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KIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A bestselling novelist has ended her sponsorship of a second-division football team in Scotland over its signing of a…

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Ski jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. The Austrian team says a PCR…

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic officials in Taiwan have reversed a decision to skip Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Games in China. They say…

By ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press BUEA, Cameroon (AP) — The African Cup of Nations in Cameroon sparks memories for Tiku Achale of what soccer…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has qualified for a 10th successive World Cup after beating Syria 2-0 in Dubai. Second-half goals from Kim…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer World Cup champion Elana Meyers Taylor’s quest to add to her Olympic medal total at the Beijing Games is in…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A 10-event run called the International Series will form part of this season’s Asian Tour in a move that could…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Two-time Alpine skiing gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin has been thinking a lot about the stress and pressure…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The next swimming world championships have been formally postponed for a second time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Equipment manager Petr Sulan stepped into the net for the Czech Republic’s latest…

BEIJING (AP) — Medal predictions for the Beijing…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White is making a curtain call. The big question is whether his finale will…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Foreign athletes fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in their country are allowed to compete in France —…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Marie-Philip Poulin grew up in modest surroundings in smalltown Quebec to become one of Canadian women’s…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer As college football waits on Caleb Williams to announce where he will be going to school, Mississippi…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 10 Kansas and No. 23 Texas face tests in the Big 12 to headline the AP Top 25 schedule for this week. The…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ezekiel Alley had a season-high 22 points as Portland State snapped its seven-game home losing streak, holding off Northern…