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LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds climbed out of the Premier League’s relegation zone in dramatic style after Pascal Struijk’s stoppage-time equalizer secured a 1-1 draw against Brighton. Struijk headed home at the far post in the second minute of added-on time to lift Leeds a point clear of Burnley after Danny Welbeck had given Albion

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Substitute Jeffrey Schlupp scored an 81st-minute equalizer as Crystal Palace secured a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa in a match between two midtable teams in the Premier League. Three minutes after coming on, Schlupp finished from close range to cancel out Ollie Watkins’ 69th-minute opener for Villa. A late Villa push

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — No. 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev says watching the recent news from Ukraine has been “very upsetting.” The Russian player has been banned from Wimbledon next month because of his country’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. Open champion spoke at the Geneva Open where he’s returning

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City recovered from two goals down at West Ham to draw 2-2 and move four points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League. If Liverpool loses at Southampton on Tuesday, City will be champions again before the final day of the season. Or a victory for City over

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Prospects on the Class A Dunedin Blue Jays struck out 24 batters in a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees’ Tampa Tarpons in the Florida State League, pitching a combined two-hitter. That’s the most strikeouts in a nine-inning minor league game since at least 2005. Nick Frasso, a 24-year-old right-hander,

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A dramatic penalty save might have kept the Premier League title race alive. Riyad Mahrez stepped up to take an 86th-minute spot kick for Manchester City knowing that converting it would virtually secure another league championship for his team. It was saved by West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski and City

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — The start of the final round of the Cognizant Founders Cup has been delayed by an hour by fog. Playing off both the front and back nines, the first groups at the $3 million LPGA Tour event at the Upper Montclair Country Club in New Jersey teed off at 8:22 a.m.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Iga Swiatek is going into the French Open on quite a run. The top-ranked Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 6-2 to defend her Italian Open title and extend her winning streak to 28 matches. Swiatek was a surprise champion at the French Open in 2020 when

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Mazeika hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning in his first major league game this season, and the New York Mets beat the sloppy Seattle Mariners 5-4. Starling Marte tripled, doubled, singled and scored three times for the Mets, who squandered a

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Jermell Charlo had to exercise incredible patience during his quest to become the first undisputed super welterweight champion. After a split draw in his first bout with Brian Castaño last year was followed by a three-month postponement of their rematch because of an injury for

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadium has always been one of Bryce Harper’s favorite visiting ballparks. The two-time NL MVP made his major league debut here in 2012 and he also likes it because he gets to see family and friends that make the drive over from Las Vegas.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Jesus Ferreira scored two goals and FC Dallas cruised to a 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday. Ferreira gave Dallas (6-1-4) an early lead with a goal in the 11th minute. Paul Arriola stretched the lead to 2-0 with a score in the 20th minute and Ferreira added his

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Real Salt Lake took advantage of a red card on Dani Pereira, scoring two second-half goals to notch a 2-1 victory over Austin FC. Mikael Chang knotted the score at 1-1 for RSL (5-3-4) with a goal in the 55th minute after Pereira was given a red card for a push

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Mazeika hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning in his first major league game this season, and the New York Mets took advantage of some sloppy Seattle defense to beat the Mariners 5-4. Starling Marte tripled, doubled, singled and scored three times

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas and Ola Kamara both notched their fifth goal of the season and D.C. United rallied from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw with Inter Miami. Inter Miami (3-6-2) jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Leonardo Campana’s goal in the 31st minute and Damion Lowe’s score