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BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland’s soccer federation has formally launched a bid to host the women’s European Championship in 2025. Nine cities including Bern, Basel, Geneva and Zurich are in the plan to host the 16-team, 31-game tournament. Switzerland is competing with France, Poland and a co-hosting bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has balked at a suggestion by Chelsea’s new American owner that the Premier League could introduce an All-Star Game between the best players from the north and south. Todd Boehly was speaking at the SALT conference held in New York on Tuesday. He said he hoped the

Arsenal’s postponed Europa League game against PSV Eindhoven has been rescheduled for next month after the Premier League agreed to push back the London club’s midweek match against Manchester City. UEFA says the Arsenal-PSV game will go ahead Oct. 20 after being postponed from Thursday. The reason was police did not have resources in London

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Son Heung-min’s goal drought has extended to eight games for Tottenham and it’s heightening worries back in Seoul over the form of the South Korean star just months out from the World Cup. Son was the leading scorer last season in the Premier League but

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Preseason rest appeared to lead to a little bit of rust in Week 1 for several of the NFL’s top quarterbacks. More than one-third of the league’s Week 1 starting quarterbacks didn’t play a single snap in the preseason and most of those 11 QBs didn’t play anywhere

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kyle Wright earned his major league-leading 18th victory and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 to gain ground on the first-place New York Mets in the NL East. Wright had four strikeouts as he won his fifth straight decision. Dansby Swanson hit

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West for the ninth time in 10 seasons, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0. Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Joey Gallo homered as the Dodgers boosted the best record in the majors to 98-43.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Yu Darvish limited Seattle to two hits over eight innings, Wil Myers provided the primary offensive highlight with an RBI double and the San Diego Padres beat the Mariners 2-0 on Tuesday night. Darvish pitched at least eight shutout innings for the eighth time, but the

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a seventh-inning double, George Springer added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 to gain a doubleheader split betwen AL wild card contenders. Toronto is 80-62 and is a half-game ahead of

By The Associated Press Gonzalo Higuain’s goals lead Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Crew on Tuesday. Miami improved to 11-13-6 and the Crew fell to 9-7-14.

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The White Sox say manager Tony La Russa will watch the team’s home series against Colorado from a suite while he awaits clearance to return to the dugout. The 77-year-old La Russa is on the mend after leaving the White Sox on Aug. 30 to deal

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mark Mathias hit a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth for his second homer, third extra-base hit and fourth RBI of the game as the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 on Tuesday night. Mathias pulled the ball

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 56th and 57th home runs, Gleyber Torres had a go-ahead three-run double in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6. Judge, playing in New York’s 142nd game, is four from