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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — UFC Hall of Fame fighter Daniel Cormier is interested in becoming the latest fighter to cross over and join WWE. Cormier served as the guest referee in a WWE match between Seth Rollins and former UFC fighter Matt Riddle at the Extreme Rules event in Philadelphia.

By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bukayo Saka’s two goals including a penalty kept Arsenal at the top of the Premier League in a hard-fought 3-2 win over Liverpool. Saka stepped up and coolly converted his spot kick after Liverpool midfielder Thiago ran his studs down Gabriel Jesus’ calf. The penalty put Arsenal

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell said defensive back Saivion Smith had full motor skills after being carted off the field following a collision early in the first quarter of the Detroit’s matchup with the New England Patriots. Smith remained down on the field, laying face down

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach has ended its run of three consecutive Rhine derby defeats with a 5-2 victory over 10-man Cologne in the Bundesliga. The game was effectively decided at the end of the first half when Cologne midfielder Florian Kainz was sent off for a second yellow

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman realizes Aaron Judge struck gold with his record-setting season, raising the price for New York to keep its star slugger. In the hours before opening day last April, Judge rejected a contract that would have paid him $213.5 million over

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Saquon Barkley took a direct snap and ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to cap the New York Giants’ 27-22 comeback victory over the Packers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, spoiling Green Bay’s international debut. Aaron Rodgers drove the Packers to the 6-yard line

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina have played their final games with the Cardinals, who were eliminated by the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League wild-card series. It was the end of an era in St. Louis that included near-annual appearances in the postseason and two

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was a time in Travis Kelce’s career that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end could simply line up against a linebacker or even a safety and know that his speed and agility would be able to get him open downfield. Kelce turned 33

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm is finally a three-time winner of the Spanish Open and has matched the feat of Spain great Seve Ballesteros. Rahm raised his putter and gave a hard fist pump after making his second birdie in a row to close out a remarkable 9-under round

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Midges are swarming the Cleveland Browns’ home field ahead of a game between the Browns and the Los Angeles Chargers. The same type of flying insects that impacted a Cleveland-New York Yankees playoff game 15 years ago. Players on both teams swatted away the pests, which

PARIS (AP) — Terem Moffi scored twice as surprise package Lorient climbed to second place in the French league by rallying past Brest 2-1. Lorient stretched its winning streak to six games to trail leader Paris Saint-Germain by a point. Fourth-place Lens lost its unbeaten record with a 1-0 defeat at Lille in the “Derby

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach has ended its run of three consecutive Rhine derby defeats with a 5-2 victory over 10-man Cologne in the Bundesliga. The game was effectively decided at the end of the first half when Cologne midfielder Florian Kainz was sent off for a second yellow

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been dropped from the team’s American League Division Series roster because he missed Friday’s workout. Yankees manager Aaron Boone says the former All-Star closer was in Miami rather than at Yankee Stadium and did not provide an acceptable

LONDON (AP) — Gianluca Scamacca scored a brilliant but contentious goal to help West Ham make it three victories in a week by beating Fulham 3-1 in the Premier League. The Italy striker showed his growing composure in front of goal with an audacious chip over Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno to make it 2-1. The

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Novak Djokovic has needed only 75 minutes to win his 90th tour title. He beat third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Astana Open on Sunday. Djokovic dominated his Greek opponent from the start and won the first game in little more than a minute. The Serb did

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Udinese has recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 against then Serie A leader Atalanta to continue its impressive start to the season. Nehuén Pérez and Gerard Deulofeu canceled out goals from Luis Muriel and Ademola Lookman to allow Udinese to rescue a point and

LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace came from a goal down to win 2-1 at home to Leeds in the Premier League. Leeds went ahead after Brenden Aaronson showcased the dribbling skills that are making him an exciting addition to the U.S. team for the upcoming World Cup. Aaronson skipped away from one Palace player, drove

MADRID (AP) — Former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas says his Twitter account was hacked after a post saying he was gay created a stir on the social media platform. He says “luckily everything in order. Apologies to all my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.” The tweet came not long after

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — England have been drawn to face European champion Italy in qualification for the European Championship. Italy beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final and did so again in the Nations League last month. Group C also includes Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta. The