By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has made it back to the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park for the first time since 2016 by coming back to beat Zhu Lin 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. The match began late Sunday night and ended at nearly 2:20 a.m. on
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin has signed Croatia right back Josip Juranović from Scottish champion Celtic for the modest Bundesliga club’s biggest transfer to date. Union has announced the 27-year-old Juranović’s transfer without giving details of the length of his contract or transfer fee. Media reports suggested Union had
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The El País newspaper says the woman who accused Dani Alves of sexual assault at a nightclub last year will not seek financial compensation from the Brazil soccer player. El País says people close to the investigation told the daily that the 23-year-old woman decided to relinquish her right for compensation
Continue Reading MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) — Frenchman Sebastien Ogier has won the season-opening Monte Carlo rally for a record ninth time to break the tie with countryman Sebastien Loeb. The eight-time world champion Ogier powered his Toyota to victory over defending world champion Kalle Rovanperä of Finland (Toyota) and Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). The 39-year-old Ogier
Continue Reading KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Daniel Yule has won a men’s World Cup slalom after first-run leader Manuel Feller straddled a gate and failed to finish his home race. Yule was seventh after the opening run. He posted the third-fastest time in the second and then saw the top six fail to beat his
Continue Reading ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victor Perez won the Abu Dhabi Championship for the third and biggest European tour title of his career. The Frenchman’s 6-under 66 in the final round was capped by holing a bunker shot at No. 17. Perez led by one when he sent his tee shot short and
Continue Reading ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victor Perez won the Abu Dhabi Championship for the third and biggest European tour title of his career. The Frenchman’s 6-under 66 in the final round was capped by holing a bunker shot at No. 17. Perez led by one when he sent his tee shot short and
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By Ben Church, CNN Jessica Pegula, the daughter of the owners of the Buffalo Bills, says Damar Hamlin’s incredible recovery has inspired her performances during this year’s Australian Open. Pegula qualified for the last 16 with a straight sets victory against Marta Kostyuk on Friday and will face either Victoria Azarenka or Zhu Lin for
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN And then there were none. Felix Auger-Aliassime’s fourth-round loss at the Australian Open means none of the stars of Netflix’s new tennis documentary ‘Break Point’ have made it through to the second week in Melbourne. Such poor showing from the series’ stars has led to talk of a ‘Netflix curse’ as
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, Jacob Lev and Hannah Brewitt, CNN After the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles beat the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Giants respectively, all eyes were on the remaining Divisional Round matchups Sunday, with the Buffalo Bills facing the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Dallas Cowboys. The Bills
Continue Reading KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Manuel Feller has posted the fastest opening-run time in a men’s World Cup slalom and positioned himself to become the first Austrian skier in six years to win the classic race. Feller avoided mistakes on the icy Ganslern course to build a lead of 0.31 seconds over Norway’s Lucas Braathen. Linus
Continue Reading CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record 83rd World Cup win will move on to the next stop on the circuit. Shiffrin finished seventh in a super-G, 0.62 seconds behind race winner Ragnhild Mowinckel on the course that will host the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. It was the third straight
Continue Reading By Ben Church and Don Riddell, CNN Mr. Irrelevant has never been so relevant in the NFL. Brock Purdy, who has adopted the moniker after being picked last in this season’s draft, is continuing to defy expectations as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback prepares to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s NFC championship game.
Continue Reading By Ben Church and Jacob Lev, CNN The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20 on Saturday to advance to the AFC championship game but there is now concern over the fitness of Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs’ star quarterback was brought down by Jaguars’ Arden Key and Corey Peters in the first quarter and
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sebastian Korda has reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career by beating 10th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz in a fifth-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open. Korda is a 22-year-old American whose father, Petr, won the 1998 championship at the tournament. Korda’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6,
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic faces another test of his fitness as he plays Alex de Minaur for a place in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The nine-time champion has been dealing with a sore left hamstring throughout the tournament. Djokovic is trying to win the title for a record-extending 10th time. He
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has eliminated No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has defeated Coco Gauff in the Australian Open’s fourth round. The 22nd-seeded Rybakina used her big serving to unsettle Swiatek and got the better of their baseline exchanges
Continue Reading By ANTONIO RAY HARVEY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 15 of his 32 points in the third quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers, playing without Joel Embiid and James Harden, completed a perfect five-game road trip by beating the Sacramento Kings 129-127. Maxey also had seven assists and six rebounds to help
Continue Reading By DAIMON EKLUND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 for their season-high fifth straight win. Alex Newhook scored in regulation for the Avalanche, and Pavel Francouz stopped 26 shots. Ryan Donato scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paul Cotter scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights finally off to a good start, easily beating the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Saturday night to end a three-game losing streak. Washington captain Alex Ovechkin didn’t play because of a lower-body injury and is listed by
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