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PARIS (AP) — World motorsports governing body FIA has delayed the verdict of its cost cap investigation until next week. The results of the 2021 budgets’ analysis were initially due Wednesday, when FIA was expected to issue compliance certificates. F1 set a budget cap of $145 million last year, when Max Verstappen narrowly won his

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament has approved deploying Turkish soldiers to Qatar to help maintain security during next month’s World Cup. Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a motion to send an unspecified number of troops to the Gulf country for six months. A ruling party legislator who is a former Turkish defense minister said the

PARIS (AP) — The marathon course at the 2024 Paris Olympics will include a strength-draining 438 meters of uphill racing. Organizers called the punishing test of endurance “a challenge without precedent.” Female marathoners will get the privilege of competing last for the first time at the Olympics. Their race will be on the final day.

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Tommy Fleetwood is playing again after a long layoff and he’s preparing himself for the expected structural changes in the game brought about by the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour. Fleetwood will play for the first time at the Spanish Open this week. It will be his

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian soccer federation president Andriy Pavelko says hosting World Cup matches in 2030 would be “the dream of people who survived the horrors of war” after his country launched a joint bid with Spain and Portugal. The leaders of the three soccer federations joined together

LONDON (AP) — British boxing authorities say a fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. cannot go ahead. The ruling comes hours after the boxers’ promoters said the bout was still on despite Benn failing a doping test. The all-British catchweight bout was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the O2 Arena in

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — As he walked through a concourse in the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving with fans and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was almost as if Cory Youmans had hit a huge home run. Instead, he hit the jackpot. Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night, snagging

TOKYO (AP) — Denis Shapovalov put up a near-perfect serving performance to beat Steve Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Japan Open. The seventh-seeded Canadian conceded only one point on his first serve and had 11 aces. Shapovalov will next take on Japanese qualifier Rio Noguchi for a place in the quarterfinals. Shapovalov says it

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A Kazakh soccer player banned for two years by UEFA in a doping case has had his appeal heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Kazakhstan midfielder Ruslan Valiullin tested positive for a banned stimulant after a Europa Conference League game in August 2021. The case was brought after he

By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says locked gates had contributed to the crush at the soccer stadium that left 131 dead and over 400 injured when police fired tear gas and set off a panicked run for the exits. Widodo made the statement after touring the stadium