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BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Belgium international Radja Nainggolan has been suspended until further notice by Royal Antwerp after he was caught smoking an electronic cigarette on the substitutes’ bench before a match against Standard Liege. The Belgian club also cited Nainggolan’s performances and how his behavior can negatively affect the squad. According to Belgian media

By PAOLO BANCHERO For The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero will do a periodic diary on his season for The Associated Press. Banchero was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA draft after his lone college season at Duke. He’s made it through his first Summer League and

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dawn Staley and South Carolina picked up right where they left off: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champion Gamecocks were the unanimous choice of the 30-member national media panel in the preseason poll released Tuesday. It’s the third consecutive season

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Russell Wilson has added hamstring to his list of injuries. A week after getting treatment for an injury near his throwing shoulder, the Denver quarterback said he tweaked his hamstring during the fourth quarter of Monday night’s 19-16 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. A nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Wilson

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has seen the final minutes of four Big 12 games play out in wildly different fashions. None of them good. There was the conference opener against Baylor, when a failed onside kick kept the Cyclones from having a chance in a 31-24 loss. The

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Just over 5 miles into her Thursday evening run along the familiar Neuse River Greenway, Raleigh mother of three Susan Karnatz was fatally shot by a 15-year-old boy whose shooting rampage killed five people, wounded two and frightened hundreds more in surrounding neighborhoods. Her

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer One week, Mississippi zapped Vanderbilt for 448 passing yards. The next, the seventh-ranked Rebels bulldozed Auburn’s defense for the same number of yards on the ground. Opponents, including LSU on Saturday, don’t always know which facet of the Rebels offense will be featured on that particular day. Advantage, Ole

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since joining the Big East in 2013, Creighton is the preseason choice to win the conference. The ninth-ranked Bluejays received eight first-place votes from the league’s coaches. Creighton returns three double-digit scorers from last season’s team that finished 23-12 and advanced

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Soccer coaches across Cuba are training hundreds of players as part of a new program to elevate the sport’s profile and status in a country that last qualified for the World Cup in 1938. An initial group of 16 coaches were recently trained by international officials with

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Spire Motorsports on Tuesday announced a two-car lineup with drivers Corey LaJoie and Ty Dillon for 2023. It will be the first season the team will run both its Chevrolets with full-time drivers. LaJoie will return to the No. 7 for a third season and remain paired with

By The Associated Press The CJ Cup of South Korea is moving this year to South Carolina. It’s the third straight year it’s being held in the U.S. because of travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CJ Cup went to Las Vegas for two years. Now it’s at Congaree. The club held a

By KOJI UEDA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani is back home after a long Major League Baseball season in which his Los Angeles Angels missed the playoffs again. In an interview at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport he says it was “a good season for me personally.” However, he says he had a

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Hockey Federation says a years-old doping case against Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has been dropped by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The RHF says “the IIHF informed Nichushkin that all charges against the player have been dropped.” This followed “the results of additional analyses” at a drug-testing laboratory in