ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- For the final time in his illustrious career, CC Sabathia will be going to the All-Star Game.

Major League Baseball announced Friday that Sabathia, the New York Yankees' left-handed pitcher who will retire at the end of this season, will be participating in events associated with next week's game at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

A Cleveland Indians first-round draft pick in 1998, Sabathia spent parts of the first eight seasons of his career pitching at the ballpark before he was traded to Milwaukee late in the 2008 season. The next year, he signed as a free agent with New York, helping lead the Yankees to their most recent World Series.

"Major League Baseball normally doesn't do things like this," Sabathia said. "So to be the guy that they're honoring is good. It feels awesome."

Although he was not voted into the All-Star Game, Sabathia and his family were invited to the game by the commissioner's office to be "recognized for his contributions to the game and his longtime service to the community." He'll be honored before the game Tuesday.

Sabathia first learned about the league's hope to have him at the game through American League team manager and Boston Red Sox skipper Alex Cora. On a phone call a couple of weeks ago, Cora asked Sabathia if he'd like to be at the game. The 38-year-old pitcher said yes.

He still isn't sure what his full role will be at the game, but Sabathia envisions it will entail being the league's primary ambassador of various events during the week.

"I just know I'll be there," Sabathia said. "Maybe, I guess, like Alex said, to be like an honorary coach or something, just to be around. Be there for the Home Run Derby, be there for the game. But just to be around and to have MLB want to recognize my career is a good thing."

Sabathia's current manager and former Indians teammate, Aaron Boone, said he knew something was in the works for a while to get the southpaw back to his first big league city for the Midsummer Classic.

"Very deserving, very fitting," Boone said. "It'll be a lot of fun to watch it from afar."

Added commissioner Rob Manfred in a statement: "We are delighted that CC and his family will join us in Cleveland, where his major league career began. We look forward to celebrating his many accomplishments during our All-Star Game festivities."

Sabathia has made six All-Star Game appearances throughout his career and has won a Cy Young Award. Earlier this season, he surpassed the 3,000-strikeout plateau and earned his 250th career win. Having accomplished both feats could be enough to make him an eventual Hall of Famer.

WASHINGTON -- Anthony Rendon is skipping the All-Star Game.

On Friday evening, MLB announced that Rendon has bowed out of next week's Midsummer Classic in order to rest his banged-up body. The Washington Nationals' third baseman will be replaced on the National League roster for Tuesday's game by utility man Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Muncy is hitting .276 with 21 homers and 59 RBIs. This marks his first All-Star appearance.

In the American League, Cleveland Indians starter Shane Bieber and Oakland Athletics reliever Liam Hendriks have been named to the squad as replacements for starters Mike Minor of the Texas Rangers and Charlie Morton of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Morton and Minor are starting Sunday so they are ineligible to pitch on Tuesday.

Rendon, who had never been an All-Star prior to this season, finished fifth in the primary balloting behind starter Nolan Arenado, Kris Bryant, Josh Donaldson and Justin Turner.

Earlier this week, two days after being selected as one of two NL reserves at the hot corner (along with Bryant), the 29-year-old veteran told reporters that he was considering skipping the game.

On April 20, Rendon was hit by a pitch on his left elbow. Ten days later, he was placed on the injured list with an elbow contusion and wound up missing 14 games due to the injury. Although his production at the plate hasn't suffered, there have been times over the past few weeks where he's appeared limited on the basepaths.

"I've been dealing with it for a while," Rendon said Tuesday when asked how long he's been hampered. "Definitely a few weeks now, and I'm pretty sure you can go back and watch the games. I haven't been running out balls as much as I usually do in the past, so you can guys can go back and try to figure that out. I'm not going to release that."

Entering Friday's action, Rendon was hitting .310 with 20 home runs and 60 RBIs. His 1.022 OPS ranked fifth in the majors and was tops among all third basemen. Since returning from the injured list May 7, he has played in every game for the Nationals.

Hendriks is 3-0 with three saves and a 3.29 ERA. As a reliever, he has a league-leading 0.96 ERA with 58 strikeouts in 38 appearances.

Bieber is 7-3 with a 3.54 ERA.

The host Indians now have four All-Star representatives: Bieber, shortstop Francisco Lindor, reliever Brad Hand and first baseman Carlos Santana.

Major League Baseball has suspended Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera for the rest of the season for violating MLB's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.

Herrera won't appeal the decision, according to MLB. His unpaid suspension will be retroactive to June 24 and will cover 85 regular-season games and any postseason games that his club may play in 2019.

"Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Herrera violated the Policy and should be subject to discipline in the form of an unpaid suspension that will cover the remainder of the 2019 season," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement issued Friday.

On Wednesday, domestic violence charges against Herrera were dropped following a hearing at Atlantic City (New Jersey) Municipal Court.

A state prosecutor told reporters that Herrera's girlfriend did not want to proceed with the case, leading to the decision to dismiss.

"Today, I accepted a suspension from Major League Baseball resulting from my inappropriate behavior," Herrera said in a statement. "I acted in an unacceptable manner and am terribly disappointed in myself. I alone am to blame for my actions.

"I've taken meaningful steps to assure that nothing like this will ever happen again. I have learned from this experience, and I have grown as a person. I apologize to the Phillies' organization, my teammates and all my fans. I look forward to rejoining the Phillies once my suspension is served and to continuing to work on being a better partner, teammate and person."

Herrera was ordered by the court to complete counseling within 60 days as a condition of the dismissal of the charges.

Herrera had been accused of domestic assault against his girlfriend on May 27 at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Officers said they found the 20-year-old woman with "visible signs of injury to her arms and neck that was sustained after being assaulted by her boyfriend."

Herrera, 27, had been facing charges of simple assault and knowingly causing bodily injury.

Following the arrest, Herrera was placed on administrative leave by MLB. He has not played for the Phillies since May 26.

"The Phillies fully support the decision by the Commissioner's Office to suspend Odubel Herrera for violating MLB's Joint Domestic Violence Policy," the team said in a statement. "All instances of domestic violence are abhorrent and unacceptable, and we unequivocally support Baseball's collective efforts to prevent domestic abuse. We are encouraged by Odubel's acceptance of his discipline as an indication of his willingness to learn from this and change his behavior."

Herrera will lose $2,634,409 of his $5 million salary, the amount due over the final 98 days of the 186-day regular season.

He is in the third year of a $30.5 million, five-year contract and is due to make $7 million next season and $10 million in 2021. Philadelphia has club options for 2022 and `23.

An All-Star center fielder in 2016, Herrera hit .222 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 39 games this season. He missed time in April with a hamstring injury.

Since MLB's domestic violence policy was instituted in 2016, suspension lengths have varied widely. San Diego Padres pitcher Jose Torres has the longest one at 100 games, while it has been as low as 15 games for Jeurys Familia (2016) and Steven Wright (2018).

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

American moves to No.4 on world all-time list on night of many top marks and some superb sprints in Switzerland

On an evening of many top performances at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, Noah Lyles stole the show as he became the fourth-fastest man in 200m history.

Clocking 19.50 (-0.1m/sec), the American ran the quickest time since the 2012 Olympic final and now sits behind only Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Johnson on the global all-time rankings.

Powering away off the bend, 21-year-old Lyles improved his previous best by 0.15 of a second for a clear win ahead of Alex Quiñónez with an Ecuadorian record of 19.87 and Canada’s Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown with 19.92 and 19.95 respectively.

Such was the standard, world champion Ramil Guliyev’s 20.01 only placed him fifth.

“The track here is burning up,” said Lyles. “I’m feeling good here. Me and my coach have been working really hard.

“It was a good, well executed race. It was about getting out strong. There is nothing better than seeing the accomplishments of what you have put in. It’s time for the next race.”

There were also impressive times in the women’s 100m as two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continued her return to top form by clocking 10.74 (0.2m/sec) for a time just 0.04 off her PB and 0.01 off the world-leading mark she shares with her fellow Jamaican Elaine Thompson from the national championships.

In second, Dina Asher-Smith ran 10.91 for her second-fastest ever time behind her British record of 10.85 set when winning the European title last summer.

Marie-Josée Ta Lou was third in 10.93, while Dafne Schippers was fourth in 11.04.

“It is a long season this year, I am feeling great,” said Fraser-Pryce. “Let’s see how the season progresses. I will happily embrace anything that the season will throw at me.”

Asher-Smith, who had earlier received a yellow card after the race was declared a faulty start, said: “My coach will be frustrated about my start. I was annoyed when I crossed the finish line. At the Diamond League in London I want to run as fast as I can and win. I have a season’s best so I can’t complain.”

Justin Gatlin won the non-Diamond League men’s 100m in 9.92 from Mike Rodgers with 10.01, while Gabrielle Thomas came through to win the non-Diamond League women’s 200m in 22.69, just pipping Britain’s Jodie Williams who clocked a season’s best of 22.75 after PBs this season in the 100m and 400m. Ashleigh Nelson was fourth in a PB of 22.85.

