Lionel Messi is set to become the majority shareholder of Spanish second-division club Eldense. Eldense, based near the port city of Alicante in south-east Spain, confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner had reached a preliminary agreement with the clu...
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SOLDEN, Austria (AP) — American Paula Moltzan broke through with her first career World Cup win while Mikaela Shiffrin finished the women's giant slalom in seventh as the Alpine ski racing season opened on Saturday. Shiffrin led after the first run in Sölden, Austria, on the Rett...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City's perfect start to the Premier League season ended Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa. Nicolas Jackson scored both goals for Villa against Enzo Maresca's City, which was aiming for an eighth straight win in the league. It also exten...
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PARIS (AP) — The NFL closed its “NFL House” in Paris on Saturday as the city braced for street protests with a heavy police presence and storefronts boarded up. The league announced the closure to fans on Saturday morning through its “OnePass” app and it came a day after it said ...
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FIFA’s embattled president Gianni Infantino said he has the backing of the “vast, vast majority” of soccer, despite his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. Infantino is seeking re-election next year as the head of soccer’s world governing body in the face of attempts to ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A few inches here or there, combined with some smarter baserunning by Victor Mesa Jr., and the Tampa Bay Rays might have won the World Series opener. Mesa and Jonathan Aranda were caught stealing in consecutive innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers scored twice in a...
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McAllen Rowe quarterback Ramiro Leon (13) passes the ball against McAllen Memorial in a District 16-5A DI game at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in McAllen. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) McAllen Rowe wide receiver Anthony Hernandez (6) ce...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski stepped on the mound for a World Series debut like no other. “I had so much adrenaline built up,” he said. He threw a pitch the likes of which had never been seen in the Fall Classic. The Miz broke the World Series velocity record with his very ...
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BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum should have been breaking down the nuances of his 36-point performance in Celtics' 107-103 win over the defending champion New York Knicks. Instead he spent most of his postgame news conference on Friday night addressing Jaylen Brown's social media resp...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Ramon Ayala Jr., the son of Tejano music legend Ramon Ayala Sr., was booked into jail and charged with sexual assault on Friday in Hidalgo County, jail records show. Ayala Jr.'s arrest is followed by a string of lawsuits filed earlier this year...
