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ZURICH (AP) — Three second-tier World Cup sponsors opting not to renew for the 2018 tournament in Russia was normal in sports business, FIFA insisted on Friday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray usually avoids reading social media during tournaments, but he wasted no time issuing a scathing tweet at the Australian Open this week about those who'…

Andersen finally stated what most Badgers fans already knew: he left because of UW’s high academic standards.

The 2014 Wisconsin State Journal and WisconsinPrepZone.com Football Player of the Year will play for the Badgers next season.

The Badgers are the only team in the nation that hasn’t led an opponent after the first period at least once this season.

Bobbie Kelsey did her darnedest to put the best face on her University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team’s 89-72 loss to No. 16 Nebraska on Thursday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers play the Wolverines in a Big Ten series at 8 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Kohl Center.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova ensured there were no match-point worries in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, dominating Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova ensured there were no match-point worries in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, dominating Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova ensured there were no match-point worries in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, dominating Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Madison Keys remembers watching Lindsay Davenport play against Venus Williams in the Wimbledon finals. Just don't ask her for many details.

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley stood along a wall in what the Miami Heat call "Championship Alley," the hallway that links the team's locker room and the court inside AmericanAirlines Arena.

Jeff Gordon said a year ago that if he won a fifth NASCAR championship in 2014, he'd call it quits on his illustrious career.

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Blake Adams figured he was already way ahead of the game when he teed off in first round of the Humana Challenge. A high spot on the leaderboard was a bonus.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots used underinflated footballs during their AFC championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. But what adv…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Eugenie Bouchard — the unwitting protagonist of an Australian Open saga that has been dubbed "Twirlgate" — would prefer if people just focused on her tennis.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer is out of the Australian Open in the third round, beaten by Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (5) on Friday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray beat Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 at the Australian Open on Friday to set up a 4th round clash with Grigor Dimitrov.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Was it a third-round men's singles match at the Australian Open or a football match between Greece and Bulgaria?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half, when the Clippers led by 33 points, and Los Angeles went on to its largest victory ever over the Brooklyn Nets, 1…