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VENICE, Italy (AP) — American forward Andrija Novakovich has transferred to second-division Venezia. The 25-year-old Novakovich agreed to a…

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has completed the signing of center back Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli. The Premier League club paid a fee reported to be 40…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona is set to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich after the…

By The Associated Press All-Star Game festivities start in earnest with the Futures Game, where some of the best prospects in Major League Baseball…

TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Kumar Rocker is ready for a second go-round in the MLB draft. A year after he was the lone first-round pick to not sign with a…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-ending grand slam off major league saves leader Josh Hader for…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala had his visa issues resolved and flew to the world…

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fired-up Yu Darvish struck out nine in seven innings and the scuffling San Diego Padres…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Clayton Kershaw’s pitches all sizzled from the start, and the Los Angeles Angels…

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals reliever Genesis Cabrera slammed the ball to the ground in frustration when he was…

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers homered and drove in four runs, C.J. Cron hit his 21st home run and German Marquez…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Chicago White Sox powered past the first-place Minnesota Twins 6-2 for their fourth…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Robbie Ray struck out 12 without a walk over 6 2/3 innings, rookie All-Star center…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Xander Bogaerts slid home on Michael King’s wild pitch with two outs in the 11th inning, and…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Skye Bolt homered with a career-high three RBIs, Cole Irvin pitched six sharp innings and the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sporting Kansas City defender Kortne Ford was suspended for 10 MLS league games and fined 20% of his annual salary Friday for…

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia and Adam Duvall homered as the Atlanta Braves beat Washington 8-4…

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles’ winning streak ended at 10 as Christian Bethancourt hit his…

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor drove in two runs and Andrés Giménez delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh…

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda…

MIAMI (AP) — J.T. Realmuto had three hits against his former team, including a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning off All-Star Sandy…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernández and Matt Chapman hit three-run home runs, Alek Manoah snapped a three-start…

By LUIS RUIZ Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kimberly García won the first gold medal Friday in Eugene and the first medal ever for Peru in…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored a season-high 28 points, Sylvia Fowles had 22 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the…

By The Associated Press The All-Star Game festivities start in earnest with the Futures Game, where some of the best prospects in Major League…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brandon Boston Jr. had 22 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers used a 32-9 fourth quarter to beat the Utah Jazz…

By The Associated Press Defender Malik Tillman was loaned Friday to Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers from Bayern Munich for the 2022-23 season.Rangers…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — International doping authorities approved special exemptions for seven Ukrainian athletes, allowing them to compete in world…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit…

By POPPY CARTLEDGE Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowl guard Richie Incognito has retired after a turbulent 15-year NFL…

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — All four former British Open champions who won their titles on the Old Course…

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Second round of the British Open at a…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Corey LaJoie won more races in a NASCAR regional series season than Chase Elliott just 10 years…

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Key hole at the British Open on…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Javelin competitor Yiselena Ballar Rojas has defected from the Cuban team for the 2022 world championships. That’s…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure from the British Open at St.…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Never mind that she got passed at the end of her last sprint around the track. Or ended up…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. failed to reach a…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Alex Palou had to fight for every opportunity on his rise through open-wheel racing, and that probably makes…

ATLANTA (AP) — Darren Eales is leaving Atlanta United to become the chief executive officer of Newcastle United in the Premier League in England.…