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Steffen loaned from Manchester City to Fortuna Duesseldorf

American goalkeeper Zack Steffen has been loaned from Manchester City to Fortuna Duesseldorf for the 2019-20 season.

The Latest: Williams reaches 11th Wimbledon final

The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local): 4 p.m. Serena Williams will play in the Wimbledon final for the 11th time and will ...

Russian track coach admits to breaking doping ban

A top Russian track coach has admitted breaking his life ban for doping offenses. Vladimir Kazarin, who once coached Olympic ...

Tennis tech folks who test all stay mum on Wimbledon speed

Roger Federer isn't entirely sure whether it's the grass courts themselves or the tennis balls or what, exactly, but he does ...

Boxing champ Lebedev retires after fights fall through

Former world cruiserweight boxing champion Denis Lebedev retired on Thursday aged 39 after a lengthy and colorful career.

Federer, Nadal renew great rivalry in Wimbledon semifinals

After going more than 1½ years without playing each other anywhere, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be meeting at a ...

Ukraine soccer league expands after conflict disruption

Ukraine's soccer league is expanding back to 16 teams after years of turmoil sparked by the annexation of Crimea and the ...

Koscielny refuses to travel with Arsenal on US tour

Arsenal says captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to travel with the team for its preseason tour to the United States.

Veteran bull runners protest lack of thrills in Pamplona

The fifth bull run of this year's San Fermin festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona featured one goring and a handful of ...

Russian deputy PM Mutko wins Olympic doping appeal

Vitaly Mutko, who was Russia's Sports Minister during the doping-tainted Winter Olympics in Sochi, won an appeal on Thursday ...

Bevin withdraws from Tour de France with broken ribs

Patrick Bevin of New Zealand has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of the sixth stage after breaking two ribs in a ...

England plays Australia for place in Cricket World Cup final

Host England takes on five-time champion Australia at Edgbaston in the second Cricket World Cup semifinal on Thursday.

Nigeria, Senegal in African Cup semis; VAR in spotlight

Nigeria and Senegal went through to the semifinals and VAR was straight into the spotlight on its debut at the African Cup ...

Djokovic faces tricky opponent in Bautista Agut at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic only has to look back a few months to remind himself that he shouldn't underestimate his next opponent at ...

Brazil picks 4 venues in 3 cities for U17 World Cup

Four stadiums in three Brazilian cities will host the Under-17 World Cup. FIFA announced Wednesday that the home team will ...

Tour de France Stage 6 climb to rob also-rans of hidey holes

With four-time winner Chris Froome out, nursing broken bones, two of the big questions at this Tour de France have been ...

Morgan wants to use 'The E Factor' against Australia

England captain Eoin Morgan is hoping to take advantage of the Edgbaston effect in the Cricket World Cup semifinal against ...

Boult keen for another shot at Australia in World Cup final

New Zealand is back in the World Cup final — and Trent Boult isn't hiding who he wants to meet at Lord's on Sunday. "I think ...

Eat your greens: Tour deep into fermented cabbage country

There are two types of French people: Those who relish the savory-sweet tang of choucroute and those immune to the charms of ...

Dizzying 45-minute spell sends India out, NZ into cup final

A dizzying 45-minute spell of high-class pace bowling sent India spiraling out of the Cricket World Cup. It also moved New ...