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By The Associated Press 2014 U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori will have arthroscopic surgery on his left hip and be sidelined for about six months. Nishikori posted a message Tuesday on his app saying he tried “several different rehab options” before deciding with his medical team to go ahead with the operation this week. The

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State wrestler A.J. Ferrari and runner Isai Rodriguez were in fair condition after their car overturned following a collision on Monday night. Rodriguez was transported by helicopter to a hospital, according to the Oklahoma state patrol. Ferrari tried to pass three cars while cresting a hill in a no-passing zone

IRVING, Texas (AP) — North Carolina State athletic director Boo Corrigan will serve as the College Football Playoff selection committee chairman next season. CFP executive director Bill Hancock also announced four new members of the 13-person panel. Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, Navy AD Chet Gladchuk, former Wake Forest and Ohio coach Jim Grobe and

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rookie New Hampshire musher has decided against running in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race after her team of sled dogs veered onto a busy Alaska highway and collided with a pickup truck. The collision killed one of the dogs and injured three others. Anchorage television station KTUU reports

SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Sweden’s Kristoffer Jakobsen holds a commanding lead following the first run of the World Cup circuit’s most prestigious slalom at Schladming. It’s the final men’s race before the Beijing Olympics. Jakobsen is 0.58 seconds ahead of 2010 Olympic champion Giuliano Razzoli of Italy. Lucas Braathen of Norway and Clement Noel of

BAFOUSSAM, Cameroon (AP) — Sadio Mané got up from a horrible clash of heads that appeared to leave him with a concussion to score a goal that helped put Senegal into the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations. Senegal won 2-0 against Cape Verde with the Liverpool forward getting the opener in the 63rd

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Annika Sorenstam might not be done with the LPGA Tour majors. She returned last season after 13 years in retirement to play an LPGA event at Lake Nona. She also won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. That came with a spot in the U.S Women’s Open this year at

WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — American forward Daryl Dike is set to be out for eight weeks because of a hamstring injury sustained on his full debut for West Bromwich Albion in English soccer’s second division. Dike came off with the injury early in the second half of West Brom’s 3-0 win over Peterborough on

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is expected to miss at least two months with an injury to his left forearm. The Sharks say Karlsson has undergone surgery to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm. The team says Karlsson is expected to be reevaluated in mid-March. The

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Zack Steffen did not travel to Ohio because of a recurrence of back tightness, leaving Matt Turner as the likely starter in goal for the United States in its World Cup qualifier against El Salvador on Thursday night. Steffen missed the Americans’ opening qualifier at El Salvador on Sept. 2 because

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week. When Beijing held the Summer Olympics in 2008, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Games could improve human rights, and Chinese politicians hinted at the same. There are no soaring promises this time. The Games are again a

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It started as a father’s message of support for his son who’d been abused online for being too “big” to play rugby. Now Alfie Pugsley is the talk of the sport and the subject of a wave of well-wishes and inspirational replies from many of rugby’s most famous players

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer In the pantheon of figure skating rivalries, Nancy and Tonya soars like a triple lutz above the rest. Two athletes in their prime, each trying to be America’s golden girl, on the biggest stage in winter sports. And it came draped in the most bizarre of controversies: An attack

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax says Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen is training with its reserves to regain fitness while he seeks a new club. The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening match at the European Championship against Finland in June. His contract with Inter Milan was terminated by mutual

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight following a crush outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon. Authorities say another seven people are in serious condition in the hospital. A total of 38 were injured. The

By The Associated Press Jon Rahm leads six of the top 10 players in the world at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Also playing at Torrey Pines is Dustin Johnson. It will be his first tournament since October. Johnson is the No. 4 player in the world. Collin Morikawa gives the European Tour

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal remains in intensive care after undergoing what his team described as “two successful surgeries.” The 2019 Tour champion from Colombia collided with a bus parked on a road outside Bogota on Monday morning while training with his team Ineos Grenadiers. He was transferred to

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A sheriff charged with assault after allegedly hitting a teenage girl while trying to break up a fight during a high school basketball game in eastern Kentucky has pleaded not guilty to the charge. WYMT-TV reports Owsley County Sheriff Brent Lynch appeared Monday in Perry District Court for an arraignment. Lynch