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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation has denied accusations by a former employee that federation funds went to pay for a party with “young ladies” and to hire a detective to investigate the head of Spain’s players’ union. The federation run by Luis Rubiales says it “firmly” denies the charges made to state prosecutors

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portugal team will be wrapped in the national flag by a radical new shirt design for the World Cup. The Nike-made shirt in diagonal blocks of red and green was unveiled on Thursday. The Portuguese soccer federation formally released it with the slogan “Wear The Flag.” The

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nike released the United States’ World Cup jerseys Thursday, including a mostly white design for home matches that was criticized in advance by a pair of American players and some fans. The home jerseys have red and blue stripes on each sleeve. “We just as

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 3: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 13 Miami at No. 24 Texas A&M in an ACC-SEC clash involving ranked teams. Miami leads the series 2-1 and broke the series tie in the last meeting, a 41-23 victory

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 3 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK New No. 1 team Georgia visits South Carolina. The defending national champion Bulldogs, who replaced Alabama atop The Associated Press rankings, have outscored their first two opponents 82-3 behind quarterback Stetson Bennett. Spencer Rattler and

By The Associated Press The 25th-ranked Oregon Ducks play their second ranked opponent of the season when No. 12 Brigham Young makes its first trip to Autzen Stadium since 1990 on Saturday. Oregon has won 29 straight nonconference home games, the second-longest active streak in FBS, including seven against ranked teams. Bo Nix had five

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Late-inning defensive replacement Sergio Alcántara hit a three-run homer in the 10th to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3. Alcántara hit the surprising, two-out long ball way over the right field fence off closer Craig Kimbrel. The D-backs snapped a 10-game losing

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Some things to watch in Week 3 of the Big 12 Conference season: GAME OF THE WEEK Texas Tech at No. 16 N.C. State. The Red Raiders are off to a 2-0 start for new coach Joey McGuire after a double-overtime victory at home over then-No. 25 Houston. Tech

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Things to watch during Week 3 of play in the Big Ten Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 22 Penn State at Auburn Penn State’s James Franklin could use a win here to really energize his program. Auburn’s Bryan Harsin, whose job status has been a topic of

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Nick Saban doesn’t have to give his players a history lesson. The Alabama coach need only point to last weekend’s Sun Belt Conference stunners ahead of Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Monroe, incidentally the architect of the most humbling loss of his tenure in Tuscaloosa. His current players weren’t out of

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The basketball-crazed state of North Carolina has something other than college hoops to get excited about. It turns out its football teams are pretty good, too. For the first time ever, the state’s “Big Four” Atlantic Coast Conference schools of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest and Duke

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There may be no reason to put second-ranked Alabama and No. 17 Baylor on upset alert even though both are playing Sun Belt Conference teams in Week 3. Two Sun Belt teams beat Top 10 teams last Saturday. Appalachian State won 17-14 at Texas A&M, and Marshall won 26-21

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina made history with the first pitch of the game, then the record-setting battery helped the St. Louis Cardinals extend their NL Central lead by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1. Wainwright and Molina started together for the 325th time, the most ever

By The Associated Press COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Keegan Rosenberry scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for the Colorado Rapids over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday. After the win , the Rapids moved to 10-12-9, while the Earthquakes fell to 7-14-9.

By The Associated Press VANCOUVER — Thomas Hasal delivered a two-save shutout while Ryan Gauld scored in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 3-0 victory over the LA Galaxy on Wednesday. After the win , the Whitecaps moved to 10-14-7, while the Galaxy fell to 11-12-7.