Matteo Berrettini has ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating the the three-time major 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 at the U.S. Open. Murray hasn’t reached the round of 16 in one of tennis’ four biggest tournaments since Wimbledon in 2017, when h…
Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Wu Yibing with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round. The defending champion moves on to face Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios on Sunday. Medvedev is bidding to become the first repeat champion in Flushing Meadows since Roger Federer …
California teenager Lucy Li has the 36-hole lead on the LPGA Tour. The 19-year-old Li had another bogey-free round in the Dana Open. She shot a 64 for a two-shot lead over 19-year-old Ruoning Yin of China and Carlota Ciganda. Li is playing with a lot more freedom than some of the players. Sh…
A swimming cap designed for afro hair has been approved for use in top-level competitions.
Fifty years ago, ABC sportscaster Jim McKay delivered the worst possible news with three words: “They're all gone." With that, we learned the awful fate of 11 Israeli hostages at the Munich Olympics. Even after all this time, it’s still difficult to shake those images of a masked Palestinian…
The Chicago Bears say President and CEO Ted Phillips will retire at the end of the season after nearly 40 years with the franchise. Phillips, an accountant by trade, joined the Bears as the team’s controller in 1983 and spent four years in that position before moving up the organization’s la…
The College Football Playoff that determines the national champion is expanding from four teams to 12. It will happen no later than the 2026 season. The plan approved by a group of university presidents calls for the six highest-ranked conference champions and six at-large teams to make the …
Paris Saint-Germain must pay $10 million for breaking UEFA financial rules with seven other clubs also punished for overspending since 2018. UEFA says its club finance investigators ordered prize money from European competitions totaling $26.1 million to be withheld from the eight clubs sanc…
Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows says he has been dealing with mental health issues along with physical ailments and will not play again this season. Meadows revealed his struggles in a social media post. Detroit manager A.J. Hinch has known of Meadows’ mental health issues for sever…
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby is about to become a father, and he is already looking forward to the arrival of his daughter with fiancée Rachel Washburn. Crosby is one of the NFL's most feared pass rushers, but Washburn says it's "cutest thing ever watching him be so excited to…
Veteran striker Iago Aspas has added to his great start to the season by scoring twice in Celta Vigo’s 3-0 rout of last-place Cádiz in the Spanish league. The double took Aspas’ tally to five goals from four matches and put him at the top of the scoring list ahead of the weekend games. Barce…
Barcelona has sealed the signing of left back Marcos Alonso. Alonso had terminated his contract with Chelsea before the end of the transfer deadline on Thursday and was free to sign with another club. Barcelona signed the 31-year-old Spaniard on a contract until the end of the season and wit…
Abner Mares is a former three-division world champion who has practically set the blueprint for a champion boxer moving intelligently to the next stage of his life. But Mares wasn't quite ready for that next stage to start yet. He's returning to the ring after a four-year, three-month absenc…
Trying to hang on to their slim lead in the AL Central, the Cleveland Guardians lost two starting pitchers to injury. Zach Plesac has a broken hand and Aaron Civale is dealing with forearm inflammation. Cleveland leads Minnesota by just one game. Plesac was supposed to start Friday’s opener,…
Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon were unsure of their playoff plans until the very end of NASCAR's regular season. Now both will switch from fighting to reach the postseason to chasing a Cup Series title. The chase begins Sunday with the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Blaney is the only dr…
Giannis Antetokounmpo simply took over with the game on the line. And as usual, he did it on both ends of the floor. Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Tyler Dorsey also finished with 27 points and Greece held off Croatia 89-85 in the opening Group C game for both teams …
Colton Herta says he's not listening to any of the speculation about a potential move to Formula One next season. In fact, the American driver has told his father to not even discuss any 2023 possibilities with him until the IndyCar season has ended. IndyCar has two races left on its schedul…
Borussia Dortmund leads the Bundesliga going into the weekend after beating Hoffenheim 1-0 on Friday. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens made the key pass and Julian Brandt’s through-ball was latched onto by captain Marco Reus to score in the 16th minute from the center of the box. Dortmund made the goal s…
The Merseyside derby kicks off an eight-game lineup in the English Premier League on Saturday. Everton is winless in league play and hosts Liverpool. Transfer deadline day signings Idrissa Gana Gueye and James Garner are available for Everton but new Liverpool midfielder Arthur Melo is await…
The Tennessee Titans have placed Pro Bowl linebacker Harold Landry III on injured reserve. The Titans did not cite a reason for Landry going on IR. A person familiar with the injury confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that Landry tore an ACL in practice Wednesday. The person spoke …
A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races. Swimming governing body FINA says the Soul Cap was on its list of approved equipment. FINA executive director Brent Nowicki says it's "very important that all aqua…
Aaron Donald was scheduled for a media blitz to promote a product before he swung a helmet at opposing players during a joint practice last week. The tour went on Wednesday, as planned. Donald wasn’t prepared for it. Given an opportunity by The Associated Press to address the incident which …
English golfer Ross McGowan sunk a 12-foot birdie putt on the last hole to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the European tour’s Made in HimmerLand. McGowan was the overnight leader and started his second round also with a birdie. He scored a 6-under-par 65 to total 15 under at the …
AP source: University presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff have approved expanding it to 12 teams.
A series featuring some of the best offensive stars in the WNBA has so far been defined by defense. Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson have played like the two best players in the league as the Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces split the first two games of their WNBA playoffs semifinal series. B…
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