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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Qatar’s ambassador to Germany has been urged to abolish his country’s penalties for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address

PARIS (AP) — France captain Hugo Lloris will miss Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark because of a right thigh injury. He will be replaced by Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont in France’s squad. The World Cup champions have been hit by a series of injuries, with AC Milan defender Theo Hernandez also ruled out

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — With a goal and a dance, Real Madrid’s young Brazilian forwards made a statement against racism in soccer this weekend. With their samba-like moves after a goal in the derby against Atlético Madrid on Sunday, Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior made it clear they are not backing

TOKYO (AP) — Elise Mertens won the first three games before Typhoon Nanmadol forced the match to be halted and then won the next three when they resumed in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Qiang Wang at the Pan Pacific Open. Wang was serving when rain forced play to be suspended for 45 minutes while

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols could make this a milestone week for home runs. Judge hit two more Sunday, raising his season total to 59, two shy of Roger Maris’ American League record. Now the slugger returns to Yankee Stadium, where New York plays its next six games. Pujols,

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Las Vegas Aces are poised to win multiple championships over the next few years with core players like A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray signed to deals that will keep them in Nevada. Wilson has already won two MVPs and is just 26 years old. She also won defensive

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Four running backs rushed for at least 200 yards in the Football Bowl Subdivision over the weekend. Eastern Michigan’s Samson Evans carried 36 times for 259 yards and a touchdown against Arizona State. UNLV’s Aidan Robbins ran for 227 yards and three TDs against North Texas. UAB’s Dewayne

By The Associated Press Carlos Vela scored twice to lead Los Angeles FC past the Houston Dynamo on Sunday, 3-1. LAFC improved to 20-8-4 after the win and the Dynamo fell to 9-17-6.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mookie Betts had an RBI double in the 10th inning, Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3. The Dodgers beat the Giants for the 15th time in 19 meetings this season. Betts’ double with one out in the

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Jones rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass from Aaron Rodgers, who continued his domination of the Chicago Bears by leading the Green Bay Packers to a 27-10 victory. Green Bay bounced back from a season-opening 23-7 loss

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The fans counted down the play clock late in the game for Russell Wilson and the Broncos. That’s because clock management became an issue for Denver in a 16-9 win over the Houston Texans. The Broncos were whistled for three false-start penalties and two delay-of-game calls

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Atlanta has only two players on its roster who played in the 2017 Super Bowl, when it squandered a 28-3 lead to the New England Patriots and lost in overtime. On Sunday, this young, new group of Falcons nearly made 28-3 mean something entirely different.

By W,G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Raiders lost a game in which they led by 20 or more points for the first time when Las Vegas blew a 20-0 halftime lead and fell to the Arizona Cardinals 29-23 in overtime. The Cardinals completed an 11-play, 94-yard drive to put their first

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor and quarterback Joe Burrow both talked about how much season is left to be played. They also said pretty much every team will have a two-game losing streak. Unfortunately for the defending AFC champion Bengals, they have one to start

WASHINGTON (AP) — Major League Soccer said it will look into a claim that D.C. United player Taxi Fountas used a racial slur against Inter Miami defender Damion Lowe during the second half of the team’s match on Sunday night. Inter Miami won 3-2 to give its playoff hopes a major boost, with Gonzalo Higuain