Year: 2022

LONDON (AP) — The Lawn Tennis Association was fined $1 million by the ATP men’s professional tour for banning players from Russia and Belarus from its grass-court events this summer. The governing body of British tennis banned the players from five Wimbledon warm-up tournaments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ATP oversees men’s tennis outside

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé will be ready to face England at the World Cup on Saturday. France teammate Ibrahima Konaté delivered that reassuring message a day after Mbappé missed a team training session. That was news that perhaps England fans did not want to hear three days

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 5 Notre Dame and Lafayette have postponed a women’s basketball game scheduled for Thursday because of health and safety protocols. No other details were immediately available. The game was supposed to be played at Lafayette in Easton, Pennsylvania. The schools say they are looking at whether the game can

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year. Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell is defensive player of the year and Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton is newcomer of the year. Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is coach of the year. Stroud and

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will return to Davis Mills at quarterback against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, two weeks after he was benched for Kyle Allen. Coach Lovie Smith announced the move Wednesday, saying “we don’t give out lifetime jobs.” The switch comes after Allen was picked

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The family of a former University of California-San Diego rower who killed himself in January 2021 says he was pushed too far by his coach. Coach Geoff Bond is no longer at the school and the parents of Brian Lilly Jr. filed a wrongful-death lawsuit

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — “Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa explained the significance of the Chicxulub impact crater to actor Domhnall Gleeson over a drink of negroni sbagliato in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia,” is the kind of sentence that just might tie your tongue up in knots. It contains five examples

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Andries Noppert is ready to face Lionel Messi if the Argentina star takes a penalty kick in Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal match. The Netherlands goalkeeper made his international debut in the team’s opening match in Qatar. He says Messi is “the same like us. He’s

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence missed the first practice of his NFL career because of a sprained big toe on his left foot. But Lawrence and coach Doug Pederson expect the second-year pro to get on the practice field later in the week and probably

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Croatian and Serbian soccer federations have been fined by FIFA for making Balkan political statements at the World Cup. FIFA fined the Croatians $53,000 after the team’s fans verbally abused and taunted Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan. Borjan has Serbian family ties. The Serbian soccer federation was fined $21,300 for a

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — Timothy Bradley Jr. and Rafael Marquez, two-division champions whose exciting styles earned both of them “Fight of the Year” honors, and Carl Froch have been inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The three fighters will make up the men’s modern category when the 10-member class of 2023 is enshrined

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The New York Mets and José Quintana have agreed to a $26 million, two-year contract, adding another veteran arm to the team’s rotation. A person familiar with the negotiations confirmed the move to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sports programs across the county are weighing whether tough coaching styles still have a place in the athletic world. The styles once embodied by legends such as Bear Bryant and Bobby Knight have fallen out of favor at a time when student-athletes demand more sensitive

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some of Geoff Bond’s rowers loved and appreciated his demanding style. They thrived on how the coach at the University of California-San Diego pushed them to the limit while preparing them to take on the real world. But for others, Bond was a nightmare, with

By RONALD BLUM and JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — Aaron Judge has issued his ruling: Court remains in session in the Bronx. Judge is staying with the New York Yankees on a $360 million, nine-year contract, according to a person familiar with baseball’s biggest free agent deal ever. The person spoke

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation is maintaining its trust in Hansi Flick as national team coach despite the team’s disappointing World Cup performance. Federation president Bernd Neuendorf says the body has “full confidence” in Flick to lead the team through the 2024 European Championship. Germany is scheduled

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium forward Eden Hazard has retired from international soccer nearly a week after his country’s aging generation of players was eliminated from the World Cup. The 31-year-old winger made his debut with the national team in 2008 at the age of 17. He made 126 appearances and scored 33 goals. He announced