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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) Peru captain Paolo Guerrero banned from World Cup for doping.

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SIR BU NAIR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) The United Arab Emirates has hosted a $2.7 million traditional dhow racing event, which saw the wooden boats powered only on the wind race off the coast of Dubai.

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ROME (AP) Juventus wins record-extending seventh straight Serie A title.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) A group of Nepalese Sherpa guides has reached the summit of Mount Everest, fixing ropes and clearing paths for other climbers to begin their ascent to the peak.

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LONDON (AP) Tessa Jowell, the former U.K. culture secretary who played a key role in securing the 2012 London Olympics, has died. She was 70.

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STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) The Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team and Albany’s men’s team made history this year – both programs achieved the No. 1 spot in the national rankings on the same day in late February.

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SHANGHAI (AP) Olympic and world champion Omar McLeod surprised himself by edging the men’s 110-meter hurdles at a rain-drenched Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday.

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BOSTON (AP) It won’t land him a spot in the Olympics, but a Massachusetts college student has run one of the fastest miles while juggling – an endeavor called ”joggling.”

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The city of Hartford, Connecticut, has settled a lawsuit against developers and others accused of defrauding taxpayers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a failed effort to build a professional soccer stadium.

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Serbia has banned a Kosovo team from taking part in a karate competition it is hosting, over a political dispute stemming from the former province’s declaration of independence.

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JACKSON, Mich. (AP) A judge has acquitted a Michigan State University trustee of a misdemeanor assault charge that came after a dispute over a referee’s calls during a girls’ basketball tournament.

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SHEFFIELD, England (AP) Mark Williams won the world snooker championship for the third time, 15 years after his last, after beating John Higgins 18-16 in one of the great finals at the Crucible Theatre on Monday.

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EAST HANOVER, N.J. (AP) A New Jersey high school is facing heat from students and parents over a new policy that either everyone makes the cheerleading squad or no one does.

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PRAGUE (AP) Olympic bronze medalist Galen Rupp of the United States won the Prague international marathon on Sunday while Kenyan runner Bornes Jepkirui Kitur was the fastest woman in the race.

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) Caster Semenya’s quest for a title double in the Diamond League started well when she won the 1,500 meters in a South African record time on Friday.

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) A world-renowned speed climber has been rescued from Yosemite’s El Capitan after he fell and had to spend the night on top of the famous rock.

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MOSCOW (AP) The IAAF has barred five Russian race walkers from competing internationally after they were accused of working with a banned coach.

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MONACO (AP) Track and field’s anti-doping unit has confirmed that one of its sample collectors tipped off Asbel Kiprop about the supposedly surprise out-of-competition test which subsequently caught the 2008 Olympic 1500-meter champion with the banned blood-boosting hormone EPO in his system.

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MONACO (AP) Track and field authorities in South Africa say they are prepared to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge new rules that could sideline women with high natural testosterone levels from middle-distance races.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Kenyan runner Asbel Kiprop hopes to clear his name after a British newspaper reported that the former 1,500-meter Olympic champion failed a doping test.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The U.S. Olympic diving team will again be selected in Indianapolis.

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A former University of Arizona assistant track and field coach convicted of assaulting a female student-athlete in 2015 has pleaded guilty to felony counts of stalking and violating a restraining order.

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Russia’s doping suspension from international track and field could be extended as top athletes face accusations they continued to work with a banned coach.

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SANTA MONICA, California (AP) A monster wave off Portugal has produced a world record for a Brazilian surfer.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) Rodrigo Koxa has been credited with a world record for riding the biggest wave ever surfed.

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MOSCOW (AP) Athletes from Russia’s national track and field team are still working with a coach who was banned for life for doping, investigators said Saturday.

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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Women and children were on hand to watch World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s ”Greatest Royal Rumble” in Saudi Arabia.

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MOSCOW (AP) Russian decathlete Alexander Pogorelov has been stripped of his bronze medal from the 2009 world championships after a retested doping sample came back positive.

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WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is welcoming Team USA Olympic athletes to the White House.

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ZURICH (AP) FIFA bans Brazilian confederation president Marco Polo Del Nero from football for life for receiving bribes.

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