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By KEN SWEET and MAE ANDERSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — How the mighty have fallen. Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with commercials from a handful of newcomers to advertising’s biggest stage: FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro. Some marketing experts dubbed it the “Crypto Bowl.” A year later,

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address his city council during its public comment period. His unexpected topic, as he framed it: It

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana guard Grace Berger came back for her fifth season to win a Big Ten championship. Her gritty play Thursday night put the Hoosiers on the precipice. She finished with a season-high 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points and

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the Premier League champions have already been condemned after the club was accused of breaching a slew of financial regulations over a nine-year period. The team could face a fine, deduction of points or expulsion from English soccer’s top

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Al-Hilal has nothing to lose when it takes on Real Madrid in the final of the Club World Cup in Rabat on Saturday. The club from Saudi Arabia stunned Brazil’s Flamengo in the semifinals and now stands in the way of Madrid collecting a record-extending eighth

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier says Lionel Messi will be available for the Champions League game against Bayern Munich on Tuesday despite being left out of the squad for this weekend’s French league match at Monaco. Messi strained his hamstring in the 2-1 loss to Marseille on Wednesday in the French Cup.

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Defending champion Lyon has been drawn to face English league leader Chelsea in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League. Arsenal was drawn against Bayern Munich, with the first leg to be played in Germany. Barcelona was paired with Roma and will travel to Italy for the first leg. Paris Saint-Germain

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw for the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals.

SINGAPORE (AP) — Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland and Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi were tied for the lead at the Singapore Classic when play was suspended by darkness. Play was also interrupted for an hour by rain. McKibbin finished his second round with a 3-under 69 for an 11-under total of 133. The 18-year-old Ding

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp could have forced his players run extra wind sprints or sit through more film sessions in the wake of another loss. Instead, he gave them a couple of days off. As a result he says players “all look incredibly fresh” this week ahead of the Merseyside derby

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden arrived in Brooklyn and predicted his partnership with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving would be “scary hours.” It was over in a New York minute. Not just that trio, but an entire era in Brooklyn. The Nets had three superstars, and one by

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Lake Placid hosted its second Winter Olympics in 1980 with world-class venues that slowly became outdated over the years. Instead of allowing the investments to decay and become deserted as happens in many Olympic cities, the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority spent $550 million to make Lake Placid

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to address a group of sports ministers meeting to discuss Russian participation at next year’s Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is working on a plan to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who have not actively supported the war to enter qualifying events for the 2024