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MENDE, France (AP) — Michael Matthews of Australia has posted a solo win on the 14th stage of the Tour de France after a long breakaway and a tremendous effort on the last climb. It was Matthews’ fourth stage win at cycling’s biggest race. The Australian was part of a group of 23 riders who

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Trey Mullinax was in Kentucky one week ago, sitting out a rain delay at the Barbasol Championship and facing a long trip across the country to the next PGA Tour event in the hopes of turning his season around. Seven days later, he walked

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Many Somalis are reacting with horror — and a sense of understanding — at British runner Mo Farah’s tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after other children. Olympic champion Farah was born in present-day Somaliland, a territory by the

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says that coach Xavi Hernández has missed his team’s flight for a preseason tour of the United States because of problems with his passport. The club says that Xavi “will be able to (travel) in the coming days” and plans to join his team in

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona is set to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich after the clubs reached an agreement in principle for his transfer. Bayern president Herbert Hainer confirmed on Saturday that there existed “a verbal agreement with Barcelona” for the striker. Lewandowski is one of soccer’s

VENICE, Italy (AP) — American forward Andrija Novakovich has transferred to second-division Venezia. The 25-year-old Novakovich agreed to a four-year contract after leaving second-tier Frosinone. Novakovich, from Muskego, Wisconsin, scored three goals in 29 league appearances last season, his third with Frosinone. He had 19 goals in 100 appearances with the club in the league

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has completed the signing of center back Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli. The Premier League club paid a fee reported to be 40 million euros ($40 million) for the 31-year-old Senegal international, who arrives at Stamford Bridge following the departures of defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen. Koulibaly played eight seasons with

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona is set to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich after the clubs reached an agreement in principle for his transfer, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press. The person spoke under anonymity because he was not allowed to speak

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-ending grand slam off major league saves leader Josh Hader for San Francisco’s third homer of the ninth inning, and the Giants rallied from a three-run deficit to stun the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5. Hader was tagged with his second straight loss, two

TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Former Vanderbilt star right-hander Kumar Rocker is ready for a second go-round in the MLB draft. A brief professional tune-up has him on track to be selected as early as the first round when the draft begins on Sunday in Los Angeles. Rocker has been conducting interviews with teams and carrying

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a walk-off grand slam off major league saves leader Josh Hader for San Francisco’s third homer of the ninth inning, and Giants rallied from a three-run deficit with a six-run outburst, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5. Hader was tagged with his second straight

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals reliever Genesis Cabrera slammed the ball to the ground in frustration when he was removed from the game, prompting a stern response from manager Oliver Marmol moments before St. Louis closed out a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Cabrera was pulled after giving up

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through the seventh and finished with eight scoreless innings of one-hit ball in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. After retiring the Angels’ first 21 batters in order, Kershaw fell six outs short of

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala had his visa issues resolved and flew to the world championships just in time for his 100-meter race. It was quite a journey as he went from Nairobi to Doha to Seattle and finally to the track in Eugene, Oregon. He

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fired-up Yu Darvish struck out nine in seven innings and the scuffling San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3. Austin Nola hit an early two-run double to help the Padres win for only the second time in seven games. Ketel Marte had three

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Robbie Ray struck out 12 without a walk over 6 2/3 innings, rookie All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez hit a grand slam and the Seattle Mariners have their longest winning streak in more than two decades, beating the Texas Rangers 8-3 for their 12th win

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking homer and Brendan Donovan drove in three runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Andre Pallante tossed five innings for his first win since June 10. Dylan Carlson reached base four times for

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Clayton Kershaw has thrown seven perfect innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Los Angeles Angels. The veteran left-hander has needed just 71 pitches to sit down 21 consecutive batters at Angel Stadium on Friday night. Kershaw has pitched one no-hitter in his career,

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers homered and drove in four runs, C.J. Cron hit his 21st home run and German Marquez became the second Colorado pitcher to reach 900 career strikeouts as the Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-2. Elias Diaz had two hits and three RBIs and Charlie Blackmon

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Robbie Ray struck out 12 without a walk over 6 2/3 innings, rookie All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez hit a grand slam and the Seattle Mariners have their longest winning streak in more than two decades, beating the Texas Rangers 8-3 for their 12th win