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MILAN (AP) — Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will become the first woman to referee a Serie A soccer match when she takes charge of Sassuolo’s match against Salernitana on Sunday. The 31-year-old Ferrieri Caputi was promoted to the Serie A refereeing pool for this season. She became the first female to referee a match involving

WANTAGE, England (AP) — Formula One driver Alex Albon will return for the Williams team at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix after recovering from appendicitis. F1 has posted a message on Twitter saying “Alex Albon will be back behind the wheel of his Williams.” Albon missed the last race at the Italian GP three weeks

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin coach Urs Fischer and his assistant Markus Hoffmann are extending their contracts with the Bundesliga leader beyond next year. Union says it has “reached agreement on a contract extension” with both Fischer and Hoffmann. Their deals were due to expire at the end of

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills reinforced their injury-thinned secondary by signing veteran cornerback Xavier Rhodes to the practice squad. Rhodes was an All-Pro in 2017, and has nine seasons of NFL experience, including the previous two years with the Indianapolis Colts. He had three interceptions in

LONDON (AP) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston was held out of practice for the NFL’s first international game of the season with a back injury that has plagued him all season. Wide receiver Michael Thomas and tackle Ryan Ramczyk also were not at the Saints’ first practice in London ahead of their game

L’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Next year’s Giro d’Italia will start in the region of Abruzzo. Race organizers announced Wednesday that the 2023 edition will run May 6-28 and begin with an 18.4-kilometer (11.4-mile) time trial on the Adriatic coast. Almost the entire time trial will be on the spectacular Costa dei Trabocchi cycle path that

LONDON (AP) — All roads now lead to Qatar. With the conclusion of the group stage of the Nations League, Europe’s top soccer countries have played their final competitive games ahead of the World Cup. Here’s how things are shaping up for a continent that has provided the last four winners of the sport’s biggest

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain has been recovered and transported to Nepal’s capital. Hilaree Nelson was skiing down from the summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner on Monday when she fell off the mountain. Her

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jorge Alfaro drew a bases-loaded walk from Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 to reduce their magic number for clinching a wild-card berth to four. The Padres started

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Lauren Jackson says nothing can top playing in what is likely her final international women’s basketball competition in front of adoring fans at the World Cup Sydney. The 41-year-old mom has the Opals battling for a medal. But no matter what happens, Jackson says she

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer With some of the most accomplished quarterbacks in the NFL struggling to produce points it was no surprise the league had one of its lowest scoring weeks. The 20.3 points per game by teams was the lowest for a Week 3 since 2009 and the fourth lowest for

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Top prospect Josh Jung hit two home runs and finished with five RBIs, and the slumping Seattle Mariners lost 5-0 to the Texas Rangers. Despite the defeat, the Mariners inched closer to ending the longest playoff drought in baseball thanks to Boston’s victory over Baltimore. The

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jo Adell drove in Matt Duffy with a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels opened their final homestand of the season with a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics. A.J. Puk hit Duffy with an 0-2 slider before pinch-hitter

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Harold Ramírez’s two-run double with two outs in the 11th inning gave Tampa Bay a 6-5 win over Cleveland, helping the Rays move up in the AL wild-card race. Tampa Bay closed within 1 1/2 games of Toronto atop the AL wild-card chase. The AL Central