into an enthralling duel of rising star versus world champion.And Tour newcomer Gaviria is winning so far.Gaviria edged Sagan at the finish line to claim Stage 4 on Tuesday and take his second stage win in his first participation at cycling's greatest race.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. >> The timing for a revamped PGA Tour schedule could not have been more appropriate.This is the 50-year anniversary of the PGA Tour breaking away from the PGA of America, leading to years of disharmony. Well, as much as this genteel game allows. And yet all these years later, it took a strong relationship between the two organizations for American-based golf to get the schedule it wanted.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. >> Wilson Ramos hit a three-run homer, five Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a five-hitter and the Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Tuesday night.The Rays (47-44) moved three games above .500 for the first time since Aug. 6 last year after posting their 13th win in the last 14 home games.

YPSILANTI, Mich. >> Eastern Michigan University is under federal investigation for allegations its athletic program discriminated against female athletes by not offering equal opportunities.The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched the investigation following a complaint filed in April over the university's compliance with Title IX, the Detroit Free Press reported.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia >> They're young, they're brash and they're collectively worth a billion dollars. The one thing missing for this French squad is an international title.Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba and France are about to get that chance.Les Bleus are headed to the World Cup final.

DETROIT >> Jim Brandstatter is out after 31 years as a radio broadcaster at Detroit Lions games.Brandstatter says he got the news Tuesday from radio station WJR, which carries the Lions. General manager Tom O'Brien says Brandstatter was "excellent," but the station decided to hire a former Lion, Lomas Brown.

MOSCOW >> Gareth Southgate and England are ready to face the music.No other soccer nation dwells on decades of failure quite like the English. Southgate was so demoralized by his penalty kick failure against Germany in the 1996 European Championship semifinals, he avoided The Lightning Seeds "Three Lions," the team's official song when it hosted the tournament.

LONDON >> There are moments in which nothing at all seems different about Serena Williams, moments such as when she unleashed a 109 mph service winner to even her Wimbledon quarterfinal at a set apiece, leaned forward and yelled, loudly as can be, "Cooome ooon!"Or when, about 10 minutes later, she stretched for a lunging backhand winner to break at love and take control of the third set, then raised a fist, figuring a berth in her 11th semifinal at the All England Club was close at hand.

A Sterling Heights teenager along with her boyfriend and another man are accused of using social media to lure young men to meet up with her under the guise of sex and drugs and then robbed the unsuspecting victims.Sara Rowles, 19, her 21-year-old boyfriend, Jackson Krosweck, and his friend Finzie Jones were arraigned last week in 37th District Court on armed robbery charges.

ARTSMasayuki Koorida Contemporary Sculpture Artist: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 6-Aug. 19 at Meijer Gardens,1000 E. Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, meijergardens.org.Blue Bird with Mama Bird Art: 6-8 p.m. July 21 at Roz's Diner, 3995 E Rosebush Road, Rosebush,