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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer says he now is at peace with his choice to retire from professional tennis and plans to close his career with one doubles match at the Laver Cup — perhaps with longtime rival Rafael Nadal by his side. “I’m happy, because I know it’s

WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Dutch star Annemiek van Vleuten crashed heavily  at the world road cycling championships and was taken to a hospital. The Olympic and world champion is one of the biggest names at the Wollongong worlds and had a mechanical problem at the start of the mixed team relay. Her crash overshadowed the

ZURICH (AP) — Swiss champion Zurich has fired coach Franco Foda. He leaves the team without a win in the defense of its title and after losses to Arsenal and Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League. Foda guided Austria to the knockout stage at the European Championship last year. Zurich hired him in June to replace

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Football League says it is investigating “very serious allegations” made by Indigenous players that they were racially abused by a coach at Hawthorn in Melbourne. A former Hawthorn player has told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he was told by the AFL club’s then-coach to terminate his partner’s pregnancy.

WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Dutch star Annemiek van Vleuten crashed heavily at the start of her ride in the mixed team relay at the world road cycling championships. The Olympic and world champion, one of the biggest names at the Wollongong worlds, had a mechanical problem at the start of her ride. Her crash overshadowed

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has fired a recently hired senior executive for sending “inappropriate messages” prior to starting his job with the club. Chelsea says the contract of commercial director Damian Willoughby was terminated with immediate effect. British newspaper The Daily Telegraph first reported on the departure of Willoughby. The paper reports that he sent

TOKYO (AP) — Zhang Shuai upset second-seeded Caroline Garcia 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open and third-seeded Garbine Muguruza cruised past Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. Garcia broke Zhang in the first game of the first set and pressured the world No.

WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Dutch star Annemiek van Vleuten crashed heavily at the start of her ride in the mixed team relay at the world road cycling championships. The Olympic and world champion, one of the biggest names at the Wollongong worlds, had a mechanical problem at the start of her ride. Her crash overshadowed

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The downturn in offense from the first two weeks of the NFL season hasn’t touched all corners of the league with a handful of players and teams putting up staggering numbers. Never was that more evident than from Miami’s comeback win at Baltimore last week. Scoring and passing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fifth-seeded Brandon Nakashima beat fellow San Diegan Zachary Svajda 7-5, 7-6 (5) in their opening-round match in the San Diego Open ATP 250. The 69th-ranked Nakashima continues to build on a summer that has seen him reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon and the third round at the US Open.

By The Associated Press New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is one home run from matching the AL record. Judge hit his 60th homer on Tuesday night. Roger Maris set the AL mark of 61 in 1961. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols is two home runs shy of 700 for his career. The Yankees

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drey Jameson pitched six strong innings in his second big league game and Ketel Marte homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 to split a doubleheader. The Dodgers won the opener 6-5 as rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Myles Straw had a tiebreaking two-run double in Cleveland’s five-run 11th inning, and the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7 to move closer to the American League Central title. The Guardians won for the 12th time in 16 extra-inning games this season and expanded their lead

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Luis Castillo got chased in the fifth inning and the contending Seattle Mariners managed just one hit, falling to the Oakland Athletics 4-1. Carlos Santana’s infield single in the second inning was all the Mariners could muster at the plate against JP Sears and four

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kim Ha-seong homered and Mike Clevinger had a strong outing for the San Diego Padres, who shut down Albert Pujols and the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 to clinch their first winning record in a full season since 2010. The Padres improved to 82-66

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning to put New York ahead for good as the Mets rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5. Pete Alonso hit his second three-run homer in as many nights as the Mets

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Mexico has four center forwards in training for its World Cup warmup matches this week, but El Tri will take only three strikers to Qatar. And Chicharito will not be in either group, coach Tata Martino confirmed Tuesday night. Martino ruled out Javier Hernández from