Pitcher Jack Flaherty is returning to the Detroit Tigers, agreeing Sunday to a $35 million, two-year contract, multiple sources reported. The deal was subject to a successful physical.

Flaherty can opt out after the 2025 season and become a free agent again. If he opts out, he would have received $25 million in signing bonus and salary from the deal.

A 29-year-old right-hander, Flaherty was 13-7 with a 3.17 ERA in 28 starts last year for Detroit and his hometown Dodgers, who acquired him on July 30 at the trade deadline.

Flaherty helped the franchise to a five-game World Series victory over the New York Yankees. He pitched five scoreless innings in the opener before giving up two runs in the sixth.

He allowed four runs over 1 1/3 innings in Game 5 before the Dodgers rallied for a 7-6 win and their second title in five years.

BOXING

Claressa Shields has entered a league of her own.

The undefeated world champion boxer captured the undisputed heavyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten Danielle Perkins in Flint, Mich.

She dropped Perkins with a right hook in the final seconds of the 10th and final round to secure the victory.

With the win, she became the first boxer, male or female, in the four-belt era to become the undisputed champion in three weight classes (junior middle, middle and heavyweight).

She now holds the WBC, WBF, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. For women’s boxing, the heavyweight division is considered 175 pounds and up.

HORSE RACING

Tenma completed trainer Bob Baffert’s domination of Santa Anita’s weekend races for 3-year-olds by winning the Grade III Las Virgenes Stakes for fillies with jockey Juan Hernandez.

Tenma (who paid $2.40), whose four wins in five career starts include the Grade I Del Mar Debutante in September, won by 6 1/2 lengths in her first start of 2025 and Baffert-trained Cipriana finished second in a 1-mile race whose already-small field was reduced to three by scratches.

On Saturday, Baffert-trained Citizen Bull, Rodriguez and Madaket Road ran 1-2-3 in the Grade III Robert B. Lewis Stakes.

Tenma earned 20 qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks, putting her solidly in the field at this point for the May 2 race at Churchill Downs. Citizen Bull earned 20 points for the Kentucky Derby, extending the 2024 2-year-old champ’s lead in qualifying for the May 3 race.

— Kevin Modesti

WNBA

Tina Charles is going back to Connecticut. The free agent center signed a one-year deal with the Sun.

Charles was drafted by the Sun with the No. 1 pick in 2010 before getting traded to New York in 2014. She was the league’s MVP in 2012 and Rookie of the Year.

Charles, 36, played last season with Atlanta, averaging 14.9 points and 9.6 rebounds. She’s the league’s all-time rebounding leader and is second all-time in scoring.

Charles will join Marina Mabrey and Natasha Cloud as the core of the team.

DeWanna Bonner is headed to Indiana to join Caitlin Clark and the Fever, multiple sources reported.

The six-time All-Star played in Connecticut the last five years, helping the Sun reach the WNBA Finals in 2022. She averaged 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists last season and made the All-Star team.

A move to Indiana reunites Bonner with coach Stephanie White, who she played for in Connecticut the last two seasons.

SOCCER

The former president of the Spanish soccer federation goes on trial today in Madrid, accused of sexual assault for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso after Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup final in 2023.

The kiss, which Hermoso said was without her consent, marred the celebrations of the women’s team’s achievement. It sparked widespread outrage in society beyond soccer, and ignited one of the most embarrassing scandals in the history of Spanish soccer.

Rubiales also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture while standing near Spain’s Queen Letizia and Princess Sofia amid celebrations of Spain’s victory over England in Australia. He has denied any wrongdoing, but was forced to resign and was banned by FIFA. Rubiales had said he was the victim of a “witch hunt” by “false feminists.” He said the kiss was consensual.

Rubiales, 47, is accused of sexual assault and of trying to coerce Hermoso to publicly support him. A judge ruled that Rubiales’ kiss was “unconsented and carried out unilaterally and in a surprising fashion.” Rubiales could face a fine or a prison sentence of one to four years if found guilty, according to court officials. A new law eliminated the difference between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault,” sanctioning any unconsented sexual act. Prosecutors, Hermoso and Spain’s players’ association want a prison sentence of 2 1/2 years for Rubiales, plus a payment of 50,000 euros ($51,800) for damages, and for him to be banned from working as a sports official. Hermoso is also asking for a court order banning Rubiales from being near her.

The judge also ruled that along with Rubiales, former Spain women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda, former sports director of Spain’s men’s team Albert Luque, and the federation’s former head of marketing, Rubén Rivera, should be tried for allegedly pressuring Hermoso to defend Rubiales, something she refused to do.