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By The Associated Press The Chicago Fire’s Gabriel Slonina was listed on Poland’s 39-man roster announced by coach Czesław Michniewicz ahead of four Nations League matches next month. Slonina is an 18-year-old player viewed as a goalkeeper of the future for the U.S. national team. He turned 18 on Sunday. Slonina became Major League Soccer’s

By The Associated Press The strongest field of the four majors meets for the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. It’s the fifth time the Tulsa, Oklahoma, course is hosting the PGA. That’s the most of any course. Phil Mickelson is the defending champion but Lefty won’t be playing this year. It’s only the third time

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — More than 5,000 police officers and security personnel are on high alert in Seville as the Spanish city braces for the throngs of Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt fans arriving for the Europa League final. Streets are being closed, barriers are being erected around monuments and

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The climax of the men’s club soccer season in Europe starts Wednesday with the Europa League final. That will be followed by the inaugural Europa Conference League final between Roma and Feyenoord on May 25 and the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid on

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer A group fighting homophobia in soccer has called on the French league and Paris Saint-Germain to ask player Idrissa Gueye for an explanation after he missed a game last week amid reports that he refused to play because he did not want to wear a rainbow-colored number on the

LONDON (AP) — A turbulent period for English cricket has seen another high-profile departure among its leadership with chief executive Tom Harrison announcing he is stepping down. The men’s test captain, head coach, director of cricket and now the CEO of the England and Wales Cricket Board have all left their roles since the turn

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — How well do you the PGA Championship and its 106 years of history? This trivia quiz might give you an indication. It covers past champions in stroke play and match play. There’s the biggest rout and playoffs. There were shocking wins and wins with hardly

RED DEER, Alberta (AP) — One of the NHL playoff series in the second round has an entire Canadian province buzzing. Calgary faces Edmonton in the best-of-seven showdown that begins this week. The city councils in each city have friendly wagers going. The matchup is welcome news in Red Deer, which sits halfway between the

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Curt Casali hit two home runs, Mike Yastrzemski delivered a go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants pulled out a 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies. Ryan McMahon homered for the Rockies, who lost for the 11th straight time to

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rickie Fowler returns to the PGA Championship looking for the form that once took him as high as No 4 in the world rankings. And he’s back at Southern Hills in Tulsa where got to play some rounds as a college All-American at Oklahoma State.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer and Tony Gonsolin pitched six innings of three-hit ball in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-4 victory over Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman drove in runs during the Dodgers’ three-run fifth inning in the

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Gary Sanchez homered, Royce Lewis scored twice and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1. Lewis has played 10 major league games after being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 draft and is already making an impact. He started a pair of rallies against Zach Logue by doubling

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Curt Casali hit two home runs, Mike Yastrzemski delivered a go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth and the San Francisco Giants pulled out a 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.Ryan McMahon homered for the Rockies, who lost for the 11th straight time

BOSTON (AP) — Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed with a leg injury while running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday night against the Boston Red Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park field on a stretcher. The team said he had “left lower leg discomfort,” and manager Dusty Baker said

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story homered to tie the game in the seventh inning and Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run shot in the eighth to give the Boston Red Sox a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Houston starter Jake Odorizzi left on a stretcher in the fifth inning

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luis Robert hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning after Johnny Cueto’s impressive Chicago debut, and the White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 in the opener of a five-game series. Yasmani Grandal also had a two-run shot for the White Sox, who

By RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddy Peralta dominated over seven innings, Hunter Renfroe scored on a wild pitch and the Milwaukee Brewers two-hit the Atlanta Braves 1-0. Peralta gave up two hits and a walk while striking out 10 and retiring his final 11 batters. It was the sixth time in Peralta’s

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Eli White had the first and last of five Texas hits during a six-run first inning off Noah Syndergaard, and the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-4. Jon Gray won his home debut despite allowing Shohei Ohtani’s RBI double off the base of the center-field wall in a three-run first.

TORONTO (AP) — The Saskatchewan Roughriders became the fourth Canadian Football League team to cancel training-camp practices after the league and its players broke off negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement. The Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts canceled practices on Sunday, a day after negotiations halted, putting players on seven of the

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi allowed one hit over six shutout innings to beat his former team, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman backed the left-hander with home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Seattle Mariners 6-2. Bichette went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and scored twice as