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The president of French soccer champion Paris Saint-Germain is the latest sports official implicated in a sprawling five-year corruption probe that keeps spreading. Prosecutors in France have implicated Nasser al-Khelaifi — who leads Qatar-owned PSG, is chairman of Qatar-owned broadcaster beIN Sports, and sits on the executive committee of European soccer body UEFA — in […]

Blue Jays prospect Cavan Biggio, the son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, was brought up by Toronto on Friday and made his major league debut against San Diego. Biggio was in the lineup, batting eighth and playing second base, the position where his father won four Gold Glove awards playing for Houston. The elder

Trevor Story did a little fist pump after his seventh-inning shot. Just a way to commemorate becoming the fastest shortstop to reach 100 homers. His 101st in the ninth? Now that was celebrated with a lot more gusto. “I love that one,” Story said of his 100th, “but I’ll take the ninth-inning one.” Story hit

Dansby Swanson homered twice and Freddie Freeman also connected, helping Mike Foltynewicz and the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Friday night. Swanson drove Miles Mikolas’ first pitch of the sixth inning over the wall in left, giving Atlanta a 2-1 lead. Freeman then hit his 13th homer, giving Atlanta its third

Hunter Renfroe hit a tiebreaking, three-run home run in the eighth inning, Greg Garcia and Austin Hedges also went deep, and the San Diego Padres beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 Friday night for their fourth straight win. Toronto became the first team to start two players with Hall of Fame fathers after calling up

There’s no escaping the reality of what’s at stake when the Toronto Raptors host the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. The surging Raptors have won three straight, putting them on the brink of the first NBA Finals berth in team history. The Bucks, who finished as the

FIFA is restoring the offense of “corruption” to its code of ethics, almost one year after facing criticism over the symbolic removal of the term. The Associated Press has seen a proposal that will be presented to the FIFA Council meeting next month showing section 27 will become “Bribery and corruption”, rather than the heading

The Latest on Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (all times local): 11 a.m. Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced the creation of the Robin Miller Award, named after the longtime motorsports writer, to honor those dedicated to the service of auto racing. Miller was given a plaque as its first recipient on Carb Day at

Simona Halep is experiencing something new at the French Open this year. The Romanian player is back in Paris to defend her title, a situation she’s never been in before. And she likes it. “Much better and much easier, because I have the title already,” Halep said Friday at Roland Garros. “Doesn’t matter anymore what

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: MARLINS ON THE MOVE Something unexpected is happening with the baseball team in Miami. The Marlins are actually winning some games. Miami (16-31) has won six straight, capped by Garrett Cooper’s two-out grand slam in the ninth inning to beat Detroit on Thursday. There might be