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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sean Farrell had three goals and two assists to help the U.S. rout China 8-0 in the host country’s Olympic men’s hockey debut. Noah Cates, Brendan Brisson, Brian O’Neill, Ben Meyers and Matty Beniers also scored for the Americans. Boston University goaltender Drew Commesso made 29

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Germany 4, Rest of World 0. The Beijing Olympics were a luge runaway for the world’s sliding superpower. The Germans won gold in men’s, women’s and doubles events and then put those champions in the team relay and watched them end the season with one more

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has approved Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman changing his nationality to represent Nigeria instead of England. FIFA made the announcement on Thursday. Lookman, who is on loan at Leicester from Leipzig, was part of England’s title win at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup. The London native, who was born to Nigerian

RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ryan Fox has shot 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic. It is the latest stop on the “Desert Swing” on the European tour. The 211th-ranked New Zealander’s lowest round on the tour contained 10 birdies at

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Alpine combined was the only event held when ski racing made its Olympic debut in 1936. And now there are those who think it is about to get dropped from the Winter Games. There were signs Thursday that the combined could be on its way

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lior Garzon scored 19 points and Maddie Siegrist added 17 to lead Villanova to a 72-69 win over No. 8 UConn, ending the Huskies’ 169-game conference winning streak. UConn last lost a conference game back in the old Big East Conference in 2013. Brianna Herlihy

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American skiers Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld won gold in the Olympics’ first mixed team aerials event, giving the U.S. its first medals in the freestyle skiing discipline since Jeret “Speedy” Peterson in 2010. Caldwell was a precocious, breakout star when she made her Olympic debut as a 16-year-old

By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Johannes Strolz won the Olympic gold medal in the Alpine combined race just like his father did more than three decades ago. The 29-year-old Strolz was fourth fastest after the downhill run but was half a second quicker than anyone else

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition. Details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed only hours earlier. Lawyers for the 15-year-old Russian skater argued contamination from heart medication her grandfather was

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Black members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet are coming together for a Black History Month event highlighting their roles in the administration, some of which are historic firsts. Actor Taraji P. Henson and tennis pro Sloane Stephens and WNBA player Nneka Ogwumike will also be on hand

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will host Burkina Faso in a friendly match next month as part of its World Cup preparations. The game scheduled March 29 at the Lotto Park, home of first-division club Anderlecht, will be the first time the nations square off. The Belgian federation announced the match on Thursday. Belgium is FIFA’s

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham no longer wants the club to be associated with a term for Jews that is considered offensive and has asked its fans to stop using it. Supporters of Tottenham, a north London club that has traditionally drawn a large fan base from Jewish communities, have long described themselves by using the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has finally made it to the Olympic track. The worst of her coronavirus scare that started with a positive test on Jan. 29 is behind her and the three-time Olympic medalist was able to participate in the first official session of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu had been the benchmark for an entire generation of young figure skaters, including American star Nathan Chen, who won his first gold medal Thursday. Hanyu pushed the boundaries of what a human could do on ice — jumping higher, soaring farther