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CAIRO -- The small coffee house in Cairo was turned Tuesday into a tiny stadium.Several hundred people, mostly men and boys as young as 7, gathered around wall-mounted screens ahead of the kickoff whistle.The scene played out across the soccer-mad nation as Egypt...

FRISCO, Texas -- Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wanted to talk Tuesday about the league's upcoming season, not the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga at Texas Tech that led to a lot of legal wrangling and a since-dismissed court order that had sent shockwaves through...

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to try to stay in postseason contention without rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin.The club placed the 20-year-old rising star on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday due to an issue with the knuckle on the ring finger on his...

LONDON -- Sure, Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion who also impresses with her fashionable outfits.On Tuesday, she sounded like the rest of us. The plantar fasciitis was acting up. She’s working too much.“I’m just getting old,” Osaka said.The 28-year-old...

ATLANTA -- Lionel Messi scored his eighth goal of this year's World Cup on Tuesday against Egypt, extending his scoring streak to nine consecutive games for Argentina and moving to the top of a tight Golden Boot race.The 21st goal of Messi's World Cup career came in...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC advised Olympic sports bodies on Tuesday to end a three-year program vetting Russians for neutral status ahead of qualifying events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.The move was expected since the International Olympic Committee...

ATLANTA -- Defending champion Argentina trailed Egypt 1-0 at halftime in the round of 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday.Yasser Ibrahim scored with a header in the 15th minute to give Egypt a surprise lead at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and Lionel Messi missed the chance to...

NORTH SOUND, Antigua -- Sri Lanka grew its lead to 281 runs in a bid to force an unlikely series-levelling victory against the West Indies on the fifth and final day of the second test on Tuesday.Sri Lanka was 231-8 at lunch after adding a brisk 139 runs at a healthy...

NOTTINGHAM, England -- Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be chasing England with his bat after India won the toss and opted to bowl first in their Twenty20 at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.England leads the five-match series 1-0 after winning the second match by...

Coco Gauff overcame a shaky start and beat Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first timeLONDON -- Coco Gauff overcame a shaky start and beat Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first...

Kyle Lowry delivered on his final promise as a player: He long vowed to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors so he could retire as a member of that franchise.And on Tuesday, he made it happen.Lowry — one of 12 players in NBA history to play 20 seasons in the league —...

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