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By The Associated Press No. 24 Mississippi State (5-2, 2-2 SEC) at No. 6 Alabama (6-1, 3-1), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) Line: Alabama by 21, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Alabama leads 86-17-3. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Alabama needs to not only get back on the winning track, but go back to looking like

By The Associated Press Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) at No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0), Saturday, noon ET (FOX) Line: Ohio State by 28 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Ohio State leads 46-15-3. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Both teams are coming off a bye week. Ohio State steamrolled its first three Big Ten

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says it’s in talks with 10 potential candidates to host a future Summer Games. Interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics has been expressed by officials in countries including Egypt, England, India, Indonesia and Qatar. IOC director general Christophe de Kepper did not identify any of the

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin police are investigating how private photos and video of members of the school’s national champion women’s volleyball team got circulated publicly without their consent. Wisconsin’s athletic department says players contacted campus police after they became aware the photos had been made public. The volleyball players aren’t being investigated

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund says Belgium right back Thomas Meunier will be out for several weeks after surgery on a broken cheekbone but is hopeful of returning in time to play at the World Cup. Meunier was injured during Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Hannover 96 in the German Cup on Wednesday. Dortmund says

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The No. 16 Nittany Lions (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) will face Minnesota (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten) at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. They’re hoping a week of corrections will be enough to keep one lopsided loss from snowballing against another team that wants to run the

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Northern Ireland international Kyle Lafferty has been handed a 10-match ban by Scotland’s soccer federation for using a sectarian slur toward a fan. A video showed the 35-year-old Lafferty appearing to pose for a photo with a fan who then expressed support for Celtic. Celtic is the defending Scottish champion which

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The first World Cup in the Middle East is only one month away. Qatar has been on an often bumpy 12-year journey that has transformed the nation. Qatar has faced skeptics, critics and derision from the soccer world but will open the World Cup on Nov.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A community is mourning a youth football coach who was killed in a shooting in Cincinnati after practice had finished. Jermaine Knox, 37, died at the scene outside the College Hill Recreation Facility on Tuesday night, police said. Another man was wounded in the leg and was taken to a hospital. Practice

By The Associated Press Minnesota will play at No. 16 Penn State on Saturday looking to get back into the Big Ten West race and avoid its first three-game losing streak since 2018. Penn State was pushed all over the field by No. 4 Michigan a week ago and can’t afford to lose any more

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Haas F1 has signed a three-year entitlement deal with MoneyGram that will begin next season. The partnership will rebrand the team as MoneyGram Haas F1. It matches the only American-owned team on the Formula One grid with a global company headquartered in the United States. Haas has had

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The president of Iran’s national Olympic committee has claimed that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing her nation’s mandatory headscarf. Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa made the comment Thursday in an interview with

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is unlikely to start for Manchester United against Chelsea on Saturday and he is still dominating the buildup. Ronaldo was an unused substitute on Wednesday when he left the Old Trafford stands and headed to the changing rooms before the end of the

By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Coach Eric Musselman has led Arkansas to two straight Elite Eight apperances in the NCAA Tournament. With only two returning rotation players from last year, the Razorbacks are still thinking Final Four. With the nation’s No. 2 recruiting class and five players from the transfer

WONJU, South Korea (AP) — Atthaya Thitikul has shot a 9-under 63 to set a tournament record and lead after the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea. She is a stroke ahead of 16-year-old amateur Minsol Kim and three up on a trio of players: A Lim Kim, Andrea Lee, and

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris organizers have announced their opening ceremony plans for the Paralympics. The event will follow the first post-COVID-19 pandemic Olympics in less than two years. The attention-grabber is the venue itself. The Paralympic opening show will be freed from a traditional stadium setting and instead will be

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 5 Clemson and No. 14 Syracuse square off for control of the ACC Atlantic this weekend. It is the first time in the 81-year history of Clemson’s Death Valley that two teams each 6-0 or better have played each other. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney

LONDON (AP) — Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title against fellow Briton Derek Chisora in London on Dec. 3. It will be the unbeaten Fury’s first fight since knocking out another British heavyweight, Dillian Whyte, in front of 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium in April. Fury said after that fight he would

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sonny Dykes and TCU have gotten halfway through their first regular season together still undefeated. The eighth-ranked Horned Frogs are 6-0 and have won three consecutive games over ranked opponents for the first time in school history. A win over No. 17 Kansas State

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Atthaya Thitikul has shot a 9-under 63 to set a tournament record and lead after the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea. She is a stroke ahead of Minsol Kim and three up on a trio of players: A Lim Kim, Andrea Lee, and Yaeeun Hong.