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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The resignation of Matt Holliday as the St. Louis Cardinals bench coach caught team President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak by surprise, but he’s happy with the hiring of Joe McEwing. Mozeliak addressed the media Saturday morning at Busch Stadium during the Cardinals Winter Up weekend. He said he found out

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Two-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby and Team Australia used two good starts in fickle light wind to finish second in both races and take the lead in the Singapore Sail Grand Prix. The consistent performance in conditions that have been the Aussies’ weakness gave them a four-point lead

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Second-placed Lens has made it 10 straight home wins in the French league after beating struggling Auxerre 1-0. Poland winger Przemyslaw Frankowski nailed a penalty kick in the 59th minute. Auxerre defender Isaak Touré was sent off midway through the second half. Northern side Lens moved

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The resignation of Matt Holliday as the St. Louis Cardinals bench coach caught team President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak by surprise, but he’s happy with the hiring of Joe McEwing. Mozeliak addressed the media Saturday morning at Busch Stadium during the Cardinals Winter Up weekend. He said he found out

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Brennan Johnson has scored twice and Nottingham Forest has boosted its chance of English Premier League survival after beating Leicester 2-0. The result moved Forest above its East Midlands rival and five points clear of the relegation zone. Leicester suffered a fourth straight loss. Forest has lost just one of its

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer Liverpool’s hopes of Champions League qualification took a blow after it was thrashed at Brighton 3-0. Solly March scored twice. Liverpool has lost six times in the English Premier League. Substitute Danny Welbeck added a third in a win that leaves Jurgen Klopp’s team seven points adrift of the

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — James Ward-Prowse scored twice to help Southampton beat Everton 2-1 in a Premier League match overshadowed by security threats against Everton’s board of directors. Ward-Prowse struck a free kick over the wall and into the net past a frozen Jordan Pickford in the 78th minute after evening the score just after

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has beaten off reported English Premier League interest to sign highly rated Belgian teenager Noah Mbamba from Club Brugge. Leverkusen says the 18-year-old Mbamba signed a contract through June 2028. Mbamba is a defensive midfielder who plays for Belgium Under-19s. His contract with Brugge was up at the end

ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career. That includes 60 in World Cups, seven at the world championships

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns interviewed Philadelphia assistant coach Dennard Wilson to be their defensive coordinator, taking advantage of the Eagles having a bye from the first weekend of NFL playoffs to speak with him. Wilson is the third candidate to meet with the Browns. Former Detroit coach

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Continental Europe will take a two-point lead into the final day of the Hero Cup after extending its advantage over Britain & Ireland in the afternoon foursomes on Saturday. The inaugural tournament is giving European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald a chance to assess players under match-play pressure

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Max Langenhan of Germany pulled off a big comeback on Saturday to win a World Cup singles luge race. He rallied from 12th place after the first of two heats. Langenhan had the fastest time in the second heat and held off German teammate Felix Loch for the gold. Latvia’s Kristers

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford struck the winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League. United issued a statement of its title intent with victory in the 189th Manchester derby to move within a point of the reigning champions. Substitute

ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career. That includes 60 in World Cups, seven at the world championships

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — The dominant men’s downhill racer is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde — clearly. Kilde won Switzerland’s marquee World Cup race at Wengen on Saturday by a big margin for his fourth win in six downhills this season. Swiss standout Marco Odermatt was second though far behind with a 0.88 seconds gap. Mattia Casse

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Everton says its board of directors have been instructed not to attend Saturday’s home match against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security.” The decision was made ahead of a possible protest at Goodison Park in the wake of

ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G at St. Anton, Austria, for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season. Mikaela Shiffrin skipped the race to rest while she has a dominating lead in the overall standings. Brignone mastered a course shortened because of heavy overnight snowfall to finish 0.54

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami and the Oakland Athletics have finalized a $3.25 million, one-year contract, a deal that allows him to earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses for starts. The hard-throwing Fujinami could fill a void in Oakland’s rotation or pitch out of the bullpen. The 28-year-old spent the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A total of 170 major league players agreed to contracts in the hours before Friday night’s arbitration deadline to exchange proposed salaries with teams, and just one reached a multiyear deal: Minnesota right-hander Chris Paddack. While 33 players swapped figures with their clubs and remain