Earlier on and Diamond League track action had kicked off in fine style as world silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser won the 400m in a meeting record of 49.17, just holding off a fast-finishing Aminatou Seyni of Niger with a national record of 49.19.

Britain’s Laviai Nielsen was fourth in 51.31, a time which is her second-quickest ever after the 51.21 she ran twice at the European Champs and she later explained how she only got the race call up two days before.

Over in the men’s pole vault, an exciting contest was won by Piotr Lisek. As the bar remained at 6.01m for a jump off, the world silver medallist cleared that height for a world lead, meeting record and Polish record as world champion Sam Kendricks settled for second with 5.95m.

Mondo Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie both cleared a best of 5.81m.

After first-time clearances up to 2.00m, Mariya Lasitskene needed three attempts at 2.02m but with that height cleared and the win secured, she had three goes at a would-have-been PB 2.07m.

An exciting 1500m was won by Timothy Cheruiyot as the Kenyan world silver medallist ran a world-leading meeting record of 3:28.77 for victory after clocking a rapid 1:49.4 at 800m.

Double European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished strongly to pass six athletes on the last lap and finish second, clocking a 3:30.16 PB to move from fifth to third on the world under-20 all-time list.

No only does that time take more than a second off his own European under-20 record, it is also faster than Reyes Estévez’s European under-23 record of 3:30.87 and moves him to eighth on the senior European all-time list.

Britain’s Jake Wightman ran 3:34.40 for his third-quickest ever time and a qualifying mark for the IAAF World Championships in Doha.

There was drama in the men’s 5000m as Olympic and world medallist Hagos Gebrhiwet stopped running with a lap to go. Kicking with 700m remaining, he thought he had the race won but there was still a lap left and double world indoor 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha moved past his celebrating compatriot to win in 13:00.56 from Selemon Barega with 13:01.99.

After rejoining the race following his 54-second penultimate lap, Gebrhiwet eventually clocked 13:09.59 in 10th.

A strong finish secured 2015 world silver medallist Shamier Little 400m hurdles success as she clocked 53.73 ahead of Zuzana Hejnová’s 54.11, while there was 110m hurdles victory for Olympic silver medallist Orlando Ortega as he ran 13.05 ahead of Daniel Roberts’ 13.11. Andrew Pozzi was fourth in a season’s best of 13.28 for his fastest time in two years.

The men’s 800m was won by Commonwealth champion Wycliffe Kinyamal in 1:43.78 from Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich with 1:43.93 as Britain’s Guy Learmonth placed 10th in 1:45.86 for a mark just outside the Doha World Championships qualifying standard (1:45.80).

Nelly Jepkosgei clocked 1:59.54 to pip Halimah Nakaayi with 1:59.97 in the non-Diamond League women’s 800m.

There were two throws victories for Germany as 2015 world champion Christina Schwanitz won the shot put with 19.04m, while European champion Christin Hussong won the javelin with 66.59m.

Olympic champion Caterine Ibargüen got the win in the triple jump with a season’s best of 14.89m to world champion Yulimar Rojas’ 14.82m, while world indoor winner Juan Miguel Echevarría secured long jump success with his 8.32m from the second round.

The final event of the meet, the women’s 4x100m, was won by Netherlands in 42.33, just short of the 42.21 world lead.

Andy Murray and Serena Williams's highly anticipated match in the Wimbledon mixed doubles will not take place on Friday as originally thought.

The match was cancelled after 15-year-old American Coco Gauff fought back to win her singles match against Polona Hercog in three sets on Centre Court.

Britain's Murray and American Williams were due to play German Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi of Chile.

The match looks set to be played on Saturday instead.

Both players will face the prospect of two matches in one day, with Murray playing in the men's doubles and Williams in singles action.

The 32-year-old Scot will play his second-round match alongside France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert not before 13:00 BST on court two.

Seven-time singles champion Williams, 37, opens on Court One at 13:00 against Germany's Julia Gorges in their third-round match.

The tantalising partnership between two of the sport's most high-profile stars has been one of the main talking points at Wimbledon since it was first mooted last week and then finally confirmed on Tuesday.

Anticipation was bubbling around the grounds all day - particularly on Centre Court, where many ticket holders felt confident they were going to see Murray and Williams in tandem.

That was despite the match not being assigned to a court, and not to be played before 17:30, as Wimbledon organisers waited until the picture became clearer on Centre and Court One before deciding where to stage it.

However, the scheduling of two shorter women's matches - Simona Halep's win against Victoria Azarenka and Gauff facing Slovenian Hercog - as second and third on Centre suggested the All England Club was hoping to showcase the blockbuster pairing on its 15,000-seater main arena.

