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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has exempted athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has contradicted the governing body of swimming by asserting that it has not withdrawn from all events on this year’s…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pablo Larrazábal shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Qatar Masters. The Spaniard birdied…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has issued steep penalties against Brad Keselowski and his new race team for…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer VICIS has the top four performing helmets in the NFL and NFLPA’s eighth annual study. For the first time a…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Officials say the final cost of last year’s Tokyo Olympics is expected to be about $13.6…

By DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — The players of Ukrainian women’s soccer club FC Kryvbas are living and training in…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan has qualified for a seventh straight World Cup after beating Australia 2-0 and has ended the Socceroos’ chances…

LONDON (AP) — Former England striker Jermain Defoe has announced his retirement from soccer at the age of 39. It ends a 22-year professional…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Dimitar Berbatov’s curiosity about leadership was sparked by seeing the books in his the office…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ada Hegerberg is returning to the Norwegian national team for the first time since 2017. The 26-year-old striker is…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — Zack Steffen was picked over Ethan Horvath to be in goal at Estadio Azteca when the United…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fourth-seeded Maryland faces top-seeded Stanford on Friday night in the women’s…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer It has been seven years since the Big Ten had a team reach the Final Four and more than two decades since the…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arkansas coach Eric Musselman has learned that his players need to balance the grind of…

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It could be any other top-notch hospital in Doha, the capital of Qatar. There are radiology and…

By The Associated Press Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 26th and final appearance in the Sweet 16 is a classic matchup of offense vs. defense. The…