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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Danny Ings has scored with a stunning bicycle kick in first-half stoppage time to help Aston Villa beat Newcastle 2-0. Anwar El Ghazi converted a penalty in the 63rd minute as Villa earned its first victory of the Premier League season while Newcastle slumped to consecutive losses. Ings has scored in

LA MANGA DEL MAR MENOR, Spain (AP) — Fabio Jakobsen has sprinted to win the Spanish Vuelta’s eighth stage that saw Primoz Roglic keep the lead before the race returns to the mountains. The Dutch sprinter was launched by a Deceuninck-Quickstep teammate and crossed almost a complete bike length ahead of Alberto Dainese. Jakobsen also

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Jack Grealish scored his first goal since a British-record $139 million move to Manchester City in a 5-0 win over Norwich that earned the champions the first points of their Premier League title defense. It was a somewhat fortuitous strike by the England midfielder as the ball deflected in off the

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Freiburg has put the brakes on Borussia Dortmund’s early-season optimism by holding on for a 2-1 win in the Bundesliga. It’s a demoralizing blow for a team with ambitions of challenging for the title. Goals in each half from Vincenzo Grifo and Roland Sallai gave Freiburg

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has marked its first game in front of a capacity crowd at Anfield in nearly 18 months by beating Burnley 2-0 as goals by Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane earned their team a second straight win to open the season. Jota scored the first goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory at

MADRID (AP) — Movistar cycling team says Alejandro Valverde has undergone surgery on his collarbone that he broke during a crash that knocked him out of the Spanish Vuelta. The 41-year-old Valverde crashed on a descent during Friday’s seventh stage of the Grand Tour. He fell hard on his right shoulder before sliding off the

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain forward Mauro Icardi is due for a scan after injuring his right shoulder in a French league game against Brest. The Argentina international was substituted late in PSG’s 4-2 victory on Friday night after landing on his shoulder. He was grimacing as he left the field for the locker room.

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of struggling teams. The Padres have lost eight of their last nine games and are slipping in the

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Defending series champion Sheldon Creed won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff opener Friday night with a dominating run at Gateway. In a race interrupted by a power outage that knocked out the lights for about an hour early in the second stage, Creed swept the stages and led 142

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walker Buehler pitched two-run ball into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 3-2 for their eighth straight win. Buehler struck out eight and allowed six hits over 7 2/3 innings as Los Angeles improved to 5-0 against the Mets

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Harrison hit a two-run single, Starling Marte added an RBI double, and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Friday night. James Kaprielian pitched three-hit ball over five innings to remain unbeaten in three starts since coming off the Injured List to help

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Ebobisse scored in the 52nd minute and San Jose got an own goal in the 71st as the Earthquakes beat the LA Galaxy 2-1 in the California Clásico. San Jose is unbeaten in six straight away matches — with two victories. Los Angeles won the first two matches against San

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Sam Hilliard hit a go-ahead RBI triple in the sixth inning, Garrett Hampson homered and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4. C.J. Cron had three hits and two RBIs, and Connor Joe added two hits and two RBIs for the Rockies, who won their

By BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Rookie running back Jaret Patterson did a little bit of everything and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter in Washington’s 17-13 preseason victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday night. Patterson, an undrafted free agent from Buffalo, ran for 71 yards, caught three passes

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Álvarez homered and drove in four runs as the Houston Astros jumped on Yusei Kikuchi early and cruised to a 12-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. Álvarez and Jake Meyers hit two-run homers off Kikuchi (7-7) as he tied a career-high by allowing seven runs

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mitch Keller struck out six over five solid innings, Gregory Polanco drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0. Pinch-hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo hit his first homer with Pittsburgh in the ninth. Keller walked one and worked around six hits in

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tim Anderson had a game-tying homer in the ninth inning and a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th as the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 in a matchup of AL division leaders. After Andrew Kittredge had a perfect 10th, Anderson opened

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chad Henne and rookie Shane Buechele threw touchdown passes to help the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Arizona Cardinals 17-10 in a preseason game Friday night. Patrick Mahomes started and completed 10 of 18 passes for 78 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. The 2018

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Franmil Reyes hit a towering three-run homer and tied his career high with five RBIs, powering the Cleveland Indians to a 9-1 rout of the Los Angeles Angels. Reyes’ 430-foot blast to center opened the scoring in the first. His two-run single in the sixth extended the