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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on return to Nepal’s capital from the mountains on Tuesday, said

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The French soccer league has filed a complaint after an eight-year-old Marseille supporter suffering from advanced cancer and his family were attacked during a match against Ajaccio in Corsica. Ajaccio prosecutor Nicolas Septe says in a statement quoted by L’Equipe newspaper that the league has joined the case as

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Son Jun-ho’s selection for South Korea’s national team despite his detention in China has taken the focus off Premier League star Son Heung-min for a change. Son Jun-ho, who plays for Shandong Taishan and won the 2021 Chinese championship with the Jinan-based club, has been

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner may be coming out of his early-season slump. Turner hit two home runs and had four hits in Philadelphia’s 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Turner had his first multi-homer game with the Phillies since he signed a $300-million, 11-year free-agent contract in the

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Saborn Campbell tripled and scored the go-ahead run, Malcolm Moore added a two-run home run and Stanford beat Texas A&M 7-1 to win the Stanford Regional. Top-seeded Stanford (42-17) won its third straight regional and 23rd overall. The Cardinal will be shooting for their 19th College World Series appearance when they

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers LONDON (AP) — Online racist abuse of soccer players is prolific on social media platforms. It’s the latest form of racism blighting the world’s most popular sport. It’s technology-fueled, visual, permanently intrusive, 24/7 and a haunting reminder of the 1980s-style monkey chants and banana throwing. Players

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit a two-run home run and Blake Snell and three relievers combined on a four-hitter for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Chicago Cubs 5-0 to salvage a split of a four-game series. Manny Machado had three hits, scored twice and made

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — No team in over 25 years has been more dominant than the Vegas Golden Knights through the first two games of a Stanley Cup Final. They have outscored the Florida Panthers by eight goals, including Monday night’s 7-2 victory in Game 2 that put the

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit a game-ending RBI single with one out in the ninth inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers won their fourth game in a row with a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Marcus Semien had already extended his majors-best hitting streak

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kathryn Sandercock and Makenna Reid combined for five innings of scoreless relief to help Florida State defeat Tennessee 5-1 on Monday night and advance to the Women’s College World Series championship series. Sandercock allowed one hit and struck out four in three innings to claim

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning lifted Pittsburgh to a 5-4 victory over Oakland on Monday night, extending the Pirates’ win streak to six games and sending the Athletics to their record-tying 15th consecutive road loss. The 15 straight defeats away from home matches

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Corey Julks hit his first career grand slam, Brandon Bielak matched his career high by pitching 6 2/3 innings and the Houston Astros used a season-high 19 hits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4. Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker hit solo homers and Jake Meyers added

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two games into the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers look like an 8 seed for the first time all playoffs. They were routed 7-2 by the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 to fall behind 2-0 in the best-of-seven series. Sergei Bobrovsky was pulled after

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — MJ Metz had three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs, Alex Stone hit a three-run shot and Duke breezed to a 12-3 victory over top-seeded Coastal Carolina to win the Conway Regional. The second-seeded Blue Devils (38-21) advance to the super regionals for the first time since 2019. Duke

By KEITH JENKINS Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Andrew Abbott allowed one hit in six innings in his major-league debut, as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 Monday night to avoid a four-game sweep. Cincinnati’s two runs came on solo home runs by Stuart Fairchild and Tyler Stephenson. Alexis Diaz earned his 14th

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and struck out 12, Trea Turner homered twice among his four hits to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to their third straight win, 8-3 over the Detroit Tigers. Nola  fanned 10 and had faced the minimum through six