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MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal says that he will try to play at Wimbledon after receiving new treatment on his painful left foot. The 22-time Grand Slam champion says he has gone “a week without limping.” Nadal had said after winning his 14th French Open almost two weeks ago that he was not sure if

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Vince McMahon is stepping down as CEO and chairman of WWE during an an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the longtime leader and public face of the organization. McMahon will continue to oversee WWE’s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon’s daughter, Stephanie,

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Naomi Kawase had more material than she knew what to do with after being commissioned by the International Olympic Committee almost four years ago to make a documentary about the Tokyo Olympics. She wound up making two films looking at the Games themselves and also looking at

By DANIELLA MATAR and TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writers MILAN (AP) — For Maria Bulanova, it was a matter of surprise — that she could be recruited to the bowling team at Vanderbilt “all the way from Russia.” Like other international athletes playing college sports in the United States, she had little sense of

AMSTELVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — England has broken its own record for the highest-ever score in the history of one-day international cricket by making 498-4 against the Netherlands. The total surpassed the 481-6 made by England against Australia at Trent Bridge in June 2018. Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Phil Salt all hit centuries. Buttler reached

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. The court declined to take the case Friday. Nassar says he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Vince McMahon is stepping down as CEO and chairman of WWE during an an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the longtime leader and public face of the organization. McMahon will continue to oversee WWE’s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday. McMahon’s daughter, Stephanie, will serve

LONDON (AP) — There’s going to be another midfielder named Vieira at Arsenal. Fabio Vieira is headed for the English club after Porto reached an agreement with Arsenal for the sale of the 22-year-old midfielder for a fee that could reach $42 million. Porto has announced the deal in a statement to the Portuguese Securities

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s members have approved a plan to sell portions of the team’s television rights and future revenues from merchandise and licensing in hopes of injecting immediate cash into the debt-ridden Spanish club. The club says it hopes to earn 600 million euros ($631 million) from the

GAIBA, Italy (AP) — Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium has eased into the semifinals of the Veneto Open with another straight-set victory. Van Uytvanck saw off Swiss player Ylena In-Albon 6-4, 6-2. Van Uytvanck hasn’t dropped a set this week. She will face Harmony Tan in the semifinals after the Frenchwoman beat Ana Bogdan

GENEVA (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 cases has caused chaos at the Tour de Suisse. Overall leader Aleksandr Vlasov is among about 30 riders who pulled out of the Tour de France warm-up race. The UAE Team Emirates, Alpecin-Fenix and Bahrain Victorious teams pulled out a day after the Jumbo-Visma squad withdrew. Four positive

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — For one day at least, the U.S. Open was wide open. Five of the top six on the leaderboard played their way onto The Country Club course through qualifying. The other was four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, who slammed and tossed aside his clubs during

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin, Duke’s A.J. Griffin and Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis spent the past season showing off their NBA potential in front of big crowds at the college level, including in the NCAA Tournament. Shaedon Sharpe ended up taking a different route to next week’s draft. He never played a

By DANIELLA MATAR and TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writers MILAN (AP) — Maria Bulanova was surprised she could be recruited to the bowling team at Vanderbilt University “all the way from Russia.” It was a chance for Tze-Han Lin to go from Taiwan to the University of Oregon to play golf on a full

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Trout continued to torment Seattle with his 48th and 49th career home runs against his division foe, Shohei Ohtani tossed six innings of three-hit ball and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Mariners 4-1. Trout has feasted on Seattle pitching throughout his career and this

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions once again, topping the Boston Celtics 103-90 on Thursday night for their fourth title in the last eight seasons. Stephen Curry scored 34 points and was named the NBA Finals MVP as the Warriors claimed the franchise’s seventh championship

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer BOSTON (AP) — When Jayson Tatum made consecutive baskets to cap a game-opening Boston blitz, TD Garden was at its absolute loudest. It sure got quiet in a hurry. So did Tatum. After climbing back to the top of the Eastern Conference, the Celtics fell flat in the latter