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By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Manchester United has “initiated appropriate steps” in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan. The Premier League club’s legal team was waiting to review the full footage of the 90-minute discussion in which Ronaldo criticized United manager Erik ten Hag, teammates and the

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight World Cup stadiums was banned Friday, only two days before the soccer tournament is set to start. Non-alcoholic beer will still be sold at the 64 matches in the country. “Following discussions between host country

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Manchester United says it has “initiated appropriate steps” in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial interview with Piers Morgan. The Premier League club’s legal team was waiting to review the full footage of of the 90-minute interview in which Ronaldo criticized manager Erik ten Hag, teammates

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup organizers reportedly have made another late change in alcohol policy only two days before games start in Qatar, banning beer sales at the eight soccer stadiums in and around Doha. Qatari authorities are pressing FIFA to ban all sales of long-time World Cup

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Argentine soccer federation say strikers Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa have been ruled out of the World Cup because of injuries. González injured a muscle during a training session on Thursday and was replaced by Atlético Madrid forward Angel Correa. Joaquín Correa was removed from the 26-man squad because of

By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox had 28 points and eight assists and the Sacramento Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs 130-112 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. Sacramento’s last five-game win streak came during the 2020-21 season. The fifth win of that streak also came against the

SEATTLE (AP) — Taran Armstrong scored 18 points with six assists, Joe Quintana added 17 points and California Baptist defeated Washington 73-64. The Lancers  made seven of their last eight shots and 5 of 8 free throws from there to hold off the Huskies. California Baptist never trailed after Armstrong’s jumper and Quintana’s 3-pointer made

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Moritz Seider scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 to play and the Detroit Red Wings overcame a four-point game from Erik Karlsson to beat the San Jose Sharks 7-4. Karlsson rallied San Jose back from a 4-2 deficit in the third period with his

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Carpenter scored the tiebreaking goal at 13:24 of the third period, leading the United States to a 2-1 victory over Canada in the second game of the Rivalry Series. The Americans won the opener of the seven-game series 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday. The teams meet again Sunday

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Jackson scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 96-91 with Kawhi Leonard in the starting lineup for the first time this season. Paul George and Marcus Morris had 16 points each and Ivica

SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Schultz scored his second goal of the game 3:39 into overtime and the Seattle Kraken snapped a two-game skid with a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers. It was the first multigoal game for Schultz, who is in his 12th NHL season. The 32-year-old defenseman has three goals this season.

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and two assists, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-1. William Carrier, Mark Stone and Reilly Smith also scored to help Vegas halt a two-game skid. Logan Thompson made 25 saves, and Jonathan Marchessault had two assists. The

SAN DIEGO — Daniel Akin scored 21 points and Steven Ashworth hit the game-winning jumper with 3.9 seconds left  in the overtime as the Utah State Aggies beat the San Diego Toreros 91-89 on Thursday. The Aggies are now 4-0 on the season, while the Toreros moved to 3-1.

By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Royce O’Neale scored on a tip-in with 0.7 seconds left to complete a triple-double and give the Brooklyn Nets a 109-107 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 35 points, and O’Neale had 11 points, 11 rebounds