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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach calls criticism of the IOC’s push to reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into world sports “deplorable.” European nations including Bach’s native Germany have criticized the IOC’s effort to reintegrate the athletes ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. Bach suggested those

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer In the days leading up to the IndyCar season-opening race, Chip Ganassi made clear that Marcus Ericsson was a valued member of the organization and said he wants to extend the Swedish driver’s contract beyond this year. Ericsson then went on to win the March 5 race on

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It wasn’t unusual for Roy Hodgson to be stopped in the street during his 10 months away from soccer and be asked “are you enjoying your retirement?” Hodgson never felt like he was retired even at the age of 75. Now he is back in the Premier League in

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United as reported a net profit of 6.3 million pounds in its second quarterly fiscal results. The English Premier League club is subject to takeover bids. It released its key financial figures for the three months ending Dec. 31 2022. United’s total revenue was 167.3 million pounds. That was down

NEW YORK (AP) — Players making their big league debuts will be especially marked this season. Major League Baseball announced before openers that players making their first appearances will wear debut patches on their jerseys. After a player appears in his first game, the patch will be authenticated and placed on a Topps baseball card

By The Associated Press The Associated Press has announced the men’s and women’s college basketball player and coach of the year awards this week. A 58-person panel of media members who vote in the AP Top 25 vote for the men’s award, while 28 media members vote for the women’s award. The panels are made

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers. Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Hamburger SV defender Mario Vušković has been banned for two years in a doping case. The German soccer federation banned Vušković after he tested positive last year for the blood-booster EPO. The federation says the samples given by the Croatian under-20 national team player have been thoroughly analyzed to rule out

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — Seiichi Sano was a busy company owner for the early part of his life. But he began anew at 80 by climbing Mt. Fuji. He apparently was not challenged enough by Japan’s highest peak so he almost immediately took up surfing. Sano turns 90 later

BONN, Germany (AP) — The International Paralympic Committee says it has no plans to review the status of Russia for months after the IOC laid out its preferred formula for Russian athletes to return to competition. The IPC has told the Associated Press in an emailed statement that its policy “remains unchanged” since its members

By NINIEK KARMINI and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian soccer players and fans have reacted with tears and outrage after the country was stripped of hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup only eight weeks before the start of the tournament amid political turmoil over Israel’s participation, leaving Indonesian soccer at

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer When Andy Roddick agreed to join John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang at the Pickleball Slam, the 2003 U.S. Open champion figured he had two distinct advantages against the three other International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees participating in the made-for-TV exhibition in Hollywood, Florida. At age 40,

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was convicted of murder for shooting Steenkamp multiple

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyrie Irving knows time is about to run out on the Dallas Mavericks if they want to make the playoffs. The Mavericks’ 116-108 loss in Philadelphia on Wednesday night dropped them to 8-14 since Irving was acquired in February. The franchise that reached the Western Conference

LONDON (AP) — A tennis umpire from the Dominican Republic has been handed a lifetime ban from the sport for manipulating the scoring of matches in 2019. Fabián Carrero was found to have committed 16 breaches of tennis’ anti-corruption program across eight matches in tournaments held in the Dominican Republic in November and December 2019.

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After claiming his 100th podium in Saudi Arabia in confusing circumstances Fernando Alonso is looking for a better result at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix than his two third-place finishes so far this Formula One season. Maybe even his 33rd career F1 win and his first in

By CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Frederick Gaudreau scored two short-handed goals, Filip Gustavsson stopped 39 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2. Marcus Johansson and Sam Steel also scored for the Wild, who improved to 16-1-4 in their last 21 games moved three points ahead of Colorado and Dallas

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Oscar Piastri is hopeful his debut Formula One drive on home soil at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday will be more successful than the first time he stood on the grid in Melbourne. The first-season driver grew up in a nearby suburb to the Albert