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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — European soccer clubs have been offered backing from UEFA to oppose FIFA’s push for biennial World Cups. They are also promised a UEFA-backed “multibillion debt fund” to stabilize their industry after huge revenue losses in the pandemic. About 160 European Club Association members met for the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Reigning world champion Kaillie Humphries has been announced as part of this season’s USA Bobsled national team. The move comes even with her status for this winter’s Beijing Olympics unclear. Humphries was a lock to make the team after winning gold medals in both the traditional two-person and the

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — There were problems galore from some of the top contenders to start the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Kyle Busch cursed and ran over some cones heading to the garage. Chase Elliott told his crew chief simply, “It’s killed.” Another of Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports teammates, William

By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died after spending 39 years in a coma. He was 73. In a poignant tribute, PSG called him the club’s “glorious elder.” Adams has been lying in a coma at his home in the southern French city of Nimes

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins have placed presumed starting left tackle Austin Jackson and backup tight end Adam Shaheen on the COVID-19 reserve list. It calls into doubt their availability for the team’s opener at New England. Cornerback Jamal Perry was elevated to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement. This is

LONDON (AP) — India has won the fourth test against England by 157 runs at the Oval to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. England collapsed to 210 all out on the fifth and final day. Set a record 368 to win, England went from 100-0 midway through the first session to getting

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer AMSTERDAM (AP) — Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas is leaving Mercedes at the end of the season and replacing the retiring Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo. The Alfa Romeo team says that Bottas has signed a multi-year deal. It paves the way for George Russell to replace Bottas

MONACO (AP) — A German modern pentathlon coach who struck a horse at the Olympics has been ordered to undergo training on animal welfare before she can work again at major competitions. TV footage from the Olympics last month showed Kim Raisner leaning over a fence to strike Saint Boy. The horse refused to jump

MADRID (AP) — Coach Luis Enrique has called up Sergio Reguilón to replace the injured José Luis Gayà for Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Kosovo on Wednesday. Gayà was substituted in the 75th minute of the 4-0 win over Georgia on Sunday because of a muscle injury. The Spanish soccer federation said the left back

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Toronto Blue Jays have won four in a row entering their big series this week in New York against the Yankees. No matter how that turns out, the future looks bright for Canada’s lone major league team. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 22 and very much living up to

By The Associated Press Albert Pujols is sure to get a big ovation at Busch Stadium when the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger returns to face the Cardinals. The 41-year-old Pujols called St. Louis home for his first 11 major league seasons from 2001-2011 and helped the Cards win two World Series championships. Pujols insists he’ll

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III turned in the best rushing performance in a Football Bowl Subdivision season opener in seven years when he went for a career-high 264 yards against Northwestern. Walker’s total in the Spartans’ 38-21 win Friday was the highest in an opener since South Florida’s

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza does not like how her topsy-turvy fourth-round match at the U.S. Open against Barbora Krejcikova ended. And that is not just because Muguruza lost. It had a lot to do with what Krejcikova did toward the end of her 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory

By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Doerer made a 41-yard field goal in overtime and No. 9 Notre Dame escaped with a 41-38 victory after Florida State overcame an 18-point deficit Sunday night. Ryan Fitzgerald’s 37-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide left to begin overtime. Jack Coan completed 26 of 35 passes