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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Russian athletes who do not endorse their country’s war in Ukraine could be accepted back into international sports. IOC president Thomas Bach suggests this pathway back for Russians in an interview published on Friday. Bach tells Italian daily Corriere della Sera “it’s about having athletes with

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has not called up any of the female players who renounced playing for their nation in a decision that the Spanish soccer federation interpreted as a move towards removing their coach. Coach Jorge Vilda dropped all 15 players who last week sent emails to the

By James Robson AP Sports Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has revealed measures are in place to protect players’ mental health at a time when club captain Harry Maguire has been the subject of intense criticism. The England international has been dropped at club level and is fighting for

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey returned to practice on Friday after missing the last two days with a quad injury. McCaffrey ran and cut during the 20 minutes of practice that were open to the media. The Panthers haven’t handed out an injury designation for

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Saints coach Dennis Allen says quarterback Jameis Winston is “doubtful” to play New Orleans’ game against the Minnesota Vikings in London because of a back injury. Backup Andy Dalton took first-team snaps again with Winston missing a third consecutive practice. Allen says, “Our plan right now

TOKYO (AP) — James Wiseman scored 20 points as the defending champion Golden State Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards 96-87 to open the NBA preseason in Japan. Wiseman missed all of last season while rehabilitating his injured right knee. He played 24 minutes, connecting on eight of 11 shots while grabbing nine rebounds, in Tokyo.

LONDON (AP) — Saints backup quarterback Andy Dalton took first-team snaps again with an injured Jameis Winston sitting out a third consecutive practice ahead of New Orleans’ game against the Minnesota Vikings in London. Winston has been playing through a back injury sustained in the season opener but was held out of practice all week

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Dolores Mejia thought the Chicago Bears could use a Hail Mary. In fact, she said the prayer several times as she watched the 1986 Super Bowl, pairing the intercession to the Holy Mother with two other rosary staples — the Our Father and the Glory Be — before her team

Clay Bailey Associated Press James Wiseman, who missed last season rehabilitating a right meniscal tear, scored 20 points on Friday as the defending champion Golden State Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards 96-87 to open the NBA preseason. Wiseman played 24 minutes, connecting on eight of 11 shots while grabbing nine rebounds. Wiseman was credited with

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese soccer club Famalicão has suspended the coach of its women’s team after a leading newspaper in Portugal published accusations of verbal sexual harassment by him of his players at a previous club. Famalicão said that “in view” of the report published by Público newspaper that it was suspending coach Miguel

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Han Xu scored 19 points and Huang Sijing hit two free throws with 3.4 seconds left to lift China to the gold-medal game of the women’s World Cup with a 61-59 win over host Australia. China will play the U.S. for a gold medal on Saturday.

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 17 points and the United States raced out to an early lead to put away Canada 83-43, advancing to the gold-medal game of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive tournament. The Americans will face China, which edged Australia 61-59. The U.S. (7-0),

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer While last year’s intense Formula One title battle went to the wire and captivated the world of sport, this year’s championship has long looked like a procession for Max Verstappen. It could be all over by Sunday if the Red Bull driver wins the Singapore Grand Prix and

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Hines Ward sees some Pittsburgh in San Antonio. Ward, who played his entire 14-year career with the Steelers and was MVP of their Super Bowl win over Seattle in 2006, is getting his first opportunity to be a head coach with San Antonio in the new XFL. The