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KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr won the first of two downhills on the classic Streif course. Fellow pre-race favorites Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Marco Odermatt only narrowly avoided high-speed crashes. Kriechmayr mastered the demanding course in cloudy conditions as the world champion from Austria sped to his third win of the season and 15th

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Top Indian wrestlers are continuing a sit-in protest near the parliament building for a third straight day as the federation president they accuse of sexually and mentally harassing young female athletes remains defiant and refuses to quit. The wrestlers and their nearly 200 supporters at Jantar

SYDNEY (AP) — Veteran winger Kurtley Beale has been suspended by Rugby Australia after being charged with sexual assault from an incident in December. The 34-year-old Beale has played 95 tests for Australia after making his Wallabies debut in 2009. He recently returned to Australia after a stint in French rugby. New South Wales Police

LONDON (AP) — New Zealand striker Chris Wood is set to join Nottingham Forest on loan from Newcastle. Newcastle manager Eddie Howe confirmed that Wood was completing a medical with Forest on Friday morning. The 31-year-old Wood had joined Newcastle from Burnley for $34.5 million one year ago and helped the team avoid relegation. The

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — All eyes are on French basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama. And that doesn’t seem to bother the 19-year-old NBA draft prospect. He and his family sat just off the court at the game Thursday in Paris between Detroit and Chicago. A maze of people surrounded him as

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Pegula, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are all breezing through the Australian Open so far. The matchups could get tougher in Week 2. Pegula has dropped zero sets and just 11 games total along the way to reaching the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — DeMeco Ryans’ day as San Francisco defensive coordinator started with meetings and then went to the practice field as he focused on implementing a defense to slow down Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. Then instead of relaxing or diving into more film

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Spain. The alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona, police told The Associated Press. Alves was taken into custody after he answered a

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Barcelona. Police say the alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona. Alves will now go before a judge. The judge will decide on the charges. The charge of

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory will go on for at least another day. Shiffrin finished half a second behind winner Sofia Goggia in fourth place in a downhill on the course that will be used for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Shiffrin remained tied

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray just wanted to go to the bathroom. It was 3 a.m., he’d already been playing his Australian Open second-round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis for more than 4 1/2 hours — they would carry on for another set across more than another hour —

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray will try to overcome whatever lingering exhaustion he might have after two five-set matches and more than 10 hours of action at the Australian Open when he plays Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the fourth round. Murray played the longest match of his career to beat Thanasi

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Keshawn Justice, Carlos Stewart and Brandin Podziemski combined to score 61 points as Santa Clara held off BYU to earn an 83-76 in a West Coast Conference battle. The Broncos scored eight points in the final minute to hold off a late BYU rally.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Remarkable as Damar Hamlin’s recovery has been, the Buffalo Bills safety still faces a lengthy rehabilitation some three weeks after going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati, his marketing representative told The Associated Press

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored twice in the first period, Scott Wedgewood made 34 saves for his first shutout this season and the Dallas Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-0. Southern California native Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who bounced

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol has tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing drug. Athletics Australia says Bol, the national 800-meter record holder, failed an out-of-competition test on Oct. 11. The 28-year-old tested positive to the banned drug erythropoietin, known as EPO. Athletics Australia provisionally suspended