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By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Everton says its board of directors have been instructed not to attend Saturday’s home match against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security.” The decision was made ahead of a possible protest at Goodison Park in the wake of

ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G at St. Anton, Austria, for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season. Mikaela Shiffrin skipped the race to rest while she has a dominating lead in the overall standings. Brignone mastered a course shortened because of heavy overnight snowfall to finish 0.54

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami and the Oakland Athletics have finalized a $3.25 million, one-year contract, a deal that allows him to earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses for starts. The hard-throwing Fujinami could fill a void in Oakland’s rotation or pitch out of the bullpen. The 28-year-old spent the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A total of 170 major league players agreed to contracts in the hours before Friday night’s arbitration deadline to exchange proposed salaries with teams, and just one reached a multiyear deal: Minnesota right-hander Chris Paddack. While 33 players swapped figures with their clubs and remain

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto, Pete Alonso and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached big-money agreements on one-year contracts as 170 players avoided salary arbitration with deals and 33 exchanged proposed figures with their teams. All-Star pitcher Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves were headed toward a hearing for the

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic own the two largest collections of Grand Slam trophies in the history of men’s tennis. They are their sport’s two most prominent active figures; no one else is even close. Both are in their mid-30s; no one knows how much

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Nico Hoerner is returning to second base with the Chicago Cubs after the team signed Gold Glove shortstop Dansby Swanson to a $177 million, seven-year contract last month. Hoerner and Swanson should give the Cubs one of the majors’ best double-play combinations. Hoerner praised the team

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Belinda Bencic beat Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 6-2 to win the Adelaide International women’s title, her sixth on the WTA Tour. The 13th-ranked Swiss player took barely an hour to beat the eighth-ranked Kasatkina. Bencic converted five of her seven break points and won almost double the amount of points than the

NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres remained headed toward a salary arbitration hearing with the New York Yankees while nine teammates reached one-year agreements Friday, including All-Star pitchers Nestor Cortes and Clay Holmes. Torres asked for a raise from $6.25 million to $10.2 million, and the Yankees offered the second baseman $9.7 million. Right-hander Frankie

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Haley Jones scored 16 points, Cameron Brink added 12 and second-ranked Stanford scored the first 15 points of the fourth quarter to pull away for a 72-59 victory over No. 8 UCLA on Friday night. Jones also had 12 rebounds and six assists to help

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 7-1. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, and Klim Kostin, Jesse Puljujarvi, and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell

HOBART, Australia (AP) — American Lauren Davis has claimed a second WTA title six years after her first by beating Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6 (0), 6-2 in the Hobart International final. The 29-year-old Davis upset fourth-seeded and 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens in the first round and didn’t drop a set all week. It

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rangers catcher Mitch Garver has avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a $3.9 million contract, after Texas also struck one-year deals earlier in the day with first baseman Nathaniel Lowe and pitchers Taylor Hearn, Jonathan Hernández and Brett Martin. Lowe gets $4.05 million, Hearn $1,462,500, Martin $1,275,000 and Hernandez $995,000. Garver