By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has announced the hiring of its fourth different chief marketing executive in less than four years. Former Juventus and United Arab Emirates league executive Romy Gai will take over as Chief Business Officer. Gai is taking over from Kay Madati, who is stepping down for
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer North Carolina big man Armando Bacot is returning for his senior season after the Tar Heels fell a game short of winning an improbable national championship. He announced his decision in a social-media video Wednesday. That announcement came nine days after the Tar Heels lost to Kansas in the
Continue Reading STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Peacock’s Sunday morning Major League Baseball package will be called “MLB Sunday Leadoff.” Peacock will stream games produced by NBC Sports for 18 straight weeks beginning on May 8. The first six games will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT, with the remaining ones beginning at 12 p.m. The first game between
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — When Ukrainian women’s tennis player Katarina Zavatska first learned that Russia had invaded her homeland, she was unable to pick up a racket for more than a week. Every waking second, she says her thoughts were consumed with the safety of her family back home
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Bodybuilder Cedric McMillan has died at the age of 44, his sponsor confirmed Tuesday. “We regret to inform you that our friend and brother @cedricmcmillan passed away today. Cedric will be greatly missed as an athlete, comrade, friend, and father,” Black Skull USA, a supplements company, wrote in a post on
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Sebastian Korda has beaten Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-3 at the Monte Carlo Masters to reach the third round of the clay-court season opener in Monaco. Both players struggled with their serve in the decider after each took a set in a tiebreaker. The 21-year-old Korda will next face Indian
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that the Las Vegas Raiders have given quarterback Derek Carr a three-year contract extension. The extension is worth $121.5 million, the person said, speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. Despite
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals game has been postponed because of inclement weather. The teams will make up Wednesday’s postponed game on Monday, May 2, at 3:15 p.m. Central time at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won the first game 6-5 on Tuesday night as Albert Pujols homered for
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Two Spanish clubs. Contrasting histories in soccer. The same magical Champions League night. Real Madrid and Villarreal both found a way to advance to the semifinals of the European competition on Tuesday. Powerhouse Madrid survived a comeback by defending champion Chelsea and modest Villarreal fended off
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN Shirley Spork, one of 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), has died aged 94, the organization said Tuesday. A trailblazing figure for women’s golf, Spork died in Palm Springs, California, where she had been coaching since the early 1950’s, the LPGA said. Born in Detriot, Michigan in 1927,
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The bid for Chelsea launched by Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has added Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum ahead of Thursday’s expected deadline for improved offers for the Premier League club. Tanenbaum was announced Wednesday as joining as co-managing partner of the bid. He has ownership stakes in
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Atlético Madrid won’t have to close a section of its stadium for the Champions League game against Manchester City after a court blocked UEFA’s punishment for Nazi salutes by a fan. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its interim ruling in Atlético’s favor hours before Atlético hosts the second-leg game
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The coach of Northern Ireland’s women’s team has apologized for saying girls and women are susceptible to conceding multiple goals in a short space of time because they are “more emotional than men.” Kenny Shiels provoked criticism for the comments he made after his team’s 5-0 loss to England which ended Northern
Continue Reading NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Norwegian soccer club Bodø/Glimt will be without its coach when it plays Roma on Thursday in the Europa Conference League quarterfinals. UEFA dismissed an appeal by Bodø/Glimt against a suspension imposed on coach Kjetil Knutsen. He is being investigated for an alleged brawl in the tunnel after the first leg. Bodø/Glimt
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The latter stages of the Davis Cup Finals will be played in the southern Spanish city of Málaga in November. The revamped tennis competition will remain in Spain after the first two editions were played in Madrid. The group phase will be played from Sept. 14-18 in the Italian city of Bologna,
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The coach of Northern Ireland’s women’s team has provoked criticism by saying girls and women are more susceptible to conceding multiple goals in a short space of time because they are “more emotional than men.” Kenny Shiels made the comments after his team’s 5-0 loss to England on Tuesday which ended Northern
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Wayne Sterling and Rebekah Riess, CNN Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died when he was struck by a dump truck Saturday morning as he tried to cross a highway on foot in South Florida, authorities said. The former Ohio State University star and Heisman Trophy finalist was just 24. Authorities have so
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Los Angeles’ nickname is the “City of Angels,” but this past season for the Los Angeles Lakers has been one conjured straight from the center of Dante’s ‘Inferno.’ The team — one so accustomed to success — endured a rough 2021/22, failing to reach the playoffs after a run of eight
Continue Reading ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Funeral services for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was killed when he was hit by a dump truck on Saturday, will take place next weekend. The first memorial will be held April 23 at noon at Christ Church in Rockaway Township. The next day, services will occur at Bullis
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Pan Mass Challenge is going off road. The nation’s largest single-event athletic fundraiser, whose annual cross-state bike ride has raised money for cancer treatment and research since its founding in 1980, is adding a one-day, off-road gravel ride in Massachusetts’ Berkshires this fall. PMC Unpaved will bring together new and existing
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