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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — LIV Golfer Louis Oosthuizen shares the very early lead at the Masters at 1 under in the early going, although fellow tour member Kevin Na is bringing up the rear five shots back of the leaders. So far eight of the LIV golfers are on the course, including former Masters champions

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has annoyed Kylian Mbappé by making him the focus of a promotional video that excluded Lionel Messi, Neymar and other teammates. Mbappé writes in a statement published on his Instagram account that he is “not in agreement with this published video.” He adds “PSG is a great club and a

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Max Homa comes across on social media as snarky, witty and plain funny. And that’s what most golf fans knew about the former NCAA champion until the past few years, when his game suddenly began to match his social media brilliance. Now, Homa’s expected to

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Frank Lampard is returning to Chelsea as interim manager until the end of the season while the club searches for a fulltime replacement for Graham Potter. It is Lampard’s first role since being fired by Everton in January. The 44-year-old Lampard played for Chelsea from 2001-14 and is the

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — LIV golfer Kevin Na and 2003 champion Mike Weir launched drives down the first fairway at Augusta National, signaling the official start of the 87th Masters. Na is one of 18 players from the polarizing Saudi Arabia-backed golf league participating in the event, which is almost certain to make this “a

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The 87th Masters kicks off this morning amid the blooming azaleas and towering pines of Augusta National Golf Club. From the rival LIV tour to Scottie Scheffler’s bid for a second straight green jacket to an elongated 13th hole, golf’s first major of the year provides its usual abundance of compelling

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer An independent tribunal has ruled that the European tour was within its rights to sanction members who competed on the Saudi-funded LIV Golf without permission. An appeal panel at Sport Resolutions found that players including Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood committed “serious breaches” of the European tour code of

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — From the upstart LIV tour to Scottie Scheffler’s bid for a second straight green jacket to a supersized 13th hole, golf’s first major of the year provides an abundance of compelling storylines. Oh, and let’s not forget Tiger Woods. Welcome to the Masters, where the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters loves its heritage and the tournament is loaded with big moments. This is a capsule look at key anniversaries this year. It was 75 years ago when Claude Harmon won the Masters while working as a club professional. It was 25 years ago

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — After years of negotiations, a land acquisition deal and millions of dollars, the Masters finally made modifications to what historically has been the easiest hole on the golf course. No. 13, the par-5 leaving Amen Corner, has a new look. The tee box has been

ROME (AP) — Roma’s current and former American owners and Lazio president Claudio Lotito are among numerous officials at the two clubs being investigated by Italian authorities for false accounting via alleged abuse of capital gains in the transfer market. The investigations also involve Salernitana and resulted in financial police searches at offices for the

ZURICH (AP) — World Cup winner Argentina tops the FIFA rankings for the first time in six years. Argentina’s two wins in friendlies last month ended Brazil’s one-year run at the top. Brazil lost at Morocco 2-1 two weeks ago and fell to No. 3. France, the World Cup beaten finalist, followed Argentina in rising

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. The pursuit could resume if Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is re-elected, as expected, against two anti-Olympic candidates. The Japanese city suspended actively