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Daniil Medvedev ousts US Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach the final. Djokovic awaits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniil Medvedev ended Carlos Alcaraz’s reign as the U.S. Open champion by eliminating him in the semifinals 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday night to set up a rematch in the final against Novak Djokovic.The No. 3-seeded Medvedev won his lone major title at Flushing Meadows in 2021 by defeating Djokovic in that year’s final. That prevented Djokovic from completing what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969. ___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennisSource

Neymar breaks Pelé’s record as Brazil’s all-time top goal scorer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar became the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after surpassing the total of three-time World Cup winner Pelé on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring mark with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia in the Amazon city of Belém. It was Brazil’s fourth goal of the match in a 5-1 win.Neymar’s record-breaking goal came after a low cross into the penalty box, which the striker finished with accuracy from close range. He celebrated with a punch in the air, as Pelé usually did.Earlier, the Al-Hilal striker missed a penalty in the 17th minute, which goalkeeper Billy Viscarra saved.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Tayven Jackson leads Indiana to 41-7 rout of Indiana State in first career start

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Tayven Jackson completed 18 of 21 passes for 236 yards and added a 10-yard touchdown run in his first career start, and Indiana racked up 558 yards of total offense Friday night in a 41-7 rout of visiting Indiana State. Jaylin Lucas finished with 10 carries for 88 yards and four catches for 39 yards. His pair of 25-yard TD runs opened the scoring in the first quarter. Jackson’s scamper up the middle made it 21-0 at the end of the period and the Hoosiers (1-1) were never threatened the rest of the way.The Sycamores (0-2) were held to 93 total yards, scoring their only points on Maddix Blackwell’s 75-yard fumble return in the second quarter that cut the deficit to 21-7. The Hoosiers got a 28-yard field goal from Chris Freeman just before halftime.Christian Turner and Josh Henderson had short scoring runs in the second half and Nicolas Radicic capped it with a 21-yard field goal.Jackson split time with fellow redshirt freshman Brendan Sorsby, who started last w...

Novak Djokovic will face Daniil Medvedev the US Open final. It’s a rematch from 2021

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic limited big-serving Ben Shelton to five aces and broke him five times in their U.S. Open semifinal Friday. Djokovic pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American produced a late stand that got the home crowd into the match.And after overcoming what he called “a little black hole” caused by tension to right himself, finish off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory and reach his record-tying 10th final at Flushing Meadows and 36th at all major tournaments, Djokovic added a touch of insult to injury by mimicking the kid’s “Hang up the phone!” celebration gesture.Djokovic then pointed to his temple and pounded his fist on his chest, before a stone-faced Shelton met him at the net for the most perfunctory of handshakes. A year after Djokovic could not travel to the United States for the Open because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 36-year-old from Serbia is one victory away from a fourth title in New York and 24th Grand Slam championship overall...

Wings secure the No. 4 seed in playoffs with a 106-91 over Storm; Loyd sets points record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Natasha Howard scored 23 points, Satou Sabally added 21 points and the Dallas Wings secured the No. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs with a 106-91 victory over the Seattle Storm on Friday night.Dallas (21-18), which closes the regular season at Atlanta on Sunday, will have a home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.Seattle (11-28) has been eliminated from the playoffs but that didn’t stop Jewell Loyd, who passed Breanna Stewart for the most points in a single season in league history with 911. Loyd was 10 of 30 from the field, including 5 of 13 from distance, to finish with 33 points.Arike Ogunbowale secured her second career double-double with 19 points and a career-high 10 assists for Dallas. Teaira McCowan added 16 points and nine rebounds. The Wings outrebounded the Storm 36-23.Loyd made her 500th career 3-pointer in the first quarter, and she added a long 3-pointer just before halftime to pull Seattle within 56-45.Seattle was within 56-49...

Ronald Acuña Jr., Eddie Rosario homer, majors-leading Braves beat Pirates 8-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered for the seventh time in 11 games, Eddie Rosario went deep and drove in three runs and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 on Friday night.The Braves (92-48) have won two straight following a three-game skid. Atlanta took a 4-0 lead in the third on soft hits — Rosario’s RBI single, Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run single and Orlando Arcia’s RBI single. Arcia had the hardest-hit single at 83.1 mph. D’Arnaud’s dropped in front of left fielder Jack Suwinski at 71 mph.“It’s kind of a testament to how far we’ve come as a team,” manager Brian Snitker said. “Last year we would’ve struck out three times. If you put the ball in play, something good can happen. A lot of teams do that to us. Even though we’re a power team, if you’re not striking out … I just think it shows our growth as a team and offense.”Acuña put that trend to rest in the fourth, driving his 35th homer 455 feet to c...

