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By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press Australian Open favorite Iga Swiatek was in tears after losing at the United Cup in Sydney. The US and French Open champion sobbed courtside after being thrashed 6-2, 6-2 by American Jessica Pegula in the mixed teams tournament semifinals. The victory by Pegula helped the U.S. seize a 2-0 lead

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 at the Adelaide International to set up a semifinal with Daniil Medvedev. The combined ATP-WTA event is a warmup for this year’s Australian Open which the top-seeded Djokovic missed last year after being barred from the country because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The Bayern Munich team has flown to Qatar for its winter training camp amid uncertainty over the club’s contentious sponsorship agreement with the Persian Gulf country. State-owned Qatar Airways’ lucrative advertising deal is due to expire at the end of the season and there is pressure

TOKYO (AP) — Japan officials have named 12 members of their World Baseball Classic team who will represent the country later this year. They include three major leaguers, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres and Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs. The WBC will be played in

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich says full-back Noussair Mazraoui tested positive for the coronavirus during Morocco’s historic run to the semifinals of the World Cup and has since been found to have swelling around his heart. Bayern left Mazraoui out of the squad that has left for a winter training camp in Qatar ahead of

BRUSSELS (AP) — Caroline Garcia says she had to deal with bulimia for a spell, triggered by losses and pain from a lingering foot injury that affected her daily life. Now back to a career-high No.4 in the WTA rankings and in bright spirits, the 29-year-old opened up about her struggles in an interview with

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jordan Spieth and Tom Kim have been neighbors in Dallas for the last several month without really knowing each other. Kim even is using Spieth’s longtime swing coach. That changed on a flight home from the Bahamas. Kim said he was going back to South

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer It’s never been just about wins for Mikaela Shiffrin. Not when she didn’t win any of her five individual races at last year’s Beijing Olympics. And not during her current five-race winning streak. Even when her next victory will tie her with Lindsey Vonn for the women’s World Cup

By The Associated Press Former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died. Vialli helped both Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming a player-manager at Chelsea. He was 58. The Italian soccer federation confirmed Vialli’s death. Vialli announced in 2018 that he had overcome a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer but then

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Sébastien Haller has been included in Borussia Dortmund’s squad for a winter training camp in Spain. It is the latest step toward the Ivory Coast striker’s return to action following treatment for testicular cancer. Haller needed two operations and chemotherapy after the diagnosis emerged in July during pre-season training. That was

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo is not the first soccer superstar to head off to one of the world’s supposed minor leagues in the latter years of his career. The temptation for one last huge payday, to be a trailblazer in a nation looking to boost its standing in the sport, or

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev is into the semifinals of the Adelaide International and a possible matchup with top-seeded Novak Djokovic. Djokovic later faces Denis Shapovalov for a spot in the semifinals. The runner-up last year to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open, Medvedev defeated fellow Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3. The combined ATP-WTA

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists in his return from a lower-body injury and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Thursday night. Vegas leads the Western Conference and is tied for second in the NHL at its midway point of

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday night. Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller each added a goal for the Canucks. They snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 17-18-3. Collin Delia stopped 29 shots for Vancouver. Elias Pettersson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson