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Coco Gauff defeated defending champion Naomi Osaka in a highly anticipated match at the Australian Open on Friday. The 15-year-old was still processing her win when she was asked in a post-match interview, “Where did that performance come from?” “Oh, my gosh, I don’t even know,” Gauff responded. “From the crowd, I guess, honestly … honestly … what […]

Mikaela Shiffrin mastered a tricky course to win a women’s World Cup downhill race January 24, 2020, 3:21 PM 4 min read BANSKO, Bulgaria — Mikaela Shiffrin mastered a tricky course to win a women’s World Cup downhill Friday for her fifth victory of the season and first in 2020. The three-time overall champion from

Roger Federer has managed to pull out a victory in a fifth-set tiebreaker against unseeded John Millman to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer January 24, 2020, 2:05 PM 2 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer could be forgiven for thinking, “Uh, oh, here we go

MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, as if a generational shift was being signaled Friday at the Australian Open, with a pair of monumentally significant third-round results hours

NFL free agent Antonio Brown is expected to appear before a Florida judge in bond court after a night behind bars January 24, 2020, 12:03 PM 3 min read FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — NFL free agent Antonio Brown turned himself in at a Florida jail on Thursday night following accusations that he and his trainer

TOKYO — Tokyo put on a flashy fireworks display on Friday to mark the 6-months-to-go milestone for this year’s Olympics. The show took place high above a barge stationed in Tokyo Bay that supports a massive replica of the five Olympic rings, a reminder the games are almost here. Japan residents needed to enjoy the

Fifteen-year-old American Coco Gauff pulled off a big upset at the Australian Open by eliminating defending champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets in the third round By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer January 24, 2020, 10:14 AM 4 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff plays nothing like what her age — still just 15

John Isner and Stan Wawrinka have had very different career successes January 24, 2020, 9:20 AM 3 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — A quick look at the Australian Open: LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY They were born a month apart, two 34-year-olds who, as they would say in Australia, are as different as chalk and cheese. John

MELBOURNE, Australia — It was bittersweet, Caroline. Tears flowed after 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki’s professional career ended with a third-round loss Friday at Melbourne Park. Wozniacki — “I’m not a crier,” she insisted — got emotional in her courtside chair after being beaten 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 by Ons Jabeur. The familiar Neil Diamond

Lucas Siewert scored 16 points, D’Shawn Schwartz had 13 and No. 23 Colorado pulled away in the second half to beat Washington State 78-56 By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press January 24, 2020, 7:16 AM 4 min read BOULDER, Colo. — Lucas Siewert and Evan Battey teamed up to hit the boards with a vengeance in