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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ronald Koeman has pledged to take the Netherlands back to playing attractive, attacking soccer as he begins his second stint in charge of the national team that lost in the World Cup quarterfinals to eventual winner Argentina. The 59-year-old Koeman said he wants a return

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka is back in the Switzerland team for the Davis Cup next week. He returns after a seven-year gap from a competition he won playing with Roger Federer in 2014. The Swiss tennis federation says the 37-year-old Wawrinka has been selected to face Germany in a

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It took about a week for Novak Djokovic to go from worrying about whether he simply could play a match at all on his injured left hamstring to thinking he can win the Australian Open. And one pain-free, nearly perfect performance in the fourth round

LONDON (AP) — The governing body of English soccer has appealed against the sanction imposed by an independent panel on a lower-league manager banned for 15 months for using discriminatory language toward his players. The Football Association says it believes “a longer sanction is appropriate” for John Yems. He is the former manager of fourth-tier

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former Barcelona star Gerard Piqué is bidding to disrupt Spanish soccer with a new amateur seven-a-side competition designed to tap into the millions of young people who now prefer to watch a live stream online instead of a 90-minute televised match. The Kings League is shown

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The next stop on Ben Shelton’s impressive debut run at the Australian Open will be the quarterfinals. The 20-year-old NCAA champion from the University of Florida pulled out a five-set victory over J.J. Wolf in an all-American matchup at Melbourne Park. Shelton is playing in

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Sacred Heart and UConn have new state-of-the art ice arenas that put a national spotlight on college hockey in Connecticut. The buildings cost more than $70 million a piece and opened the same week that Quinnipiac’s men’s team took the top spot in the national

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Magda Linette has reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam tournament in her 30th appearance. She made it that far Monday at the Australian Open by eliminating No. 4 seed Caroline Garcia in straight sets. Linette credits work on the mental side of the game

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — LeBron James had 37 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the second half to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-112. Thomas Bryant added 31 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers, who have won three of their last four