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SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Norway has won the mixed team parallel event at the World Cup Finals after Timon Haugan beat his Swiss opponent Semyel Bissig in the decisive run. Livio Simonet and Andrea Ellenberger gave Switzerland a 2-1 lead in the final. But Haugan’s triumph handed Norway the victory as its faster run times

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds midfielder Tyler Adams will miss an undetermined amount of time with a hamstring injury and manager Javi Gracia says the American won’t be easy to replace. The 24-year-old Adams was ruled out of Leeds’ match at Wolverhampton on Saturday after sustaining the injury this week in training. The United States

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Jim Ratcliffe is touring Manchester United as part of his bid to buy the English soccer club. The billionaire owner of INEOS jetted in for talks with club executives at Old Trafford with some of his closest advisors. Ratcliffe was greeted by United chief executive

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — New Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has recalled Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga along with several veteran players for his first squad since replacing Luis Enrique ahead of European championship qualifiers. De la Fuente only stuck with 11 players that Luis Enrique took to last year’s

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Real Madrid’s path to another Champions League title will have to go through Chelsea in the quarterfinals for the second straight year. The draw takes Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti back to his former club. The first leg between the past two Champions League winners will

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European competition draw lists.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark has looked over the women’s NCAA Tournament bracket, eyed the potential matchups facing her second-seeded Hawkeyes and the rest of their Big Ten brethern, and come to a rather optimistic conclusion. “The Big Ten can certainly place two in the Final Four,” she said. “I

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Stephen Curry has a simple answer for the drama between his four-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors and the upstart Memphis Grizzlies over the past two seasons. For Curry, it’s not a feud or a bitter rivalry. For Golden State, Curry says it’s just a matchup with a

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer From the First Four to the Final Four, the women’s NCAA Tournament captivates sports fans for more than three weeks every year. How well do you think you know it? Do you know the teams that finished unbeaten? Who’s the leading scorer in a championship game? Which player

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Losses by second-seeded Arizona and fourth-seeded Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament won’t help their March reputations. The Wildcats lost for the fifth straight time to a team seeded worse than them. The latest was a meltdown against No. 15 seed Princeton. The Cavaliers lost in

LONDON (AP) — Patrick Vieira has been fired by Crystal Palace with the team having been dragged into the Premier League’s relegation fight. Palace is in 12th place in the 20-team league but is only five points ahead of last-place Southampton. The team has lost three straight league games and has no wins in any

By The Associated Press The NCAA Tournament has begun with a full slate of weekend games as teams set their sites on winning the national championship in men’s basketball. Sweet 16 weekend will see games in New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky. The Final Four is in Houston. The semifinals

LONDON (AP) — Patrick Vieira has been fired by Crystal Palace with the team having been dragged into the Premier League’s relegation fight. Palace is in 12th place in the 20-team league but is only five points from last-place Southampton. The team has lost three straight league games and has no wins in any competition

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Grundstrom had a goal and an assist in Los Angeles’ four-goal second period, Pheonix Copley made 30 saves and the Kings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday night. Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar and Viktor Arvidsson also scored to help the Kings improve to