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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — American defender Justin Che has been loaned to Germany’s Hoffenheim by Dallas through the 2022-23 season. Hoffenehim has an option to purchase the 18-year-old’s rights. Dallas also announced Che had agreed to a four-year contract that includes a team option for 2026. Che joined Dallas’ academy in 2009, made his professional

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — La Salle women’s basketball coach Mountain MacGillivray is raising awareness of pediatric cancer. His 2-year-old daughter Emily was diagnosed last year with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The Explorers will dedicate Sunday’s game against Richmond to Emily in a “Climb with Emily” day. The MacGillivrays learned this week

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao will face each other for the fourth time in two months when they meet in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Friday’s draw also set up encounters between Valencia-Cádiz, Real Sociedad-Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano-Mallorca. Madrid last week defeated Athletic in the final of the Spanish Super Cup

By DOMINIQUE WILKINS For The Associated Press Dominique Wilkins was born in Paris. He’s lived in Dallas, Oklahoma and Baltimore. He played pro ball in NBA cities like Los Angeles, Boston, San Antonio and Orlando. He played internationally in Greece and Italy. But he considers Atlanta home. Wilkins shares what it was like to be

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark posted her second straight 30-point triple-double, setting a Division I basketball record for men or women, and the No. 25 Hawkeyes rolled to a 105-49 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night. Clark had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, helping the Hawkeyes (11-4, 5-1 Big Ten) to their

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt at the last and was set to join Collin Morikawa in making the cut on the number in a brutal second round at the Abu Dhabi Championship that brought some of the world’s best golfers to their knees. Gusts of

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer When Oscar De La Hoya asked his longtime friend Eva Longoria Bastón if she would consider making a documentary to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his 1996 fight against Julio César Chávez, her first answer was no. But then she thought about a different way of approaching it. The

BRUSSELS (AP) — Veteran defender Thomas Vermaelen is retiring and joining Belgium’s coaching staff as the national team continues to chase a major title. Belgium’s soccer federation announced the news Friday. The 36-year-old Vermaelen was out of contract after 2 1/2 years with Japanese club Vissel Kobe, where he signed after leaving Barcelona. Vermaelen will

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Republic hockey coach Filip Pešán says six players on the country’s Olympic team have tested positive for the coronavirus. The players were not named. They are among a group of 12 that came from the Russia-based KHL. Pesan says none of the positive players has any symptoms. Those who tested negative

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diamond Johnson scored 11 of her 16 points in a 4 1/2-minute stretch of the fourth quarter, and No. 4 North Carolina State wiped out a 16-point second-half deficit to beat No. 3 Louisville 68-59. A 17-0 run in the fourth quarter ignited the Wolfpack to

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has cleared Netherlands under-21 winger Ferdi Kadıoğlu to switch national eligibility to Turkey. Kadıoğlu can now play for Turkey in World Cup qualifying playoffs in March. The 22-year-old Fenerbahçe player was born in the Netherlands and has a Turkish father. FIFA rules allowed the change because he never appeared in a

PARIS (AP) — Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico has joined Mallorca until the end of the season on a loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain. Rico joined PSG in 2019, where he played 24 matches and won the French league title. The 28-year-old Rico is returning to Spain after spending four seasons with Sevilla, the club where

By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dominated another men’s World Cup speed race with a clear win in the downhill on the Streif course. It was the Norwegian’s sixth win in 12 speed events this season and third in a downhill. Kilde beat Johan Clarey by 0.42 seconds. French

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges for the Tokyo Olympics who were not expert enough to handle doping cases. The criticism comes only days before CAS opens its special Olympic tribunals at the Winter Games in Beijing. A wide-ranging report

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Naomi Osaka didn’t make it to a much-anticipated fourth-round contest against top-ranked Ash Barty at the Australian Open. Amanda Anisimova ensured that so-called final-before-the-final didn’t happen when she beat the four-time major champion 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Barty will now face Anisimova for

LONDON (AP) — France captain Hugo Lloris has chosen to extend his stay at Tottenham beyond a decade by signing a new two-year contract. The deal ties Lloris to Tottenham until 2024. He joined in 2012 and currently captains the team. Lloris was free to talk to foreign clubs from the start of this month.

By ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The risk is obvious when you hold a major international soccer tournament right after the emergence of the omicron variant and in a country with precariously low COVID-19 vaccination levels. But Cameroon health authorities also see their hosting of the monthlong African Cup of Nations as