That is how it looked to be playing out with Gauff trailing by a set and a break at 18:40, before she fought off two match points to take the match into a decider.

So it meant the only people to see Murray and Williams in action on Friday were a small handful of family - including Murray's mum Judy, friends and journalists - when they practised for the first time earlier that afternoon.

The pair had never hit together before a relaxed session in a quiet part of the Aorangi practice courts at the All England Club.

Although there were plenty of smiles and jokes exchanged, there was also a serious edge to proceedings as two of the sport's fiercest competitors prepared for what could be another assault on a Wimbledon title.

After warming up with some serves, the pair moved alongside each other behind the net for the first time and played points against Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou and hitting partner Jarmere Jenkins.

The session moved on to the pair exchanging volleys as they practised their net games before walking off court at 16:20 after almost an hour.

MOORESBURG, Tenn. — Veteran dirt late model driver Chris Madden has joined Scott Bloomquist Racing.

Madden, who previously drove Bloomquist chassis race cars, will join Scott Bloomquist and the team July 11 at Tri-City Speedway and July 12 at Lucas Oil Speedway as a mechanic.

The South Carolina native will also drive a second Scott Bloomquist Racing entry in select events beginning with the Silver Dollar Nationals at Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway on July 18-20.

Madden has also added new Bloomquist cars to his own fleet of dirt late models, with plans to restart his own race team through an alliance with Team Zero.

“I had many years of success with these cars and those were some of the best and most successful years I’ve had in my career,” said Madden, who recently parted ways with Skyline Motorsports and was replaced by Shane Clanton. “It is almost like returning home and I’m excited at the opportunity to drive for SBR and get back in these cars with my own operation soon.”

Madden is leaping into the operation in just more than a week and will support Bloomquist and the No. 0 team as the Hall of Fame driver, who recently returned to racing after being injured in a motorcycle accident in Florida earlier this year.

“As odd as it may sound we are still a new organization, we have some new crew members and some new ways of doing things,” said Cody Sommer, president of Scott Bloomquist Racing. “Having Chris (Madden) along for the ride for awhile is going to be great for all of those people but it is also going to be great for Scott to return while having that type of veteran driver support.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will induct its largest class in recent years March 16 – 17, 2020 during its 32nd annual Induction Celebration in Daytona Beach.

The Class of 2020 includes NASCAR’s first-ever champion Robert “Red” Byron (Historic), flat track impresario Chris Carr (Motorcycles), early motorcycle racer, promoter and publisher Floyd Clymer (At Large), driver, official and safety advocate Wally Dallenbach Sr. (Open Wheel), Rick Hendrick, one of NASCAR’s most successful owners (Stock Cars), Daytona 500 champion Tiny Lund (Historic), Can-Am and Rolex 24 At Daytona champion Jacky Ickx (Sports Cars), quarter-mile racing legend “Ohio” George Montgomery (Drag Racing) and Baja 500 and 1,000 and SCORE World Champion Ivan “Ironman” Stewart (Off-Road Racing).

Next year marks the fifth consecutive induction ceremony in Daytona Beach since the MSHFA moved to Daytona Int’l Speedway in 2016, from Novi, Mich. The Hall is housed in the speedway’s Ticket and Tours Building located in front of the famed 2.5-mile DIS tri-oval.

The MSHFA Class of 2020 was unveiled in a press conference at DIS – site of this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 – by Motorsports Hall of Fame of America President Ron Watson and Daytona Int’l Speedway President Chip Wile.

“We are delighted to welcome our largest class of inductees in recent years into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America,” Watson said. “We have expanded to two enshrines in the Historic category and are thrilled to introduce Off-Road Racing as its own category for the first time in 2020.”

The nine Class of 2020 honorees will be enshrined into the Hall on March 17, 2020 in the 32nd annual MSHFA Induction Ceremony presented by Firestone, the traditional black-tie gala that is the crowning event of the two-day, multi-function MSHFA Induction Celebration in Daytona Beach.

With the host venue expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, the 2020 MSHFA Induction Ceremony will be preceded on Monday, March 16 by the traditional Heroes of Horsepower reception and strolling dinner at the MSHFA.

Daytime events include the annual Inductee Luncheon on Monday at the Daytona 500 Club at DIS and annual Inductee Breakfast Presented by Toyota on Tuesday in the Rolex 24 Lounge in the DIS stadium grandstands.

Current plans call for 2020’s inductees to be ushered into the MSHFA as a featured highlight of one of the Monday events or the Tuesday morning breakfast.