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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tennis is abuzz with tongue-in-cheek talk about a “Netflix curse” during the Australian Open, drawing a line from the streaming service’s new docuseries about the sport to the recent rough times for Season 1 protagonists. Of the 10 players featured prominently across the five episodes

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray will try to overcome whatever lingering exhaustion he might have after two five-set matches and more than 10 hours of action at the Australian Open when he plays Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the fourth round. Murray played the longest match of his career to beat Thanasi

LONDON (AP) — West Ham has completed the signing of veteran striker Danny Ings from Aston Villa. The 30-year-old Ings has joined the east London club for a reported fee of 12 million pounds ($14.8 million) and should be eligible to play Saturday when West Ham hosts fellow Premier League struggler Everton. Ings was Villa’s

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Netherlands striker Memphis Depay will join Atletico Madrid after his transfer was agreed to by Spanish league rival Barcelona. Depay had already trained with Atlético on Thursday with permission from the Catalan club. Barcelona says Atletico has agreed to pay $3.25 million with a possible $1.08 million more in add-ons. Depay

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sebastian Korda has eliminated two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the Australian Open’s third round. It is the latest in a string of victories by young American men against top players at Melbourne Park. Korda is the son of 1998 Australian

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Netherlands striker Memphis Depay will join Atletico Madrid after his transfer was agreed to by Spanish league rival Barcelona. Depay had already trained with Atlético on Thursday with permission from the Catalan club. Barcelona says Atletico has agreed to pay $3.25 million with a possible $1.08 million more in add-ons.

KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr won the first of two downhills on the classic Streif course. Fellow pre-race favorites Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Marco Odermatt only narrowly avoided high-speed crashes. Kriechmayr mastered the demanding course in cloudy conditions as the world champion from Austria sped to his third win of the season and 15th

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Top Indian wrestlers are continuing a sit-in protest near the parliament building for a third straight day as the federation president they accuse of sexually and mentally harassing young female athletes remains defiant and refuses to quit. The wrestlers and their nearly 200 supporters at Jantar

SYDNEY (AP) — Veteran winger Kurtley Beale has been suspended by Rugby Australia after being charged with sexual assault from an incident in December. The 34-year-old Beale has played 95 tests for Australia after making his Wallabies debut in 2009. He recently returned to Australia after a stint in French rugby. New South Wales Police

LONDON (AP) — New Zealand striker Chris Wood is set to join Nottingham Forest on loan from Newcastle. Newcastle manager Eddie Howe confirmed that Wood was completing a medical with Forest on Friday morning. The 31-year-old Wood had joined Newcastle from Burnley for $34.5 million one year ago and helped the team avoid relegation. The

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — All eyes are on French basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama. And that doesn’t seem to bother the 19-year-old NBA draft prospect. He and his family sat just off the court at the game Thursday in Paris between Detroit and Chicago. A maze of people surrounded him as

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Pegula, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are all breezing through the Australian Open so far. The matchups could get tougher in Week 2. Pegula has dropped zero sets and just 11 games total along the way to reaching the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — DeMeco Ryans’ day as San Francisco defensive coordinator started with meetings and then went to the practice field as he focused on implementing a defense to slow down Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. Then instead of relaxing or diving into more film

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Spain. The alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona, police told The Associated Press. Alves was taken into custody after he answered a

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Barcelona. Police say the alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona. Alves will now go before a judge. The judge will decide on the charges. The charge of