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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brazil says it will reevaluate Neymar’s condition and decide about his chances of playing against at this year’s World Cup after Friday’s game against Cameroon. Neymar hurt his right ankle in the team’s opener against Serbia and was ruled out for the rest of group stage. Also not playing against Cameroon

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick has parlayed her success in the all-women series into a bigger ride. The British racer has been selected the driver for Andretti Autosport in the Indy NXT Series next season. Indy NXT is the new name of the rebranded Indy Lights Series,

NASHVILLE (AP) — Goodyear will remain the exclusive tire for NASCAR’s top three national series under a new multi-year deal announced on Thursday. Specifics of the extension weren’t included. But the deal includes the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company continuing as the title sponsor of the annual Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway as part of

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It’s time to take note when even Declan Rice admits a mid-season World Cup is proving physically challenging, The workhorse England midfielder said he was feeling the strain after playing three games already in Qatar with a match against Senegal in the round of 16

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brazil coach Tite has sent a message of support to Pelé from the World Cup. Pelé was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo to regulate the medication in his fight against a colon tumor. Pelé daughter said there was “no emergency” concerning her 82-year-old father’s health. Tite says “we all want to

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Alex Palou has been named a Formula One reserve driver for McLaren Racing. The Spaniard won the 2021 IndyCar championship for Chip Ganassi Racing and last July said he was declining to return to Ganassi next year and instead would drive for McLaren. Ganassi held an option on

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has questions about the disparity of media scrutiny he believes is being applied to a 1957 photo of Jerry Jones and the recent controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving. The photo of Jones, captured by an Associated Press photographer, shows him standing among a group of white students at North Little

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Danish forward Nadia Nadim was in the midst of a World Cup match as a television commentator when she was suddenly rocked by tragic news. Her mother had been killed in a traffic accident in Denmark. She had helped the family flee the Taliban

By CIARÁN FAHEY and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — On their way to Argentina’s decisive game against Poland, Mohit Daga and Aayush Verma approached the stadium carrying a massive painting of their heroes Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona with the World Cup trophy. Daga had spent 17 days painting it. It weighed

NICE, France (AP) — The 2024 Tour de France will end on the French Riviera instead of the French capital because of the Olympic Games. The finish of cycling’s marquee race leaves Paris for the first time since 1905. Tour organizers say the last stage of its 111th race will take place in the Mediterranean

TURIN, Italy (AP) — The Turin prosecutor’s office has requested indictments of former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, 10 other former board members, and the club following an investigation into alleged false accounting. A date for the preliminary hearing to decide whether to indict and proceed to trial is expected to be announced in the next

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Virus-hit England has stamped its aggressive brand of test cricket on its first match in Pakistan in 17 years by amassing a world record 506-4 with four batters smashing hundreds. Zak Crawley hit 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering double-century opening stand.

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran’s national soccer team has received a subdued welcome home with a few dozen fans greeting them at the capital Tehran’s airport and waving flags following their World Cup defeat by the U.S. team. The players returned to Iran Wednesday evening to a country still reeling from unrest from monthslong

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Virus-hit England has stamped its aggressive brand of test cricket on its first test in Pakistan in 17 years by amassing a world record 506-4 with four batters smashing hundreds. Zak Crawley hit 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering double-century opening stand.

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer One of the oldest motorsports publications in the United States has partnered with a network development group to launch a television channel dedicated to racing in 2023. Speed Sport has partnered with Obsession Media to launch the motorsports next spring. SPEED SPORT 1 plans to broadcast over 400

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Treylon Burks has been compared to former Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown from the moment Tennessee drafted him using the selection gained in the trade that sent Brown to the Eagles. It’s a heavier topic of conversation as the Titans prepare to visit

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Italian official Luciano Rossi has beaten incumbent president and Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin to become the new head of the governing body for Olympic shooting. Rossi beat Lisin to become president of the International Shooting Sport Federation on Wednesday in an unusually close and combative election for an Olympic federation.

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett have powered virus-hit England to 332-3 at tea against Pakistan with blistering centuries in Rawalpindi. Crawley was not affected by the viral infection in the England camp and survived an lbw television referral on 99 to make 122 off

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran’s national soccer team has received a subdued welcome home with a few dozen fans greeting them in the airport and waving flags following their World Cup defeat against the U.S. The players returned to Iran Wednesday evening to a country still reeling from unrest from monthslong demonstrations after the