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MILWAUKEE — Steadying himself on a boat, Sam Barrington gripped tightly on the fishing rod and went to work last month.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gibraltar and Kosovo became FIFA members on Friday and will be fast-tracked into 2018 World Cup qualifying, which kicks off in Europe in September.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — FIFA's corruption crisis was declared to be over by President Gianni Infantino on Friday as the scandal-battered governing body broke new ground by appointing a Senegalese United Nations official as its first female and first non-European…

In this wackiest of election seasons, here's a result that should really leave us all aghast.

BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack on a cafe in central Iraq killed at least 13 people on Friday, including a group of Real Madrid soccer fans, prompting condemnation from the Spanish government and the football club, which said players would…

In the first scrimmage, Hayes went 0-for-2 from the field, scoring two points with three assists, zero rebounds and no steals or blocks in 21 minutes.

LONDON (AP) — Doping scandals. Bribery allegations. Fears about Zika. Political, economic and corruption crises.

At one point in the video Pavelski, a Plover native, reads a tweet that says he is "the best thing to come out of Wisconsin probably ever."

MADRID (AP) — As matadors face half-ton bulls this month during Madrid's most important annual series of bullfights and Pamplona gears up for its chaotic July bull runs down cobblestoned streets, tensions are building between anti-bullfighting forces and the traditions'…

MOSCOW (AP) — Two Olympic gold medalists from Russia denied doping Friday, a day after they were named in a newspaper report detailing state-sponsored cheating at the 2014 Sochi Games.

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Olympic world (all times local):

TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of Tokyo's winning bid for the 2020 Olympics acknowledged Friday making payments to a firm in Singapore, but said the funds were for legitimate consulting fees and maintained that all bid activities were "fair and correct."

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's track and field athletes won't be banned from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro despite serious concerns over the African country's anti-doping program, the IAAF said Friday.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — IAAF says it won't ban Kenya from Olympics; country remains on doping 'monitoring list'

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid acknowledges payments to firm but says they were legitimate consulting fees.

MOSCOW (AP) — Putin spokesman calls allegations of Russian state-sponsored doping at Sochi Olympics "a turncoat's libel"

ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Salam Hussein's father was once his soccer coach. Now he's his physical therapist, hoping that his son will one day be able to walk again.

BOSTON (AP) — A two-time Stanley Cup champion hockey player from Massachusetts has been charged in federal court with conspiring to sell oxycodone in the state.

As prolific as the offense for the Aquinas High School girls soccer team can be, the Blugolds also know that if they don’t concede a goal, they can’t lose.