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BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Tennessee moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State after knocking off Alabama. The Crimson Tide was one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend and dropped three places to No. 6

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has won the first “clásico” of the season to take the lead of the Spanish league and give Barcelona another painful blow four days after the Catalan club’s hopes of advancing in the Champions League all but ended. Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde scored

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies are set to play the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series. The Phillies got there by sweeping the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals. They then knocked off the World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. The Phillies won

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bengals receiver Tee Higgins has been activated and Saints leading receiver Chris Olave has been scratched for Cincinnati’s game at New Orleans. The Saints secondary is getting a boost with cornerback Paulson Adebo being activated after being questionable on Friday’s injury report because of knee soreness. Higgins is the Bengals’ second-leading

SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — Adrián Otaegui cruised in the final round to win the Andalucia Masters by six shots for his first home victory. The Spaniard had four birdies and only one bogey in a 3-under 68 Sunday that left him at 19 under after four rounds. That was seven shots better than the previous

ATLANTA (AP) — 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa will not play Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons because of a groin injury. Bosa was listed as questionable in practice this week, but was ruled out before the game. Bosa leads the NFL with six sacks and has 15 tackles, six tackles for a loss and 16

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has won the first “clásico” of the season to take the lead of the Spanish league and give Barcelona another painful blow three days after the Catalan club’s hopes of advancing in the Champions League all but ended. Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde scored

By The Associated Press Malik Tillman has scored his third goal of the season in the Scottish Premier League. He dribbled half the length of the field and scored the opening goal in the 53rd minute in the Glasgow Rangers’ 2-1 win at Motherwell. The 20-year-old was loaned from Bayern Munich last July. He played

LEEDS, England (AP) — Arsenal held on for a scrappy 1-0 win over Leeds in an eventful match brimming with controversy to guarantee it stays top of the Premier League. Leeds missed a penalty and had another overturned during a review in a game that was delayed for more than 30 minutes after an electrical

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Declan Rice denied Ralph Hasenhuttl a vital win as West Ham drew 1-1 at Southampton in the Premier League. Saints manager Hasenhuttl had come under increasing pressure after a run of four straight defeats in the league. A first Premier League goal from Romain Perraud gave Southampton hope of a victory

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has lost ground in the race for the top four of the Premier League after being held by Newcastle in a 0-0 draw. Fourth-place Chelsea won 2-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday and moved three points clear of United in fifth with Erik ten Hag drawing for the first

By The Associated Press American forward Josh Sargent has scored his eighth goal of the season for Norwich. It was the team’s only goal in a 2-1 loss at Watford in England’s second-tier League Championship. Sargent beat goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann to the near post from 16 yards. The 22-year-old from O’Fallon, Missouri, has scored in

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Mason Mount and Kepa Arrizabalaga were Chelsea’s stars as they helped to maintain Graham Potter’s unbeaten start in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa. Mount bagged a brace at Villa Park in front of watching England manager Gareth Southgate. But the visitors needed ’keeper Kepa to produce

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Lazio badly missed Ciro Immobile after the forward went off injured during a 0-0 draw against Udinese in a top of the table clash. Both sides were looking to move to within a point of Serie A leader Atalanta ahead of Napoli’s match against Bologna but

PARIS (AP) — Laurent Blanc could not turn Lyon’s fortunes around in his first match in charge. The former Bordeaux and PSG coach was appointed last week as the replacement for Peter Bozs with the mission of putting the seven-time champions back on track. His arrival did not produce an immediate effect, though, and Lyon

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton is expected to miss the first few weeks of the season with a strained right calf. Connaughton had missed the Bucks’ final two preseason games with calf soreness. The Bucks say Connaughton had an MRI on Friday that revealed the strain and will be out for approximately

LONDON (AP) — Reece James has vowed to fight on after almost certainly being ruled out of the World Cup with a knee injury. Tests have confirmed the Chelsea and England defender faces an eight-week lay-off while he receives specialist treatment on the damage sustained in the Champions League game against AC Milan on Tuesday.

MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi called Paola Egonu to offer his support after the volleyball star threatened to quit the national team following racist abuse. A video emerged of Egonu talking to her agent and crying after Italy beat the United States to take bronze at the world volleyball championship on Saturday. Egonu

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer Richarlison faces a race to be fit for the World Cup after suffering a calf injury in Tottenham’s win against Everton in the Premier League. The Brazil international was tearful as he admitted his “dream” of playing in Qatar was now in serious jeopardy. The forward was forced off