Ziyech scores 89th-minute winner for Chelsea at Palace
LONDON (AP) — Hakim Ziyech volleyed in an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on its return to Premier League action after…
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Watford beats Aston Villa 1-0 to boost hopes of EPL survival
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Emmanuel Dennis has ended Watford’s scoring drought and helped boost the club’s hopes of Premier League survival…
Continue Reading Mane’s acrobatics and Salah’s 150th goal rescue Liverpool
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Sadio Mane scored a brilliant overhead kick and Mohamed Salah added his 150th goal for the team as Liverpool came from…
Continue Reading Modeste recovers to score for Cologne in 1-0 win v Frankfurt
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Anthony Modeste has returned from the sick bay to shoot Cologne to a 1-0 win over Eintracht…
Continue Reading Burton keeps Ford strong at final practice for Daytona 500
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Harrison Burton was fastest in the final practice for NASCAR’s season-opening…
Continue Reading Let’s go Brandon: Driver caught in unwinnable culture war
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Brandon Brown is caught in the middle of a swirling culture war.…
Continue Reading Frazier, Knierim focus on Olympic skate amid ceremony appeal
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American pairs skaters Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim said they were left alone to concentrate on…
Continue Reading Newcastle draws 1-1 at West Ham, stays unbeaten in 6 in EPL
LONDON (AP) — Newcastle has showed further evidence of its gradual improvement under Eddie Howe by drawing 1-1 at top four-chasing West Ham to…
Continue Reading More gold for Germany, more Olympic history by Meyers Taylor
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers…
Continue Reading Sui, Han earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skating
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin…
Continue Reading BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Reporting, inside and outside the bubble
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalists who spent weeks of reporting on the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed…
Continue Reading Epic Olympic battle highlights biathlon at Beijing Games
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Frenchman fared better in the first week. The Norwegian nailed it in the second.…
Continue Reading US men’s hockey team gets noise complaint after Olympic loss
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it spoke to the men’s hockey team after…
Continue Reading Samaranch voted back on IOC executive board at Beijing Games
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The International Olympic Committee member who oversaw preparations for the Beijing Games has been…
Continue Reading Wind creates a full-blown mess on Olympics’ penultimate day
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Wind created a full-blown mess in the mountains around Beijing on the Olympics’ penultimate…
Continue Reading Edin skips Sweden to Olympic curling gold, Britain 2nd
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Niklas Edin of Sweden claimed the only major title missing from a career in which he’s established…
Continue Reading Schouten wins 3rd gold on final day of Olympic speedskating
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Irene Schouten of the Netherlands has captured her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. She…
Continue Reading Finland hockey player goes from isolation to Olympic gold
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Finland men’s hockey player Marko Anttila spent his first six days at the Beijing Olympics…
Continue Reading Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals
By EDDIE PELLS and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have…
Continue Reading Bolshunov wins 3rd gold of Beijing Olympics in 30K race
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Alexander Bolshunov sprinted to his third Olympic gold medal in a 30-kilometer mass…
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