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MIAMI (AP) — Highly regarded Miami Marlins pitching prospect Edward Cabrera is scheduled to make his major league debut Wednesday against Washington. Cabrera is 3-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 13 starts at three minor league levels this year. He was sidelined early in the season by a biceps injury. The 23-year-old right-handed Dominican is

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian soccer association says Liverpool has refused to release Mohamed Salah for the country’s upcoming World Cup qualifying matches because of coronavirus restrictions. Egypt is on Britain’s red list so Salah would be required to quarantine upon his return from Cairo and miss two Premier League

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Stacy Lewis is going home to Ohio for the Solheim Cup. Just not as a player. U.S. captain Pat Hurst has filled out her team by taking Yealimi Noh, Mina Harigae and Brittany Altomare. She chose Lewis to be an assistant captain, and Lewis is happy with that. She

LEEDS, England (AP) — England’s pace attack will be further depleted for the third test against India after Mark Wood was ruled out because of a shoulder injury. Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Olly Stone and Chris Woakes were already sidelined for the test at Headingley. England goes into Wednesday’s game trailing 1-0 in the five-match

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer English cricket leaders are celebrating the success of the country’s newest competition whose inaugural season ended on Saturday. The Hundred is a format created by the England and Wales Cricket Board to “inspire generations” and broaden the audience of the sport. It features matches of 100 balls per side

TOKYO (AP) — The Afghanistan flag will be displayed in Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympics even though the country’s athletes were not able to get to Tokyo to compete. The president of the International Paralympic Committee says it will done as be a “sign of solidarity.” IPC President Andrew Parsons says a representative of

By The Associated Press Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees visit Atlanta on Monday night for the start of a two-game interleague series featuring two of baseball’s hottest teams. The NL East-leading Braves have won nine in a row and 16 of 18. The Yankees have also won nine straight and should be well-rested

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Baltimore Orioles have lost 18 games in a row, and somehow that doesn’t do their skid justice. What’s startling is how rarely they’ve come close to ending the slide. Baltimore’s losing streak is the longest in the major leagues since Kansas City’s 19-gamer in 2005. The Orioles have

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback AJ McCarron is done for the season after sustaining a knee injury in a preseason loss to the Dolphins. That means the Falcons are again in the market for a veteran quarterback to back up Matt Ryan. McCarron was diagnosed with a season-ending ACL injury to the

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Football League postponed Edmonton’s game at Toronto scheduled for Thursday night after a number of Elks players tested positive for COVID-19. The CFL said Sunday night the Elks will not practice or travel until league chief medical officers and public health officials believe it is safe. The CFL also said

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Trey Lance threw two touchdown passes and continued to make his case to be San Francisco’s Week 1 starter as the 49ers rallied for a 15-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Lance, the third overall pick in April’s draft, had a rough start. He

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Cal Quantrill pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Amed Rosario launched an early homer and the Cleveland Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 in the Little League Classic. As the rain held off, youngsters in town for the Little League World Series were able to enjoy the festivities. Kids rushed

By The Associated Press Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees visit Atlanta on Monday night for the start of a two-game interleague series featuring two of baseball’s hottest teams. The NL East-leading Braves have won nine in a row and 16 of 18. The Yankees have also won nine straight and should be well-rested

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Hilary Knight tied former U.S. star Cammi Granato’s record for goals in women’s world hockey championship play with 44 in the Americans’ 3-0 victory over Finland on Sunday night. Making her U.S.-record 11th appearance in the event, the 32-year-old Knight scored from the slot to cap the scoring with 6:58 left.

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer and finished a single short of hitting for the cycle to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Colorado Rockies 8-4 on Sunday for a rare win at Coors Field. Taylor Widener tossed five innings of one-hit ball to help Arizona end

By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts returned to practice Sunday, three days after the Philadelphia Eagles scratched the second-year quarterback minutes before kickoff of a preseason game against New England because of a stomach illness. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said that Hurts also participated in a walkthrough Saturday that was closed

NEW YORK (AP) — Rod Gilbert, the Hall of Fame right wing who starred for the New York Rangers and helped Canada win the 1972 Summit Series, had died. He was 80. Gilbert’s family confirmed the death to Rangers on Sunday. The team didn’t provide details. From Montreal, Gilbert spent his entire 18-year NHL career

PARIS (AP) — The French league has been boosted by the recent arrival of soccer great Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain. But attention was focused on it Sunday for the wrong reasons. The league match between home side Nice and Marseille was abandoned when Marseille refused to restart the game as it feared for the

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) — Rod Pampling won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory when Jim Furyk and Woody Austin failed to get up-and-down for birdie from greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th. Pampling, playing five groups ahead of Furyk and Austin at Snoqualmie Ridge, shot a 6-under 66 to