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Geno Auriemma is beginning his 30th season in charge of Connecticut and doesn't plan on retiring anytime soon.

SHANGHAI (AP) — The graceful movement was enough to get the full attention of Adam Scott, who knows a good golf swing when he sees one.

She grew up wanting to play basketball, first in high school, then at the college level before becoming lukewarm to the sport as she reached her junior year.

Julia Krass didn't listen to her ski coaches when they told her to give up soccer and concentrate on her Olympic career full-time. Now, the 17-year-old high school senior is celebrating a state title.

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley celebrates Veterans Day more than once a year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi won't know until March what to expect of Alex Rodriguez in 2015.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person with knowledge of the injury says San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis will miss the remainder of the season and require surgery for a strained left big toe.

LONDON (AP) — For a player described as a spent force a year ago, Roger Federer is proving he still has it.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's sports minister says the 2022 World Cup will set a benchmark of excellence that will be "almost impossible to beat" and promised in an exclusive interview with The A…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — With FIFA taking a 2022 summer World Cup off the table, Qatar's tournament head now agrees that a winter tournament would be ideal.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's sports minister says the 2022 World Cup will set a benchmark of excellence that will be "almost impossible to beat" and promised in an exclusive interview with The A…

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian soccer teams are facing a severe financial squeeze, with the Ukraine conflict and plummeting ruble leaving clubs short of money but with soaring wage bills.

PARIS (AP) — France captain Arnaud Clement has named an unchanged team to face Roger Federer's Switzerland in the Davis Cup final next week.

CAIRO (AP) — Morocco was thrown out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations and stripped of its hosting rights Tuesday after refusing to commit to the scheduled dates early next year because of fea…

NISHINOMIYA, Japan (AP) — Evan Longoria hit a grand slam and the Major League Baseball All-Stars survived a late rally to beat a split Japan squad 8-7 in an exhibition game on Tuesday ahead of…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mark Sanchez shook off the rust and had one of the best games of his career in his first start in two years.

GENEVA (AP) — Pop violinist Vanessa-Mae was banned from competitive skiing for four years on Tuesday for taking part in races that were fixed to allow her to qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.