Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Daniel Dubois in the fifth round and became the undisputed world heavyweight champion for a second time on Saturday.

The undefeated southpaw retained his WBA, WBC and WBO belts and regained the IBF belt he relinquished just over a year ago.

The Ukrainian dropped Dubois twice in the fifth — the second time with a lunging left cross. The London native looked stunned on the canvas and couldn’t beat the count at a packed Wembley Stadium.

Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) beat Dubois for the second time in under two years and this time there was no low-blow drama. It was a ninth-round stoppage in Poland with, of all things, a straight jab. But the finishing shot Saturday was a no-doubter.

Soccer

Quakes fall to Sounders >> Danny Musovski scored two goals, his first multi-goal game since 2020, Pedro de la Vega added a goal and an assist and the Seattle Sounders beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-2.

San Jose (7-9-8) is winless in six straight.

San Jose’s Preston Judd opened the scoring in the 26th minute but Musovski answered for the Sounders (10-6-7) in the 28th to make it 1-1. Jamar Ricketts played a low cross from the left side to the near post where Judd put away a first-touch shot before Musovski beat defender Dave Romney and goalkeeper Daniel De Sousa Britto — known simply as “Daniel” — to an arcing ball in played by Albert Rusnák and scored on a header into a wide-open net.

Women’s basketball

Unrivaled announces NIL deals with Watkins, Johnson >> JuJu Watkins, Flau’Jae Johnson and Azzi Fudd are three of 14 top women’s college basketball players that Unrivaled is signing to NIL deals, the league announced Saturday.

It’s the second consecutive year that the 3-on-3 league that was founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart has had name, image and likeness deals with college players. In it’s inaugural season, Unrivaled had deals with Paige Bueckers and Johnson.

Watkins, who plays for Southern California but is sidelined with an ACL injury, has also previously been involved with Unrivaled as an investor in its Series A funding round.

Johnson, who is at LSU, and Fudd, at UConn, both were on hand for the announcement, as were Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and UConn’s Sarah Strong.

MLB

Former A’s Scout Bittiger dies at 63 >> Jeff Bittiger, a pitcher who played four seasons in the major leagues and spent the last 22 years as a scout in the Athletics organization, died, the A’s announced. He was 63.

The team did not disclose a cause of death.

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bittiger made his major league debut for Philadelphia on Sept. 2, 1986. The 5-foot-10 right-hander went 4-6 with a 4.77 ERA in 33 appearances for the Phillies, Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox.

Mets induct wright into hall of fame >> The New York Mets inducted David Wright into their Hall of Fame and retired his No. 5 — nearly 21 years after his big league debut.

Wright, who debuted against the Montreal Expos on July 21, 2004, appeared to be on track to join Robinson and Brett as a Hall of Fame third baseman when he hit .301 with 222 homers, 876 RBIs and an .888 OPS through his first 10 seasons.

White Sox place All-Star Smith on IL >> White Sox rookie Shane Smith was placed on the 15-day injured list with a sprained left ankle, four days after the right-hander pitched in the All-Star Game as Chicago’s lone representative.

The White Sox did not immediately provide details on how or when the injury occurred. Smith pitched three innings in a loss to Cleveland on July 11, an abbreviated start that manager Will Venable said was planned..

Racing

Elliott wins Pole at Dover Qualifying >> Chase Elliott took advantage of heavy rain at Dover Motor Speedway to earn the pole for NASCAR Cup Series race.

Elliott and the rest of the field never got to turn a scheduled practice or qualifying lap because of rain that pounded the concrete mile track. Dover is scheduled to hold its first July race since the track’s first one in 1969.

Chase Briscoe starts second, followed by Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and William Byron.

Tennis

Olympic champion Zheng has successful surgery >> Sixth-ranked Zheng Qinwen of China has undergone arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow after experiencing “persistent pain” for several months.

The 22-year-old Olympic champion, who lost in the first round at Wimbledon to Katerina Siniakova, said on Saturday the surgery was a success.