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LONDON (AP) — Arsenal’s progress to the group stage of the Women’s Champions League didn’t come without a couple of bizarre hitches. The English team advanced by beating Ajax 1-0 on Wednesday for a 3-2 aggregate victory. There were pre-match shenanigans that saw the goalposts needing to be adjusted because they were too short. Then

By The Associated Press New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has 61 home runs, tying the American League record set by Roger Maris of the Yankees in 1961. Judge and the Yankees take on the Baltimore Orioles on Friday in the Bronx. The Yankees have seven games left in the regular season.

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Canada has advanced to its first World Cup semifinals since 1986 as Kia Nurse scored 17 points in a 79-60 win over Puerto Rico. Next up is a matchup Friday with the U.S., which beat Serbia 88-55. The other semifinal will pit China against host Australia.

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 10 North Carolina State knows how it feels to beat highly ranked Clemson. The Wolfpack would love a second straight milestone victory over the the fifth-ranked Tigers on Saturday night. The two undefeated teams play at Death Valley, where North Carolina State last won

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled in Mookie Betts with one out in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 to set the franchise single-season record with their 107th win. The win by the NL West champion Dodgers kept the Padres’

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain was recovered Wednesday and transported to Nepal’s capital. Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she

By The Associated Press No. 15 Washington faces UCLA in the only Pac-12 game between undefeated teams this week. The Huskies are 4-0 for the first time since 2017 behind quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who leads the FBS with 1,388 yards passing. The Bruins have a seven-game winning streak over two seasons, their longest since

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer The first full weekend of conference games in the Big 12 includes a rematch of last year’s championship game as ninth-ranked Oklahoma State plays at 16th-ranked Baylor. The Bears won the title game last December on a last-second fourth-down stop near the end zone. Oklahoma State is the league’s

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled in Mookie Betts with one out in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 to set the franchise single-season record with their 107th win. The win by the NL West champion Dodgers kept the Padres’

By JORDAN HORROBIN Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — When Aaron Judge’s American League record-tying 61st home run dropped into Toronto’s bullpen, coach Matt Buschmann picked it up — a souvenir worth potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Bad news is I’m down here in Florida battling a hurricane, but the good news is I can

DOUG PADILLA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout hit his 38th home run, Michael Lorenzen went five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels continued their success against the Oakland Athletics with a 4-1 victory. Taylor Ward also homered, while Lorenzen (8-6) gave up an unearned run to lower his ERA to 0.45

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joc Pederson had a two-run triple and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Wednesday night to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. Mike Yastrzemski, Brandon Crawford and Ford Proctor also drove in runs to help San Francisco beat Colorado for the seventh

By DAIMON EKLUND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — George Kirby allowed one run over six innings, Eugenio Suarez had three hits and an RBI and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 on Wednesday night. Trying to secure a playoff spot for the first time since 2001, Seattle rebounded after dropping the series opener

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros lost out on an opportunity to clinch the top seed in the AL when Christian Walker capped Arizona’s three-run 10th inning with a two-run single, sending the Diamondbacks to a 5-2 victory. With the loss and the New York Yankees’ 8-3 win at Toronto, the Astros’ magic number to

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern unveiled plans to build a new Ryan Field and replace the current 97-year-old football stadium with a state-of-the-art facility featuring a reduced seating capacity and greater emphasis on the fan experience. The school said the stadium would seat 35,000, down more than 12,000 from the current Ryan Field, and feature

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to help the United States beat Serbia 88-55 in the quarterfinals of the women’s World Cup. Kelsey Plum scored 17 points and A’ja Wilson added 15 to lead the Americans, who will face Canada in the

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Nola surrendered Christopher Morel’s three-run homer in the fifth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies lost 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia dropped its fourth consecutive game. Trying for their first playoff appearance since 2011, the Phillies are just a half-game ahead of Milwaukee for the third