A new European soccer league for amputee players has kicked off in Romania’s capital.

George Russell starts the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on pole with a chance to cut into his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli’s mammoth 81-point Formula 1 standings lead.

The Brisbane Lions kicked four goals in the final five minutes to overcome a 10-point deficit and beat the Fremantle Dockers by seven points and win their third Australian Football League grand final championship in a row.

Yuki Kurihara of Japan has won a gold medal in esports at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.

Lee Beebe Jr. rushed for 203 yards, including a 70-yard burst that set up Josh Hoover’s game-sealing 1-yard TD run with 1:56 to play, and No. 5 Indiana held off surprising Northwestern 29-23.

Stephen Curry has agreed to a two-year contract extension worth $116 million that would take him through the 2028-29 season.

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino says he should have been more involved in the decision to appeal the red card given to star forward Folarin Balogun during the World Cup.

The Internationals delivered another sweep in foursomes and have the Americans on their heels in the Presidents Cup.

Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has apologized for comments he made about his $500 million, 14-year contract.

Ryan Blaney arrived at Kansas Speedway on Friday with a black eye from a scuffle with Carson Hocevar.

The executive director of the NFL Players Association said Friday that both the NFL and the players union have had experts monitoring the field conditions at Maracana Stadium ahead of Sunday’s game between Dallas and Baltimore.

Zinedine Zidane’s first game in charge of France has ended on a sour note as Kylian Mbappé injured his left knee moments after scoring in a 1-0 Nations League win in Turkey.

The Dallas Cowboys began their preparations in Rio de Janeiro on Friday for their game against the Baltimore Ravens with an eye on the task at hand and not the sights for which the city is known.

Carlos Alcaraz and doubles partner Jakub Mensik have given Team Europe a 3-1 lead over Team World after the opening day of the Laver Cup in London.

Macklin Celebrini was picked as captain of the San Jose Sharks, becoming the youngest player ever to fill that role for the team at the age of 20.

Ryan Gerard might have been representing the United States in the Presidents Cup this week.

Manchester United only got a mea culpa for a refereeing error in a 1-0 loss to Manchester City earlier this month.

UCF football will become the first college football program to feature a Walt Disney World logo on its helmets, debuting the partnership when the Knights host TCU in their conference opener.

The NHL is going to an 84-game season for the first time since 1993-94.

World Cup quarterfinalist Switzerland has lost a second player from its Nations League squad because of years-old cases of fake COVID-19 documents.

Manchester City plans to fight the Premier League for months if found guilty of alleged financial breaches.

Washington general manager Adam Peters says the Commanders have not discussed putting Jayden Daniels on injured reserve with the quarterback’s return from a dislocated left elbow apparently a possibility within the next month.

Denny Matthews never thought he'd land the job broadcasting for the Kansas City Royals.

LeBron James says his friendship with Tyrese Maxey and a desire to help Joel Embiid win an NBA title influenced his decision to join the Philadelphia 76ers.

Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova won their singles matches to lead Czechia to a 2-0 win over Spain and a shot at the Billie Jean King Cup title.

George Russell took pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Formula 1 standings leader Kimi Antonelli hit the wall in qualifying.

Chinese freestyle swimmer Zhang Zhanshuo completed his sweep of seven gold medals at the Asian Games, taking the 400-meter freestyle in 3 minutes, 41.28 seconds on the final day of swimming at the Asian Games.

The Premier League and three other top European leagues have called for governance reform of FIFA following Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.

The San Diego Padres are back in the postseason for a franchise-record third consecutive year.

Matt LaFleur joins Todd Bowles and Shane Steichen on the early-season hot seat for NFL coaches.

Sam Presti knows there is no dancing around the fact the Thunder will have a different makeup this season though that doesn’t make OKC’s longtime general manager nervous.

Florida coach Todd Golden insists his team is ready for everything that comes with being the overwhelming favorite to win a second national championship.

The WNBA playoffs will have a star-studded matchup between A’Ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark, thanks to a massive comeback by Golden State.

Bijan Robinson rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons capitalized on the return of quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and trounced the punchless Green Bay Packers 35-14.

Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns finally won a match together as partners.

LeBron James has left the building, and that’s not the only big change facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the upcoming season.

The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers All-Pro fullback Kyle Juszczyk for what it deemed an “offensive” celebration similar to one he had been doing for several years with no issues.

Israel player Sayed Abu Farchi has been sent off for his goal-scoring celebration after equalizing against Austria in the Nations League.

The Chicago White Sox are headed back to the playoffs, becoming the first team in big league history to make it after back-to-back 100-loss seasons.

NBA great Bob Pettit has died at the age of 93.

Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their second straight postseason berth a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.

The Chicago White Sox clinched a postseason berth on Thursday with a 9-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals.

Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club when the Chicago Cubs star stole his 40th base of the season against the Miami Marlins.

After 24 seasons, the Mohegan Tribe and the WNBA's Connecticut Sun are parting ways.

The Jockey Club has ruled that a racehorse known as Austrian Painter has been renamed Merrylegs after a review of a complaint that alleged it was a reference to Adolf Hitler.

New York has sued the prediction market Polymarket.

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The long-awaited bout between British boxers Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will take place Dec. 11 in Cardiff.

