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Egyptian daily to World Cup fans: Beware of Russian women

CAIRO (AP) Egyptian fans traveling to watch their soccer team play at the World Cup should lower their expectations about meeting the kind of beautiful Russian women men rave about at home, according to an article published in a Cairo daily that reads like an informal travel advisory.

Brazil to play Russia in Moscow in pre-World Cup friendly

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil will play Russia in March in a pre-World Cup friendly in Moscow.

Shannon Sharpe on Gordon Hayward's tragic injury: 'Your heart just breaks'

Shannon Sharpe discusses with Skip Bayless Gordon Hayward’s tragic injury and what this means for him, the Boston Celtics and his career moving forward.

Pistons open new arena with starting lineup still in flux

Andre Drummond and Avery Bradley only surefire starters

FIFA kicks in $600,000 for World Cup playoff travel costs

ZURICH (AP) FIFA will pay $600,000 to help teams travel to two inter-continental World Cup playoffs next month.

FA apologizes for women's coach's 'discriminatory remarks'

LONDON (AP) A fresh investigation into the conduct of fired national women’s team coach Mark Sampson found that he directed discriminatory comments at players Eniola Aluko and Drew Spence, the English Football Association said Wednesday.

Daly, Antoine, Uhlaender return to US national skeleton team

Olympic bronze medalist Matt Antoine and Olympic veterans John Daly and Katie Uhlaender were among the six sliders announced Wednesday as members of the U.S. World Cup skeleton team to start the season.

Nick Wright: 'Nobody is better off with Aaron Rodgers being out for the season'

Nick Wright, Cris Carter and Ray Lewis discuss with Jenna Wolfe the repercussions of Aaron Rodgers latest injury for the green Bay Packers, team standings around the league and what Rodger Goodell and the league will do to protect quarterbacks moving forward.

Villanova picked by coaches to win Big East again

NEW YORK (AP) Villanova has been picked by Big East coaches to win its fifth straight regular-season conference title.

Nick Wright on LeBron James: 'His prime is 14 years… That's longer than Magic's career'

Nick Wright discusses with Cris Carter and Jenna Wolfe LeBron James’ impressive return to the court, noting that the King’s 14-year-reign is longer than both Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s entire careers.

Cris Carter on Gordon Hayward's injury: 'It's beyond the competition'

Cris Carter and Nick Wright discuss Gordon Hayward’s horrific injury and how despite being competitors on the court or on the field, professional athletes understand the severity of this sort of trauma and tend to galvanize around one another in order to move forward from such a devastating injury.

Eagles defensive end Chris Long is donating his salary

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Chris Long is donating the rest of his year’s salary to increase educational equality.

Iceland prepared for World Cup debut with 2 games in Qatar

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Iceland will play two friendlies in Qatar for its first preparation games since advancing to play at next year’s World Cup.

Trump again blasts NFL over players kneeling during anthem

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is again criticizing the NFL over players kneeling during the national anthem.

Preview: Wolves at Spurs

The new-look Minnesota Timberwolves begin their quest for the postseason against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.

Preview: Bucks at Celtics

The Boston Celtics try to recover from a devastating injury to newcomer Gordon Hayward as they host Milwaukee

Sri Lanka wins toss, elects to bat 1st in 3rd ODI

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the third one-day international against Pakistan on Wednesday.

Denmark cancels World Cup qualifier against Sweden

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) The Danish soccer federation says a women’s World Cup qualifier against Sweden has been canceled after wage talks collapsed.

Football player cut from Albright passes on reinstatement

READING, Pa. (AP) A football player who was offered reinstatement after being cut from the team at Division III Albright College in Pennsylvania says he will not rejoin the team.

Spanish Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia retires

MADRID (AP) Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia says she is retiring after enduring a series of injuries this year.

Ethier 'honors the game.' For once, it returns the favor

CHICAGO (AP) Andre Ethier put his teammates on notice before the first pitch of the playoffs: win the World Series or watch one of the best seasons in Dodgers history go down as a bust.

Suns set sights on Trail Blazers in opener (Oct 18, 2017)

PHOENIX — The Portland Trail Blazers were an energized team after adding center Jusuf Nurkic for the stretch drive last season, rolling to their fourth consecutive playoff appearance.

Rockets flying high into Sacramento (Oct 18, 2017)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Now that they have a game that counts under them, the Houston Rockets’ dynamic new guard duo can get on with the work of jelling.

Bangladesh opts to bowl first vs South Africa in 2nd ODI

PAARL, South Africa (AP) Bangladesh won the toss and will bowl first seeking to keep the limited-overs international series against South Africa alive.

Raiders OC Todd Downing: “We're so close on so many things”

The Oakland Raiders have failed to score more than 17 points in each of their last four games. While Derek Carr missed a game due to a back injury, the Raiders offensive struggles can solely be pinned on his brief absence. The Raiders rank 30th in total offense and 24th in rushing through the first six

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