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Wales captain calls Six Nations ‘a welcome distraction’ amid off-field turmoil
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — After Wales rugby players canceled their threat of strike action, national…
Olympic medallist swimmer Ilya Kharun switches from Canada to United States
Olympic medallist swimmer Ilya Kharun is switching national allegiances. The 20-year-old, who has represented Canada…
No “double standards” says Pakistan as it delays decision on whether to go to T20 World Cup
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will decide by next Monday whether to participate in the T20…
Cuba’s Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
HAVANA (AP) — As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island…
Geoffrey Mason, TV producer of 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis, dies at 85
Geoffrey Mason, who had a five-decade career in sports television and was best known as…
Ethiopia declares the end of its first Marburg virus outbreak
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia on Monday declared the end of its first outbreak of…
Switzerland leaves 44-year-old ski-jump great Simon Ammann off Winter Olympics team
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland left 44-year-old ski-jumping great Simon Ammann out of a team…
Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by…
Host Italy has new skiing star for Olympics and he’s gone from tragedy to triumph
Giovanni Franzoni just won the “Super Bowl of skiing.” Soon, he’ll be chasing Olympic gold…
Qatar influence grows in Olympic world as Sheikh Joaan elected to lead Asia’s OCA
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Qatar scored a win in Olympic politics Monday, with the emirate…
A Brazilian skier at the Winter Olympics? Lucas Pinheiro Braathen could make history
MILAN (AP) — When Lucas Pinheiro Braathen tells people in Brazil that he represents the…
10 years, 3,000 creatives: the uphill battle for Black talent in Italian fashion
MILAN (AP) — A day before an emerging Ghanaian designer made his Milan runway debut,…
Taylor Fritz struggles with injury in loss to Lorenzo Musetti at Australian Open
Taylor Fritz’s Australian Open ended in a grueling physical struggle on Monday as he was…
Health officials team with a soccer tournament for cervical cancer vaccination for African girls
NORTON, Zimbabwe (AP) — Lesotho’s Lishoeshoe soccer club was losing by four goals at halftime…
Madison Keys beaten by podcast partner Jessica Pegula one minute, and cheering for her the next
One minute, Jessica Pegula was dismantling Madison Keys’ title defense with a clinical 6-3, 6-4…
T-wolves and Warriors return to play in ‘bizarre, sad’ game with grieving Minneapolis on their minds
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves returned to the court after the postponement of their…
Sam Darnold and Seahawks advance to Super Bowl with thrilling 31-27 win over Rams in NFC title game
SEATTLE (AP) — Sam Darnold was cast aside by the New York Jets, who drafted…
Olympic 400m champion and Indigenous campaigner Cathy Freeman receives Australia’s highest honor
SYDNEY (AP) — Cathy Freeman thrilled Australians when she won the women’s 400 meters gold…
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Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting MINNEAPOLIS…
Saskatchewan’s Campbell earns first win as a skip at the Scotties in a decade
MISSISSAUGA — Jolene Campbell has experienced the joy of winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts…
Scottie Scheffler starts a new season looking like nothing has changed. He wins his PGA Tour opener
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — New year, same Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player…
Republican calls are growing for a deeper investigation into the fatal Minneapolis shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into…
Scheffler starts new season with win in PGA Tour opener
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started his season as though nothing had changed,…
Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages…