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Veteran doc Müller-Wohlfahrt stepping down at Bayern Munich

Long-serving Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt is stepping down after some 40 years at the club.

Golf passes initial test with no positive virus results

The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off. Very little about the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial resembles ...

'We were defenseless': Virus left its mark on Italian soccer

Inter Milan’s team physician was hospitalized with the coronavirus. Giuseppe Bergomi, the club’s celebrated defender, was in ...

With virtual fans and daily matches, soccer returns to Spain

With virtual crowds, daily matches and lots of testing for the coronavirus, soccer is coming back to Spain. The Spanish ...

Federer out for remainder of 2020 after injury setback

Roger Federer will miss whatever remains of the coronavirus-impacted 2020 tennis season because of a setback in his recovery ...

Former world champion boxer Gvozdyk retires

The former world light heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has retired, his manager said Wednesday. Egis Klimas ...

Barcelona’s Suárez back from surgery in time for opener

Barcelona says Luis Suárez has been cleared by team doctors to play when the Spanish league resumes. Uruguay striker Suárez ...

2 Benfica players injured when bus hit with rocks

Two Benfica players were injured when rocks were thrown at the Portuguese soccer club's bus on a motorway after the team was ...

Messi has minor muscle injury ahead of league's restart

Lionel Messi has a minor muscle injury and is training separately as a precaution ahead of the restart of the Spanish league ...

Higuain latest player injured as Serie A prepares to resume

Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain became the latest player to get injured as Serie A prepares to return later this month.

Bayern's Kimmich less emotional but calmer in fan-free games

The changed routines and rhythms around matches have been startling for Joshua Kimmich. Playing for Bayern Munich in vast, ...

Arizona's Sean Miller adds international flavor to roster

Sean Miller has reeled in some of nation's best recruiting classes during his 11-year stint at Arizona, players who starred ...

NHL post-quarantine: Recapturing team chemistry a challenge

Claude Giroux’s Philadelphia Flyers were the hottest team in the NHL back when hockey was still being played. That was more ...

AP Interview: Floyd's death opens old wounds for Sefolosha

Thabo Sefolosha knows what it’s like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded by police officers. Such was the scenario ...

Fabio Fognini says he had arthroscopic surgery on his ankles

Former top-10 player Fabio Fognini said on social media that he had arthroscopic surgery on both ankles Saturday. The 2011 ...

Zidane happy with how Madrid returned to group training

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane seems to like what he has seen in the first week of group training. Zidane celebrated a ...

NFL teams can reopen facilities Tuesday _ with provisos

NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the ...

Bayern still the team to beat as Bundesliga soccer resumes

The coronavirus pandemic has changed almost everything about soccer in Germany, except Bayern Munich's chances of winning.

Dortmund midfielders Can, Witsel to miss Bundesliga restart

When the Bundesliga resumes on Saturday following a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Borussia ...

Pogba, Rashford available again for United; Ighalo hopeful

Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford are expected to be available for Manchester United whenever the Premier League is allowed to ...