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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounds ready to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In more than 90 minutes of arguments Wednesday, the court’s six conservative justices seemed likely to embrace the Biden administration’s argument that a federal appeals court mistakenly threw out Tsarnaev’s

MADRID (AP) — France defender Lucas Hernández is facing prison time in Spain for violating a restraining order. The Bayern Munich player has been told to appear in court on Tuesday so he can be given an order to voluntarily turn himself in to start serving a six-month prison sentence. He will have 10 days

WATFORD, England (AP) — Claudio Ranieri is fully aware of the precariousness of his latest job in the Premier League after becoming Watford’s 15th full-time manager in the last 10 years. He says that is especially the case because he is an Italian and Serie A clubs have a reputation for changing coaches. That doesn’t

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer With one Small kick and a rather sizable upset, Texas A&M created a logjam in the Southeastern Conference Western Division.The Aggies’ 41-38 upset of then-No. 1 Alabama on Seth Small’s field goal opened the door for the Crimson Tide’s division rivals. It’s not just a parade of teams lining

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell says center Frank Ragnow feels guilty about having season-ending toe surgery. Campbell says Wednesday that the surgery went well, adding Ragnow does not need to feel bad about doing the right thing for his long-term future. Ragnow was hurt earlier this month at Chicago and

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s top sports authority has accepted the Spanish league’s request to postpone a pair of weekend matches involving teams with players on international duty with South American nations. The games between league leader Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao and second-place Atlético Madrid and Granada will be played at later dates. FIFA extended

PARIS (AP) — The French football league’s board adopted a motion Wednesday to oppose plans to play the men’s World Cup every two years, arguing that the tournament is a world heritage that should not be trivialized. The move came just weeks after the president of the soccer federation of men’s world champion France said

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo soccer federation has fired Bernard Challandes as coach after a pair of World Cup qualifying losses. Kosovo lost 3-0 at Sweden and then 2-1 at home against Georgia. The team is in last place in Group B. The 70-year-old Swiss coach had been in charge of the national team

SCHWÄBISCH HALL, Germany (AP) — German skier Thomas Dressen will miss the start of the World Cup season as he tries to build his fitness ahead of the Winter Olympics following a knee operation. German news agency dpa reports Dressen has ruled himself out of the first two speed events of the season in Canada

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish sports minister says a boycott of the World Cup is not the answer despite calling it “a wrong decision” to stage next year’s tournament in Qatar. Ane Halsboe-Joergensen was speaking a day after Denmark qualified for the tournament. He says the team will go to the event. Qatar has

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer The Kenyan track federation says two-time world championships bronze medalist Agnes Tirop has been found dead at her home after allegedly being stabbed by her husband. Athletics Kenya says it is still working to uncover details of the incident but it has been informed of Tirop’s death. She was

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — The Swedish soccer association says a player on the country’s under-21 team has claimed he was racially abused by an opponent in a European Championship qualifier against Italy. Anthony Elanga is a striker who plays at Manchester United. He says he was subjected to a racist comment in the match in

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The lack of balance and quality in central midfield continues to hold England back despite all the improvements made under Gareth Southgate. There has been a clamor to get some more ball-players into the midfield to give England a chance of retaining possession better against top opposition after being

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA is preparing to give Europe’s top soccer clubs greater control of Champions League marketing rights and deals. It’s an issue that helped drive some clubs to launch the failed Super League. UEFA says it “started the search for a marketing and sales partner” to complete

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it is analyzing the crowd unrest and assessing punishments after condemning disorder involving Hungary and Albania fans in separate World Cup qualifiers. At Wembley Stadium, Hungary supporters fought with police in the stands just after kickoff on Tuesday as officers sought to arrest a spectator on suspicion of racially abusing

By The Associated Press After a season of piling up whopping win totals, the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers get a day to prep for their all-or-nothing matchup in Game 5 of the NL Division Series. Mookie Betts and the World Series champion Dodgers will play Buster Posey and the rival Giants on

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer From Lamar Jackson’s improbable comeback that ended in an overtime win for Baltimore to the missed kick festival between Green Bay and Cincinnati, the NFL had several more games go down to the wire in Week 5. Four more games were decided with a winning score in either

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is only fitting that 70 years after Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World” that the Giants and Dodgers will play in another all-or-nothing game. Los Angeles’ 7-2 win over San Francisco on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the NL Division Series evened