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PARIS (AP) — Taylor Fritz of the United States stayed in contention for one of the two remaining ATP Finals spots by beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Paris Masters. Fritz rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the opening set and took the second by winning the

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Lionel Messi is back in supreme form and it’s just in time for the World Cup. The Argentina forward has scored 12 goals in his last 10 games for his club and his country for his best run of performances since joining Paris Saint-Germain after that emotional departure from

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Experienced coaches over a 28-year period all failed to lead Argentina to a major trophy. Lionel Scaloni broke that drought at the Copa America and he will now coach the team at the World Cup in Qatar. Scaloni says “it’s important that when the players

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Soccer has embarked on probably its most ambitious global youth development program. It has an ultimate goal of delivering millions of soccer balls and a coaching program to 700 million children between the ages of 4 and 14 around the world. The Football

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer If the latest spasm of conference realignment in college sports was supposed to spell doom for the Big 12 or Pac-12, somebody forgot to tell the basketball coaches. The 2022-23 college basketball season is about to tip off and it looks like business as usual. Amid realignment, the transfer

SYDNEY (AP) — India cricket star Virat Kohli says he is paranoid over his privacy after an “appalling” incident in which intruders allegedly filmed inside his hotel room. Kohli took to social media to denounce the video, in which a stranger walks through the room filming every step of the way. A second person was

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers frustrations were familiar after the Green Bay Packers lost their fourth straight game. This time, however, the veteran quarterback chose his words a little more carefully. Rodgers preached patience following a 27-17 loss to the AFC-leading Buffalo Bills, and a week after suggesting

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Stefon Diggs ran his mouth before running past Green Bay’s secondary as he led the Buffalo Bills to a 27-17 win over the Packers, who are off to their worst start eight games into a season under Aaron Rodgers. Diggs began by exchanging words

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It’s been more than a decade since a Football Bowl Subdivision team turned over the ball as many times in a 15-minute span as Wake Forest did against Louisville. The Demon Deacons’ six turnovers in the third quarter of its 48-21 loss Saturday were the most in a

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 30 points, Cam Johnson added 19 and the Phoenix Suns won their fourth straight game by beating the Houston Rockets 124-109 on Sunday night. The Rockets never led during the first three quarters but also never fell too far behind. They threatened to

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Julian Carranza and Daniel Gazdag scored two minutes apart in the second half and the Philadelphia Union advanced to their first MLS Cup final with a 3-1 victory over New York City FC on Sunday night. The Union will head to Los Angeles and face Supporters Shield winners LAFC in the

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Mika Zibanejad broke a tie in the third period, Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists and the New York Rangers kept the Arizona Coyotes winless at Mullett Arena with a 3-2 victory Sunday night. The Coyotes couldn’t capitalize on a raucous crowd in