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2:43 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Football Bowl Subdivision teams would be allowed more on-field practices in the offseason, the number of preseason practices would be reduced and the window for declaring intent to enter the transfer portal would be shortened under a proposal introduced this week by an NCAA committee

2:41 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The NHL has taken the first step toward expanding to add a second team in Texas

2:37 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Bowen Byram got the opportunity he wanted in a place he wanted to go

2:32 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Host England is first into the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup semifinals with a group match to spare after beating the West Indies by 38 runs at sweltering Lord’s

2:17 PM on Wednesday, June 24

From Cayman Island to Canada, Jaxon Cover translates roller hockey skills to the ice rink with a shot at getting selected in the top-three rounds of the NHL draft in Buffalo this weekend

2:07 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Rubén Vargas and Johan Manzambi both scored to give Switzerland a 2-1 victory over Canada at the World Cup as both teams advanced to the knockout round

2:05 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Bosnia-Herzegovina has eliminated Qatar and boosted its chances of advancing at the World Cup with a 3-1 victory

1:53 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Abner Uribe plans to serve his one-game suspension Wednesday night, nearly a month after Major League Baseball handed down the penalty

1:38 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Late in the England-Ghana match Associated Press photojournalist Petr David Josek knew the match was on the line and could go either way

1:24 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Indianapolis 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist will part with Meyer Shank Racing at the end of the IndyCar season

1:22 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning and added a grand slam in the eighth inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 10-3 win over the reeling New York Mets in the opener of a day-night doubleheader

1:16 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Neymar has arrived with Brazil and is available for the team's World Cup match against Scotland, another sign the superstar forward is set to make his debut at this year’s tournament after missing the first two matches

1:15 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The New York Yankees put infielder Ryan McMahon on the 10-day injured list due to a throat infection and recalled utility player Oswaldo Cabrera from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

12:52 PM on Wednesday, June 24

12:51 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Indiana teammates Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark are 1-2 in the fan voting for this year’s All-Star game

12:15 PM on Wednesday, June 24

While most of the soccer world is focused on the men at the World Cup, the countdown has begun for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil

11:36 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A person with knowledge of the move tells The Associated Press that the Buffalo Sabres have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal in sending veteran forward Alex Tuch to the Washington Capitals

11:30 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Bill DeWitt III has been named chief executive officer of the St. Louis Cardinals after serving as team president since 2008

10:31 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Francisco Lindor is ready to rejoin the New York Mets just as Juan Soto deals with a back injury that may sideline him beyond Wednesday

9:32 PM on Tuesday, June 23

Four years after coming out as a gay Qatari man with the World Cup playing in his home country, Nasser Mohamed is speaking up again by sharing his journey that brought him across the world to the Bay Area