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SIERRA DE LA PANDERA, Spain (AP) — Richard Carapaz has claimed his second victory of the Spanish Vuelta on the mountainous 14th stage. Three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic reduced the gap with Remco Evenepoel in the general classification after the race leader wilted on the final ascent. Carapaz was part of an early breakaway and

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo have scored to help Real Madrid end Real Betis’ unbeaten start to the Spanish league in a 2-1 victory for the defending champions. Vinícius chipped goalkeeper Rui Silva for the ninth-minute opener. Sergio Canales equalized moments later for Betis. Rodrygo scored the

LONDON (AP) — Substitute Ben Chilwell scored one goal and set up the winner for Kai Havertz as Chelsea rallied for a 2-1 win over West Ham in the English Premier League. The Blues had a disputed VAR decision to thank for the victory. Maxwel Cornet thought he scored an injury-time equalizer for West Ham

PARIS (AP) — Gerson and Alexis Sanchez have scored for Marseille to beat Auxerre 2-0 and stay unbeaten in the French league. After missing a penalty midweek, Sanchez made amends to cap Marseille’s win with his third goal in five French league matches. Undefeated, Marseille has 16 of a possible 18 points and will travel

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle’s record-signing Alexander Isak missed an early chance to score on his home debut in a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. Isak was signed from Real Sociedad for a club-record fee reported to be 70 million euros last week. He tried to chip Vicente Guaita one-on-one

LONDON (AP) — Ivan Toney can’t miss. The Brentford striker completed his hat trick before Leeds manager Jesse Marsch was sent off in the west London club’s 5-2 win in the English Premier League. Toney has never missed from the spot for Brentford. He converted his 18th consecutive penalty and powered home a free kick

LONDON (AP) — Another milestone goal from Harry Kane has helped Tottenham earn a 2-1 win over Fulham to extend its unbeaten start to the English Premier League. Kane struck in the 75th minute from close range to move beyond Andy Cole into third in the list of all-time top scorers in the competition’s history

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Daniel Podence has notched the only goal as Wolves beat Southampton at Molineux for their first English Premier League victory. The little Portugal winger scuffed his finish in first-half stoppage time but it was enough to lift Bruno Lage’s side out of the bottom three in the standings. Southampton had a

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Bournemouth has come from two goals down at halftime against Nottingham Forest to win 3-2 in the English Premier League. Bournemouth lost 9-0 at Liverpool last weekend and manager Scott Parker was sacked on Tuesday. The team looked on course for another defeat under the temporary charge of Gary O’Neil. Forest

By MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It might be time for Liverpool to start worrying about its slow start to the English Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s team dropped points for the fourth time in six games after an eventful 0-0 draw at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday. Mohamed Salah hit the

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw at Union Berlin has helped Freiburg move to the top of the Bundesliga after beating Bayer Leverkusen 3-2. Bayern and Union were left tied on points in third and fourth place, respectively. Freiburg is one point in front and ahead of second-place Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. All

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will be without top wide receiver Josh Downs for its game at Appalachian State. The Tar Heels announced just before kickoff that Downs would not play due to a lower body injury. Downs had nine catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns in UNC’s win over Florida A&M and

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Amanda Kessel scored a hat trick and the United States kept alive its streak of reaching the final at every women’s ice hockey world championship after beating the Czech Republic 10-1 in the semifinals in Denmark. Taylor Heise had two goals and three assists. Hilary Knight scored twice to extend her

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Austin Cindric knew since February he’d be in NASCAR’s playoffs and competing for a Cup Series title. The Daytona 500 winner has been thinking, planning and wondering what his initial playoff experience might be. He’s not alone. Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez are

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Max Verstappen produced a brilliant final lap to take the pole position for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix just ahead of Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull driver edged Leclerc’s Ferrari by just .021 seconds to huge roars from Verstappen’s Orange Army of fans. But the session was interrupted earlier when a flare

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalized a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans in the Muslim-majority country. FIFA says fans can buy Budweiser beer with alcohol within the eight stadium compounds before and after games. Beer with alcohol won’t be

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Manchester United wing Adriana Leon scored an early first-half goal and it stood up through a number of good Australian scoring chances as Tokyo Olympic champions Canada beat the Matildas 1-0 in a women’s soccer friendly. Goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan kept Canada in the match when she made three saves on Matildas

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ajla Tomljanovic had been hoping to beat Serena Williams, of course. Tomljanovic wanted to seize the chance for a big victory, wanted to add to her career highlights, wanted to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time. Still, it was