AP-National-Sports

By DÉBORA REY and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Few places in the world have soccer fans more passionate than…

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Australia beat China 3-0 but Japan has fallen to a shock 1-0 defeat against Oman in the opening Group B game of World Cup…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer NFL players can wear social justice messages on their helmets again this season. And “It Takes All of Us”…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero has had his life ban from soccer cut to 20 years by the Court of…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Lora Webster is five months pregnant and going for her fifth medal in sitting volleyball in her fifth…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even a retractable roof at the U.S. Open was no match for the heavy rain and wind the remnants…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California wide receiver Drake London had shifted his attention between football and…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Texas is beginning a new era with new coach Steve Sarkisian, new starting quarterback Hudson Card and preseason…

By The Associated Press Mets acting general manager Zack Scott is due in court two days after he was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is turning the camera on his own personal tragedy.…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jace Peterson hit a go-ahead single in the seventh, Lorenzo Cain homered for a second…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner and AJ Pollock singled home the tying and go-ahead runs through the same infield…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas has heard boos from the crowd for yet another long trip off court after…

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Gavin Sheets hit two home runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win over the…

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Frank Schwindel hit a three-run homer and a pair of Chicago Cubs pitchers combined on a…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer AMSTERDAM (AP) — Formula One fans will hope Sunday’s Netherlands Grand Prix is a spectacular race to…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Randal Grichuk hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat…

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, No. 502 of his career, and drove in the go-ahead run with a…

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jarren Duran had a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth and the COVID-19 impacted…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The New York Yankees snapped their four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Los…

TORONTO (AP) — Honduras stopped a training session ahead of its World Cup qualifier against Canada after spotting a drone above the field,…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — First-team reps are few and far between for Los Angeles Rams backup quarterback John…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A new-look U.S. soccer team opens World Cup qualifying in El Salvador on Thursday…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have dealt with their share of drama with the regular season…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis is right back in a familiar place and uniform chasing something in…

By The Associated Press An early upper hand in the ACC’s Coastal Division race and some redemption will be on the line when No. 10 North…