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BURGOS, Spain (AP) — Two-time defending champion Primoz Roglic has won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Roglic was fastest in the short first stage in Burgos. He finished the 7.1-kilometer (4.4-mile) time trial in 8 minutes, 32 seconds. Alex Aranburu was six seconds behind Roglic. Jan Tratnik was another two seconds back in

By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie quarterback Justin Fields came off the bench in the second quarter and rallied the Chicago Bears from a 13-0 deficit to a 20-13 win over the Miami Dolphins at Soldier Field to start each team’s preseason. Fields went 14 of 20 for 142 yards and threw

By BOB FERRANTE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Bobby Bowden may have been known across the country for winning two national championships at Florida State, but the coach was eulogized Saturday as a man with three guiding principles: faith, family and football. And that family included the thousands of players he coached. More than 300 players

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Being better on defense shouldn’t be that challenging for the Tennessee Titans following a season where it would be tough to be much worse. The Titans looked like a completely different unit in their preseason opener after an offseason makeover. Two of their top

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Will Power took the lead early Saturday, then watched it shrink over the final half of the race before holding on to win another Indianapolis Grand Prix. The Australian, who started second, beat Romain Grosjean to the yard of bricks by 1.1142 seconds for his first

NORWICH, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah set up two goals and scored himself for a fifth straight year in the opening round of a Premier League season to lead Liverpool to a 3-0 win at Norwich. The hosts were in celebratory mood ahead of kickoff after clinching the second-tier Championship title in May but Juergen

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The return of near-capacity crowds fueled a barrage of goals and a bunch of home wins on the first Saturday of the English Premier League season. Fans at Old Trafford particularly enjoyed themselves. More than 72,000 spectators saw Bruno Fernandes’ hat trick and Paul Pogba’s four assists sweep Manchester

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Wisconsin transfer Jack Coan is Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly announced the choice Saturday in a Twitter post after suggesting for the last week that a decision would be coming soon. Coan started for Wisconsin in 2019, leading the Badgers to the Big Ten title game.

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NASCAR drivers got their first laps on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course in practice — and it opened to mixed reviews. Previous race winners Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch made it clear they’d rather be racing on the traditional oval. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson didn’t

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi smiled and looked transfixed as Paris Saint-Germain fans chanted his name before the 4-2 win against Strasbourg in the French league. PSG’s latest signing joined four other recruits who were presented to almost 50,000 fans at Parc des Princes ahead of Saturday’s kickoff. Messi

WATFORD, England (AP) — Watford record signing Ismaila Sarr has starred on his Premier League return as the Hornets held off a late challenge from Aston Villa to secure a 3-2 win. Sarr had already set up Emmanuel Dennis for his first club goal for Watford’s opener in the 10th minute before he found the

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Neal Maupay and Alexis Mac Allister scored late goals as Brighton came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 away in their Premier League opener. Burnley took the lead via a second-minute header by James Tarkowski, which stood after a VAR check amid Brighton claims that the defender had fouled Maupay. Burnley

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez’s controversial tenure at Everton got off to a strong start as his team came from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 in the Premier League. The Spaniard has plenty of work to do to convince the doubters he can ever be accepted at Goodison Park but this

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Jamie Vardy scored the winner as Leicester followed up its Community Shield victory with a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton in their Premier League opener. Vardy ran onto a cross from Ricardo Pereira in the 41st minute to flick a left-footed shot past Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa. Wolves, under new manager Bruno

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea began its bid to follow up a Champions League title with another Premier League trophy by beating Crystal Palace 3-0. The result shows the size of the task facing newly hired manager Patrick Vieira at the visitors. Defenders Marcos Alonso and Trevoh Chalobah scored either side of a close-range strike by

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland has led Borussia Dortmund to a 5-2 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt in their Bundesliga opener. Haaland was inspired by thousands of fans back in the stands in Marco Rose’s first league game as Dortmund coach. The Norway striker set up three goals and scored

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Cindric took the lead early in the third stage at Indianapolis and held on Saturday for his NASCAR Xfinity Series-leading fifth victory of the season. He beat pole-winner AJ Allmendinger by 2.108 seconds. Justin Haley was third. It’s Cindric’s first victory at the Brickyard —

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are committed to paying a portion of the projected $1.4 billion in their proposal to build a stadium. A company vice president released a statement to The Associated Press saying the owners have all along known the project