FIFA’s embattled president Gianni Infantino says he is committed to a fresh culture of openness at the soccer body that is “not about generating positive headlines.”.

Coco Gauff will be a player-owner for the Florida franchise that will compete in the new season of World Team Tennis.

Kamus Wong is a 12 year-old skateboarder from Hong Kong at the Asian Games.

England winger Anthony Gordon believes his national team would be making a mistake by trying to replicate Spain’s successful style of play in a bid to win major tournaments.

Shin Ohashi of Japan has set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games, swimming a time of 2 minutes 4.83 seconds.

Kimi Antonelli insists the Formula 1 title race is “not over” as he takes a vast 81-point lead into this week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Ben Rice has hit his 40th and 41st home runs this season, surpassing New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone's spring training prediction.

The sun is setting on the Connecticut WNBA franchise as the team has played its final game in the state before it moves to Houston next year.

The WNBA playoff picture is sharpening as the regular season enters its final day.

Angel Reese was fine after taking a shot to the face in the Atlanta Dream’s 83-65 win over the New York Liberty on Wednesday night.

Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts and a walk in his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup after missing two weeks with right biceps discomfort.

The Red Sox are adjusting the schedule of their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs because of a significant storm that’s expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the Boston area.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hopes to return for the playoffs after straining his right calf.

Deshaun Watson isn’t sure how Browns fans will react on Sunday as he makes his first regular-season home start in Cleveland in nearly two years.

Darrell Waltrip, a Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and longtime Fox Sports broadcaster, has stepped away from public life due to a progressive brain disease.

Jackson Koivun is going places in a hurry.

A Kentucky State University women’s basketball player was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement when she arrived at the airport in Louisville to fly to New York for a tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo weighed ending his Portugal career after the World Cup and acknowledges some critics at home want him out of the team.

England soccer great Harry Kane’s long-held hope of being a kicker in the NFL took clearer shape Wednesday.

An attorney for former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown says he plans to accept a plea deal for a reduced charge in an attempted murder case in Miami that avoids prison.

An Indiana state court has opened the door for Indiana Hoosiers defensive linemen Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt to return to the playing field for Friday night’s Big Ten Conference opener against Northwestern.

Twin brothers Austin and Tyler Jones have umpired games together for the first time at the major league level.

Adam Scott was a 23-year-old making his Presidents Cup debut in the 2003 matches that ended in a tie.

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With just a few days left in the regular season, the AL West might make a particularly mediocre kind of history.

European soccer leader Aleksander Ceferin says it is “our work” to repair the unity and trust broken by FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan.

New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is expected to have season-ending surgery on his left knee, according to a person familiar with the injury.

The international break in soccer will offer the last chance to see Lionel Messi play for Argentina.

Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales says backup running back Jonathon Brooks is set to undergo groin surgery and miss six to eight weeks.

The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Asian Games.

Chinese 13-year-old Yu Zidi won her third gold medal in the Asian Games on Wednesday, taking the women’s 400-meter individual medley in 4 minutes 28.56 seconds.

Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew has fired reserve-team coach Federico Higuaín.

No. 21 Florida has the daunting task of slowing down Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, a Heisman Trophy frontrunner who is 14-2 as a starter for the fourth-ranked Rebels.

Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez gained some ground Tuesday night in his chase for a Triple Crown.

Yordan Alvarez resumed his Triple Crown push with a home run and three RBIs as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 to pull even with Texas atop the AL West.

The Colorado Rockies lost 7-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

The Tampa Bay Rays clinched their fifth division title with a 6-1 victory over the New York Yankees in second game of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday as Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in 6 2/3 innings and Yandy Díaz hit a pair of two-run singles.

Shohei Ohtani is expected to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup on Wednesday after recovering from right biceps inflammation and left knee soreness.

Drew Rasmussen allowed his only hit in the seventh inning and struck out 11 as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title.

Caitlin Clark had 27 points and nine assists while Kelsey Mitchell added 20 points to her WNBA single-season scoring record as the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-77.

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. left Atlanta’s game against Cincinnati in the third inning after fouling a ball off his left leg.

The NHL Board of Governors discussed expansion to Houston or Austin, Texas, for the first time since beginning an exploration process with a potential ownership group interested in putting a team there.

Arizona State hockey coaches were present when a player collapsed during an outdoor workout, but plans for the training session were not submitted to the school, according to a preliminary issued by the university.

Scottie Scheffler has been dominating golf more than anyone since Tiger Woods.

The New York Mets have hired interim manager Andy Green for the full-time job, giving him a three-year contract.

The Atlanta Hawks have traded guards Buddy Hield and Ryan Nembhard and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for forward Dorian Finney-Smith.

Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a two-year contract extension potentially worth $115 million.

Deion Sanders said he has dismissed a few players from Colorado's football team following their first loss at Northwestern.

Manchester City has rallied from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich in its return to the Women’s Champions League at the start of the league phase.

Carlos Rodón allowed three hits in eight sharp innings and the New York Yankees prevented the Tampa Bay Rays from clinching the AL East title with a 2-0 victory in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent has been placed in the NFL concussion protocol, according to a person familiar with the situation, adding another wrinkle to the team’s plans for Monday night’s game against Philadelphia.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone says slugger Aaron Judge is unlikely to play in the Wild Card Series after having an injection in his sore right calf.