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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-2, 6-4.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-2, 6-4.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-2, 6-4.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — No one noticed Erik Compton sitting in the back of the room as he listened to the kind of stories he one day would like to tell.

Two matches between teams from Britain and Italy headline the last 32 of the Europa League as the continent's second-tier competition resumes at the knockout stage on Thursday.

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Darren Clarke has been selected as the captain of the European team for the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Defending champion Venus Williams is out of the Dubai Tennis Championships after losing in the third round in straight sets to 11th-seeded Lucie Safarova.

Richter and Underwood were classmates and teammates at Madison East, graduating in 1959. They're still friends, and still supporting East.

PARIS (AP) — A group of Chelsea fans have been filmed preventing a black man from boarding a subway train in France before the team's Champions League game at Paris Saint-Germain.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A post-practice interview session was wrapping up Monday night, and Josh Gasser was eager to unwind.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Grigson will go anywhere and do practically anything to find football players.

One of college basketball's greatest rivalries and a showdown between two Pac-12 powers highlight this week in college basketball.

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers have added camera manufacturer Canon Inc. to its list of domestic sponsors for the 2020 Games.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — It's been more than three decades since his landmark goal became the centerpiece of the U.S. Olympic hockey team's Miracle on Ice. For 60-year-old Mike Eruzione, it st…

The Aquinas High School girls basketball team didn’t want to allow Central to think it had a chance to win Tuesday night at Mark Sutton Memorial Gymnasium.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 37th goal and assisted on Joel Ward's winner with just more than four minutes remaining to lift the Washington Capitals to a testy 3-1 wi…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jordan Woodard scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, and No. 17 Oklahoma rallied for a 71-69 win over Texas on Tuesday night.

Erin Hennessy didn’t know what to expect after she was introduced as a starter for the Central High School girls basketball team on Tuesday night.

TORONTO (AP) — Nick Bjugstad scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the second period and the Florida Panthers defeated the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night.