By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — So much has changed since the International team nearly won the Presidents Cup the last time. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed it back by a year. And then the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series depleted the roster of top players. That leaves Trevor Immelman with eight Presidents
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State announced plans Monday for a $200 million retail, office and entertainment development called “CYTown” between Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum. The development will sit on a three-acre site north of the stadium and occupy a pregame party area now known as “Tent Row.” The initial phase of the
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Most of the members of the International team at the Presidents Cup have never played in the matches. Thanks to so many defections to Saudi-funded LIV Golf, the International team has eight rookies on the 12-man squad. Of the four veterans, two of them have
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The American team is heavily favored to win a ninth straight Presidents Cup. It has six players who were on the Ryder Cup team a year ago in Whistling Straits. It also has players who are in the Presidents Cup for the first time. Jordan
Continue Reading LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has hired Max Eberl as sporting director after reaching an agreement with league rival Borussia Mönchengladbach to end his previous contract. Leipzig says the 48-year-old Eberl will take over as sporting director on Dec. 15 on a “long-term” contract. The club has not announced the length of the deal. Eberl
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Qatar’s ambassador to Germany has been urged to abolish his country’s penalties for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Presidents Cup has been a one-sided affair since it began in 1994 between American golfers and players from international countries outside Europe. The International’s only win was in 1998. There was a tie in South Africa in 2003. There have been a few close calls. Now the U.S. team is
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France captain Hugo Lloris will miss Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark because of a right thigh injury. He will be replaced by Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont in France’s squad. The World Cup champions have been hit by a series of injuries, with AC Milan defender Theo Hernandez also ruled out
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Jordan Pefok’s bid to make the United States team for the World Cup is helping Union Berlin to an unprecedented spell at the top of the Bundesliga. Pefok scored the opening goal in Union’s win over Wolfsburg on Sunday. It came four days after Pefok was
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Tom Brady snapped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ seven-game losing streak against the New Orleans Saints as his team overcame a fraught game filled with scuffles and frayed nerves to seal a 20-10 victory in Louisiana. Four of those seven losses have come since Brady arrived at Tampa Bay, and those three
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — One major takeaway from the just-concluded Italian Open at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that will host next year’s Ryder Cup is that the course is being set up to reward accurate tee shots with narrow fairways surrounded by nasty rough and even
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — With a goal and a dance, Real Madrid’s young Brazilian forwards made a statement against racism in soccer this weekend. With their samba-like moves after a goal in the derby against Atlético Madrid on Sunday, Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior made it clear they are not backing
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Elise Mertens won the first three games before Typhoon Nanmadol forced the match to be halted and then won the next three when they resumed in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Qiang Wang at the Pan Pacific Open. Wang was serving when rain forced play to be suspended for 45 minutes while
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Racist chanting from a group of Atlético Madrid fans towards Real Madrid player Vinícius Jr. was caught on camera ahead of the Madrid derby on Sunday. In a video posted to Twitter by Spanish radio station COPE, a substantial group of Atlético supporters outside of Atleti’s Metropolitano Stadium can be heard
Continue Reading By Patrick Sung, CNN New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge hit two home runs to reach 59 on the season — the most ever for a right-hander in American League (AL) history — in a monster performance on Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee as the Yankees beat the Brewers 12-8. Judge is now two home runs
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN Supporters of Glasgow-based football team Celtic FC chanted anti-royal sentiments during a planned minute’s applause for Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the team’s match against St. Mirren in Paisley, Scotland, on Sunday. The minute’s applause had been organized after the home team, St. Mirren, chose to pay tribute to the late
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Albert Pujols is having a resurgence in what is likely to be his final season.
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Mathias Pogba, the brother of France’s World Cup-winning footballer Paul Pogba, has been put under temporary detention by a Paris court as it investigates allegations of extortion, his lawyer has confirmed to CNN. According to Mathias’ lawyer Yassine Bouzrou, Mathias Pogba, 32, has been in prison since Saturday
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN With victory all but secured, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gave the nod to the substitutes’ bench. Changes were afoot, history would be made. In the 92nd minute, schoolboy Ethan Nwaneri replaced Fabio Vieira to become, aged 15 years and 181 days, the youngest player to play in an English Premier League
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols could make this a milestone week for home runs. Judge hit two more Sunday, raising his season total to 59, two shy of Roger Maris’ American League record. Now the slugger returns to Yankee Stadium, where New York plays its next six games. Pujols,
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