Deadly stampede overshadows Cameroon’s African Cup progress
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s progress at the African Cup of Nations was overshadowed by a stampede outside the stadium that killed at…
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Chairmen of the boards: Japanese team powerful in halfpipe
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The Japanese snowboard team has long been filled with potential in the halfpipe but has no…
Continue ReadingSullivan wary even with red-hot Penguins surging
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are surging at the season’s halfway point, but head coach Mike…
Continue ReadingFormer Tour de France champ Bernal hospitalized after crash
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has undergone surgery on his right leg after breaking his femur and kneecap in a…
Continue ReadingDaboll gets 2nd interview for Giants job, Quinn, his first
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll is getting a second interview for the vacant New York Giants’…
Continue ReadingWatford fires Ranieri after falling into EPL relegation zone
WATFORD, England (AP) — Claudio Ranieri has been fired by Watford after 3 1/2 months in charge of the Premier League team that has just slipped…
Continue ReadingOle Miss enters AP women’s poll for 1st time in 15 years
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Mississippi is in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in 15 years, coming in at…
Continue ReadingWarriors switch up practice routine, say it pays dividends
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors’ new-look coaching staff has helped Steve Kerr tweak his…
Continue ReadingSpanish Vuelta to return to Barcelona after 11-year absence
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish Vuelta will return to Barcelona in 2023 after an 11-year absence. The city will host the official start of the…
Continue ReadingOrtiz, Clemens, Bonds to be close calls for Hall of Fame
By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and David Ortiz appear to be the only players with a chance at Hall of Fame enshrinement…
Continue ReadingFraught heavyweight boxing scene set to become clearer
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Heavyweight boxing’s landscape should become a lot clearer this week when the promoters of Tyson Fury and Dillian…
Continue ReadingAuburn flies to No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in history
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer War Eagle is flying high over men’s college basketball for the first time in history. A barely ranked…
Continue ReadingMLB players withdraw free agency shift as labor talks resume
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Locked-out Major League Baseball players removed the first of three major obstacles to a labor…
Continue ReadingFinding the ‘happy bubble’: Mental health key for Olympians
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press MIDWAY, Utah (AP) — The U.S. biathlon team has a full-time embedded sports psychologist who travels with the…
Continue ReadingTsitsipas edges Fritz, ends US men’s hopes in Australia
BY JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The difference for Taylor Fritz between reaching the Grand Slam quarterfinals for the…
Continue ReadingErling Haaland sidelined again due to ‘muscular problems’
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund’s top-scorer Erling Haaland has been forced to take another break due to what the club says are…
Continue ReadingMissed penalty, injury and burglary on same day for Benzema
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — It’s been a tough weekend for Karim Benzema as he endured a missed penalty kick, an injury and…
Continue ReadingBreak is timely for crisis-hit Borussia Mönchengladbach
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The Bundesliga’s international break has come at just the right time for beleaguered Borussia…
Continue ReadingDjokovic could play in France under latest vaccine rules
By ANGELA CHARLTON and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic could be allowed to defend his French Open…
Continue ReadingDutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors retires from the sport
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors has retired from the sport. Ter Mors was the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two…
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