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Sergei Bobrovsky already has two Vezina Trophies, the award handed out at the end of each season to the NHL’s top goaltender. He’s not looking for a third. For the Florida Panthers’ new goalie, only one trophy matters now. Bobrovsky and Florida’s three other free agent signings — defenseman Anton Stralman, and forwards Brett Connolly […]

The coach of the Afghanistan women’s soccer team is “disgusted” with Gianni Infantino over the handling of sexual abuse cases and calls on the FIFA president to resign. FIFA banned Keramuudin Karim for life from soccer last month for repeated sexual abuse of female players while president of the Afghanistan Football Federation. But Afghanistan coach

In a Wimbledon tournament filled with early upsets, Reilly Opelka pulled off another one on Wednesday in the second round. The 6-foot-11 (2.11-meter) American defeated three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6 on No. 2 Court. Opelka is making his debut at Wimbledon, and playing in only his fourth Grand Slam

Ezekiel Elliott is vowing to avoid incidents similar to a recent one in Las Vegas that forced the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell. Elliott tweeted Tuesday after meeting with Goodell in New York that he had “worked hard to make better decisions” but “failed to do that”

The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Eighth-seeded Elina Svitolina advanced to the third round at Wimbledon after Margarita Gasparyan had to retire with a leg injury in the second set. Gasparyan was leading 7-5, 5-6 when she was forced to quit. Gasparyan had been on the verge of an upset, two points

With Evan Longoria hitting two impressive home runs and driving in five runs, the San Francisco Giants scored in double digits in three straight games for the first time since 2010. Longoria and Kevin Pillar had four hits apiece and Donovan Solano hit his first career leadoff homer in the Giants’ 10-4 victory against the

The Indians’ Jake Bauers made a subtle tweak in his swing a couple of days ago against Baltimore that resulted in a pair of hits, so he was eager after a day off to get back on the field. That little change is suddenly producing big results. Bauers matched a career high with four hits

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: SWING KINGS Major League Baseball is set to announce the participants for next week’s Home Run Derby. Six of the eight players are already known — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Christian Yelich, Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Josh Bell and Carlos Santana. The 20-year-old Guerrero will be

Giancarlo Stanton knows from his own heart-wrenching experience what the Los Angeles Angels are feeling, and will experience moving forward after the death of a teammate during the season. The slugger’s message to the Angels, playing with heavy hearts after the death of 27-year-old pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is to “hug each other, laugh, cry, lift

Patrick Corbin wanted to pitch one day after the death of his close friend. In doing so he honored Tyler Skaggs and lifted his Washington Nationals teammates. Corbin pitched seven strong innings on an emotional night, Trea Turner doubled home the winning run in the ninth and the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on