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By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills coach Sean McDermott says Josh Allen will miss practice due to an injury to his throwing elbow, but the star quarterback could play against the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings this weekend. McDermott wouldn’t reveal the severity of the injury and stuck mostly to

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar has unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what’s available for the upcoming World Cup, which is just days away from starting. Journalists toured the cabins on Wednesday as desert winds

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar has unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what’s available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting. As journalists toured the cabins Wednesday, desert winds kicked up sand.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gary Patterson could now play a key role in spoiling what has been a perfect season so far for fourth-ranked TCU. Patterson had as good a run as any Big 12 coach in whipping Texas over the past decade while still in purple. But

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti has defended Karim Benzema from accusations he is not playing with Real Madrid to be ready for the World Cup. The Madrid coach says the France striker himself is upset about his lack of minutes going into Qatar. The 34-year-old Benzema has been dealing

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Jim Ratcliffe has dropped interest in buying Manchester United just months after considering a takeover bid for the Premier League club. The billionaire owner of petrochemicals firm INEOS also has no intention of making an offer for Liverpool after owner Fenway Sports Group this week

Senegal forward Sadio Mané is in doubt for the World Cup after Bayern Munich said he would miss the last league game before the tournament with a leg injury. Bayern says the two-time African player of the year had an injury to the head of the fibula bone in his lower right leg. Bayern hasn’t

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Reece James says he is “devastated” to miss out on England’s World Cup squad. The Chelsea defender is recovering from a knee injury sustained last month and on Wednesday confirmed he will not be going to Qatar. England head coach Gareth Southgate names his final

PARIS (AP) — French financial prosecutors have raided the headquarters of the 2023 Rugby World Cup organizing committee as part of an investigation into possible management irregularities, organizers said. The searches took place after the French government asked this summer for an audit into possible wrongdoing at the committee, which was then headed by Claude

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in northeast Spain are searching for an English rugby player who apparently went missing in Barcelona. The regional police of Catalonia told The Associated Press that they are investigating the whereabouts of Levi Davis. This comes after Bath Rugby issued a call to help find former player Davis. The club

LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland will take four goalkeepers to Qatar in a World Cup squad with injury concerns over first-choice Yann Sommer and backup Jonas Omlin. Coach Murat Yakin added Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Köhn as one of two uncapped players in the 26-man squad. Teams such as Brazil and Australia picked just three goalkeepers

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The veteran core of Luka Modrić, Ivan Perišić and Marcelo Brozović have been included in the 26-man team that Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić announced for the World Cup. The 2018 finalist is in Group F with Belgium, Canada and Morocco for the tournament in Qatar. Forwards Josip Brekalo of Wolfsburg and

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Sauce Gardner has been a big reason for the New York Jets’ surprising 6-3 start and the cornerback is not alone in rookies making an immediate impact. Wide receiver Garrett Wilson, defensive end Jermaine Johnson and second-round running back Breece Hall have been key contributors. Coach Robert

MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month. The eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Halfway through the 2022 season it appears NFL defenses have finally started catching up. After a five-year run of hot-shot quarterbacks lighting up scoreboards and leaving defenses with few answers, the pendulum has turned away from the offense for a change. The 21.8 points per game average through

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabe Vilardi scored his second consecutive game-winning goal, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Minnesota Wild 1-0. Vilardi beat Marc-Andre Fleury between his legs on a one-timer from the high slot with 6:03 left. Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty had

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competing measures to allow sports gambling in California have lost big despite the most expensive ballot question races in U.S. history. Nearly $600 million was raised to sway voters in competing efforts by Native American tribes and the gaming industry to try to capture a potential

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored two of Seattle’s four goals in the first period including the first shot of the game, and the Kraken beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 for their fifth straight win. Seattle enjoyed a night of firsts, posting its first five-game win streak in franchise