Month: October 2022

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has scored again to lead Barcelona’s 1-0 win at Mallorca as the Poland striker continues destroying defenses in his arrival to Spanish league. His 20th-minute goal took Lewandowski’s league-leading tally to nine goals and 12 overall counting Champions League. He has scored in six

PARMA, Italy (AP) — Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian to win a WTA Tour event by beating top-seeded Maria Sakkari 7-5, 6-3 at the Parma Ladies Open. Sherif earned not only her first career title but also notched her first win over a top-10 opponent. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur reached the Wimbledon and U.S. Open

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Baseball is fun again in the Pacific Northwest in a way that it hasn’t been in more than two decades. The longest postseason drought in the four major professional sports ended Friday night when the Seattle Mariners earned a long-coveted spot in the Major League Baseball

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart are keenly aware of the legacy of success they are part of with the U.S. women’s basketball team. They don’t plan on letting the incredible run end any time soon. Wilson and Stewart helped the U.S. to a fourth consecutive World

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson was airlifted out of Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday with burns suffered when he crashed in the Truck Series race. Anderson’s truck was spinning across the track when flames began shooting from underneath the Chevrolet. The truck continued to spin and slide toward an interior wall and Anderson

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — No. 21 Minnesota held star running back Mohamed Ibrahim out of the game against Purdue a week after he appeared to injure an ankle. Ibrahim’s 567 rushing yards in four games was the second-most in the FBS entering the week. He was hurt during Minnesota’s 34-7 win at Michigan State but returned

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappe has scored a late winner for defending champion Paris Saint-Germain to edge Nice 2-1 and restore its two-point lead over Marseille in the French league. Mbappe pounced on a pass from Nordi Mukiele to beat Kasper Schmeichel with a low strike in the 83rd minute. The France striker tied Neymar

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Richard Mansell doubled his lead to four strokes at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by shooting 5-under 67 at Carnoustie in the third round on Saturday. The No. 218-ranked Mansell is on course for his first victory on the European tour. The Englishman heads back to St. Andrews for the

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich players Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Bavarian powerhouse says neither player has any symptoms and both are “doing well” in isolation in their homes. Kimmich and Müller played the full game in Bayern’s 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Friday. Both players were

LONDON (AP) — Miguel Almiron struck twice as Newcastle cruised to a comfortable 4-1 victory at 10-man Fulham in the English Premier League. Newcastle went into the game with just one win in the league. But it stormed to victory after an eighth-minute red card for Nathaniel Chalobah following a reckless challenge on Sean Longstaff.

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett will not play in Sunday’s game at Atlanta after he suffered multiple injuries when he crashed his car while speeding earlier in the week. Cleveland downgraded the star from questionable to out on Saturday before flying to Georgia to take

LONDON (AP) — Conor Gallagher marked his return to Selhurst Park with a last-minute winner in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. The midfielder spent last season on loan at Palace and came off the bench and curled home a shot from the edge of the area in the 90th

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bournemouth has been left fuming after it was denied a penalty kick in a 0-0 draw with Brentford in the English Premier League. The Cherries were perplexed by referee Thomas Bramall ruling out a spot kick despite being ordered to the pitchside monitors by VAR official John Brooks. The Vitality Stadium

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It’s looking increasingly like Arsenal is the real deal in the English Premier League. It’s also looking like Liverpool hasn’t got what it takes to mount another title challenge. Arsenal made it seven wins from eight games to open the season by beating Tottenham 3-1 in the north London

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Everton has scored twice for the first time this season and come from behind at Southampton to win 2-1 in the English Premier League. The Toffees extended their unbeaten run to six matches and provided a rare league success on the road. This was only their second road win in this

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Britton’s season is over, his comeback from Tommy John surgery cut short after just three relief appearances for the New York Yankees. New York put the 34-year-old left-hander on the 60-day injured list and selected the contract of right-hander Jacob Barnes from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Leandro Trossard completed his hat trick with an 83rd-minute equalizer to earn Brighton a 3-3 draw at Liverpool in the Premier League. It marked an entertaining start to Roberto De Zerbi’s time in charge of the team from England’s south coast. Trossard scored in the fourth and 17th minutes to put