Brewers rally to overcome Domínguez’s fourth homer, drop Yankees below .500 with 8-2 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — William Contreras hit a go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers overcame rookie Jasson Domínguez’s fourth homer to drop the New York Yankees back below .500 with an 8-2 victory on Friday night.Milwaukee opened a three-game NL Central lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs.Playing a week after his major league debut, Domínguez put the Yankees ahead 2-0 with a two-run homer in the second off Colin Rea. The 20-year-old became the youngest player since at least 1901 to homer four times in his first seven games.Willy Adames hit a tying, two-run homer in the fourth off Luis Severino, who left an inning later with an injured left side. Andruw Monasterio doubled against Jhony Brito (6-7) leading off the eighth, Contreras singled off Jonathan Loáisiga for a 3-2 lead and Carlos Santana added an RBI single.Andrew Monasterio added a two-run double off Greg Weissert in a three-run eighth that included another Santana run-scoring single.New ...

Copper scores 20, Mabrey has 19 to help Sky grab last playoff spot with 92-87 win over Lynx

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 20 points, Marina Mabrey added 19 and the Chicago Sky clinched the last playoff spot Friday night with a 92-87 win over the Minnesota Lynx.Chicago’s win eliminated the Los Angeles Sparks while Minnesota (19-20) dropped into a tie for the fifth-seed with Atlanta with one game remaining. The season ends Sunday with Chicago (17-22), locked into the eighth seed, playing at Connecticut while Minnesota goes to Indiana. Dana Evans had seven quick points in the second quarter to spark Chicago, which turned a 19-16 deficit after one quarter into a 44-39 halftime lead. Mabrey’s 3-pointer put the Sky on top for good at 35-32 at the 3:17 mark.Napheesa Collier had a three-point play that pulled the Lynx within 64-62 late in the third quarter but they never got closer as Chicago pushed the lead out to 12.Collier had 28 points, rookie Diamond Miller 24 and Kayla McBride, who signed a multiyear contract earlier in the day, added 16.Courtney Williams ...

¿Cuáles han sido los peores terremotos de la historia? Esta es la lista completa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

(CNN) – El terremoto de 6,8 que este viernes 8 de septiembre sacudió Marruecos dejó en poco tiempo cientos de personas muertas y edificios colapsados. La tragedia evoca otros sismos de gran magnitud que arrasaron con ciudades enteras y sepultaron la vida de miles.Última hora del terremoto en Marruecos, en vivo: noticias, muertos, daños y másEsta es una recopilación de los terremotos y maremotos de mayor impacto, que han sacudido distintas zonas del planeta:— 6 de febrero de 2023: un terremoto de magnitud 7,8 sacude Turquía y Siria. El epicentro se ubica a 23 kilómetros al este de Nurdagi, en la provincia turca de Gaziantep. Más de 50.000 personas mueren y decenas de miles resultan heridas.— 21 de noviembre de 2022: un terremoto de magnitud 5,6 sacude la región de Cianjur en Java Occidental, Indonesia, y cobra la vida de más de 334 personas.— 22 de junio de 2022: un terremoto de magnitud 5,9 sacude el este de Afganistán. Más de 1.000 personas mueren y al menos 1.500 resultan heridas....

Do you recognize any of the 16 witnesses to an Aurora boy's killing?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:01 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A memorial stands in Tabatha Denney’s home as a symbol of the love she will always have for her son, Phoenix Day.“Phoenix was awesome, an awesome kid," Denney said as she fought back tears. Man found shot dead at car wash in Aurora Thursday The 13-year-old was killed on March 25, just after 8 p.m. at the Town Center at Aurora shopping mall. Police say two groups of teens became involved in an argument that ended up outside in the Dillard's department store parking lot, where Day was shot and killed."I don’t know who did this, but what I do know is that now everybody’s affected,” Denney said. Police released photos of several people believed to be witnesses, but none have come forward."Somebody knows who did this, and if the shoe was on the other foot, they would want somebody to come forward," Denney said. Police want to speak to the unidentified witnesses in these photos who were at the Town Center of Aurora mall when 13-year-old Phoenix Day was shot and k...