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By JAMES MARTINEZ

NEW YORK — John Isner’s career fittingly ended with a final-set tiebreaker.Isner put a volley into the net to end the match and what he had announced would be his final singles tournament, falling in the U.S. Open second round to fellow American...

By DOUG FERGUSON

U.S. captain Zach Johnson wasn’t about to go to Rome for the Ryder Cup without Justin Thomas. And he made it sound as though Brooks Koepka was just as easy a decision.They were among six captain’s picks announced Tuesday to fill out a 12-man American...

By DOUG FERGUSON

ATLANTA — One bad shot during practice led to Collin Morikawa spending two hours looking for a fix. And now he has a scoring record at East Lake that previously belonged to Tiger Woods.Morikawa followed his 61 with another clean card for a 6-under 64...

By KEN MAGUIRE

DUBLIN — The Irish are a generous bunch. Now they’re giving away street names.Notre Dame can have that effect on a city.The Fighting Irish are in Dublin and headlining a college football game against longtime rival Navy. They’ve played here twice...

By COLLEEN LONG and LINLEY SANDERS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress passed the most comprehensive firearms control legislation in decades with bipartisan support, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for...

By GREG BEACHAM

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani already knew he had a career-altering tear in his elbow ligament when he roped a double to right in the fifth inning of the Angels’ doubleheader nightcap on Wednesday.After he hustled to second base, he was greeted by...

By EDDIE PELLS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles each kicked off their quest for a second medal at the world championships Wednesday by easily winning their heats in the 200-meter preliminaries.Richardson finished in 22.16 seconds and Lyles in...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

After losing in the first round at Wimbledon last month, Coco Gauff holed up at her London hotel to be alone and think.About what happened at the All England Club. About how she felt. About what she wanted to do to avoid that sort of result at the...

By LARRY FLEISHER

NEW YORK — An overturned call at the plate in the eighth inning led to the latest loss in what’s become the New York Yankees’ worst season in decades.The Yankees extended a losing streak to eight for the first time in 28 years, allowing Justin...

By ANNE M. PETERSON

SYDNEY — Spain was celebrating its first Women’s World Cup trophy Sunday after an impressive display proved too much for England in a 1-0 victory for La Roja. Olga Carmona scored in the first half of the final and Spain held on to cap the month-long...

By ANNE M. PETERSON

SYDNEY — The rallying cry “It’s Coming Home” is one game away from reality and the end of England’s 57-year drought in global soccer.The World Cup trophy can return this Sunday to the birthplace of soccer for the first time since 1966. But if it...

By BEN NUCKOLS

WASHINGTON — Chris Sale couldn’t make it through the fifth inning in his second start back from a shoulder injury, and the Boston Red Sox suffered another blow to their playoff hopes, losing 10-7 to the last-place Washington Nationals on Thursday.Luis...

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics say they expect forward Kristaps Porzingis to be ready in time for the start of training camp after being diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.The team said Wednesday that Porzingis will go through a four- to...

By JOHN PYE

SYDNEY — Lauren Hemp didn’t let the Women’s World Cup semifinal match between Australia and England become the Sam Kerr show. Hemp scored to restore England’s lead eight minutes after a superb equalizer from Kerr, and then provided a perfect pass for...

By KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER

ATLANTA — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former president, lawyers and...

By ANNE M. PETERSON

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Spain will play for its first Women’s World Cup championship after Olga Carmona’s goal in the 89th minute lifted La Roja to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in the Tuesday semifinal.Spain, which overcame last year’s near mutiny by its...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block...

By DOUG FERGUSON

Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support as he rebuilds trust while forging ahead with details of a business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV...

By ERIC TUCKER

Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a frantic but ultimately failed endeavor that culminated in the riot by his supporters at the U.S....

By VICTORIA MILKO

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The International Seabed Authority – the United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor – is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for...