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FOLKESTONE, England (AP) — A man who posted a video on Facebook in which he racially abused England soccer players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka following the European Championship final was handed a suspended prison sentence. Bradford Pretty, 50, appeared at a court in Folkestone in southern England and admitted to sending a

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin has identified a person it says was one of the perpetrators of antisemitic abuse against Maccabi Haifa fans and banned him from the club’s grounds and premises indefinitely. Union says it has also contacted the German soccer federation to register a nationwide stadium ban

By The Associated Press A capsule look at the best-of-five National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers.

By The Associated Press The 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers put their season on the line in the NL wild-card game against the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals. No team has ever won so many games and failed to win its division, but LA couldn’t catch the 107-win San Francisco Giants, forcing the club into the one-game

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa is preparing for what could be his final run with the Houston Astros. The top overall draft pick in 2012 becomes a free agent after the season and the Astros seem unwilling to pay him what another team surely will. The sides negotiated in

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield, the second overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, suffered a lower body injury during the third period of the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-1 preseason loss to the Arizona Coyotes. The 19-year old center hit the corner boards awkwardly during a collision with Arizona right wing Christian Fischer. Byfield

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The fans are back and the crowds are loud, but home-field advantage still isn’t a factor early in this NFL season. Road teams have won 33 of the 64 games over the first four weeks. That extends a trend that began in 2019 and continued through the pandemic-impacted

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington tight end Sammis Reyes is on the verge of becoming the first person from Chile to play in an NFL game. He is expected to be in uniform Sunday against the New Orleans Saints after an injury to teammate Logan Thomas. The converted basketball

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have a rare opportunity to capture the spotlight and expand their fan base in a city in which they’re often overshadowed by their neighbors a few miles north. They’re in the playoffs for the second year in a row, a first for

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Charles Thompson played a key role as a quarterback for Oklahoma teams that beat Texas in 1987 and 1988. He will be cheering for the rival Longhorns on Saturday when his son, Casey, starts at quarterback for 21st-ranked Texas against the sixth-ranked Sooners. Charles Thompson

CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) — Mélodie Daoust, Julia Gosling and Jessie Eldridge scored as Canada’s women’s national team lost to men’s Junior -A level Cranbrook Bucks 8-3 in an exhibition game on Tuesday night. Eldridge scored with 15 seconds remaining as Canada fell to the squad from the British Columbia Hockey League. On Monday, Canada

CARACAS (AP) — A group of Venezuelan players have accused former coach Kenneth Zseremeta of sexual misconduct while he was working with women’s national teams. Zsemereta worked for nine years as a coach at youth and senior levels in Venezuela until he was fired in 2017. Atletico Madrid star Deyna Castellano published the joint letter

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 in the AL wild-card game. Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning for Boston. The Red Sox will play the AL East champion

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees took a winding route into the AL wild-card game, squeezing in on the final day of a tumultuous season. As their ace pitcher flopped on the Fenway Park mound, not even an appearance by Boston heartbreaker Bucky Dent could

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — TCU transfer running back Darwin Barlow helped Southern California find a balance between the run and pass in a 37-14 win at Colorado. With Barlow continuing to get healthy after injuring his hamstring in training camp, the redshirt sophomore could be an important factor this week

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Yankees took one of their most unique routes to the postseason, overcoming a scroll of injuries and a COVID-19 outbreak after the All-Star break to crawl their way into an AL wild-card matchup with the Red Sox. But not even their ace pitcher, or an

CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The exhibition game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies was suspended after three quarters when a fire alarm went off, leading to evacuation of FedExForum. At the time of the delay, the Grizzlies were leading 87-77 in the preseason opener for both teams. Officials said the

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 in the AL wild-card game. Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning for Boston. The Red Sox will play the AL East champion

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Yankees brought a lucky charm to Fenway Park — a scrappy former shortstop meant as Boston kryptonite. Bucky Dent, whose famous home run off Mike Torrez sent New York past the rival Red Sox in the 1978 AL East tiebreaker, traveled from his home in