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Freddie Freeman placed on family emergency list by Los Angeles Dodgers 07/27/2024 06:06pm • HOUSTON (AP) — All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman was placed on the family emergency list by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Freeman was scratched from starting lineup for Friday’s series opener against the Houstob Astros and returned to Los Angeles. “He’s on the family emergency li Naomi Osaka loses to Angelique Kerber in the first round of the Paris Olympics 07/27/2024 05:48pm • PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka smiled as she spoke to reporters after a 7-5, 6-3 first-round loss to Angelique Kerber at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night, disappointed in the result but hopeful she eventually will return to being the once-dominant player who earned four Grand Slam titles and reached Dupont leads France to a gold medal in Olympic rugby sevens, ending Fiji's dominance 07/27/2024 05:39pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — In a seven-minute clinic that'll long define his legacy, Antoine Dupont scored two tries and created another to deliver a coveted gold medal for France and end two-time champion Fiji's Olympic dominance in rugby sevens. One of the world's best rugby players, Dupont was s 49ers right guard Spencer Burford could miss a few weeks with a broken right hand 07/27/2024 04:31pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers right guard Spencer Burford will miss a few weeks of training camp with a broken right hand. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday that the team is still deciding whether Burford would need surgery on the hand but estimated he would likely miss about thre Phillies place All-Star lefty Ranger Suárez on injured list with lower back soreness 07/27/2024 04:29pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star left-hander Ranger Suárez was put on the 15-day injured list by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday because of soreness in his lower back. The 28-year-old started 9-1 and earned his first National League All-Star selection and is 10-5 with a 2.87 ERA in 20 starts af An Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30 including children 07/27/2024 04:27pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit a school used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people including several children, as the country’s negotiators prepared to meet international mediators about a proposed cease-fire. Seven children an China surges past rival Japan during men's Olympic gymnastics qualifying 07/27/2024 04:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Longtime men's gymnastics rivals China and Japan appear headed for another tight finish at the Olympics. The sport's two superpowers surged to the top of qualifying at Bercy Arena on Saturday. China, seeking its fourth Olympic team title, posted a team total of 263.028. Japan, a seven American gymnast Paul Juda has spent most of his career in the background. Not at the Olympics 07/27/2024 03:33pm • PARIS (AP) — Paul Juda long has let himself dream. Just never too big. It's safer that way. Besides, wasn't he dreaming big enough when the American gymnast wrote down “compete in the all-around at the Olympics" on the whiteboard in his apartment near the University of Michigan campus? Turns out Lions coach Dan Campbell pleased with team's versatility in the secondary 07/27/2024 02:16pm • ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell likes the options he has in the secondary, shifting Brian Branch to safety and bolstering the group with rookie cornerbacks Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw, along with veteran Carlton Davis. Arnold, a first-round draft pick, broke up a d Israel's prime minister is returning home as quickly as possible after attack in the Golan Heights, his office says 07/27/2024 02:14pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's prime minister is returning home as quickly as possible after attack in the Golan Heights, his office says. What to watch for the 2024 Paris Olympics: Simone Biles makes Paris debut Sunday, July 28 07/27/2024 02:04pm • After a couple days of rain, sunny skies should be out for the second full day of action at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Sunday's competition features more excitement in gymnastics, basketball and swimming. Here are the biggest storylines to follow: Gymnastics icon Simone Biles returns to Olympic stage US water polo star cheered on by her husband at Paris Olympics as he deals with lung cancer 07/27/2024 01:51pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pat Woepse smiled. He cheered for his wife, Maddie Musselman. He hung out with a buddy at the Paris Olympics. It was a very special Saturday. A few precious moments away from the reality of lung cancer. Woepse was on hand as the U.S. women's water polo team cruised to a Continued rain postpones skateboarding, delays tennis at Paris Olympics 07/27/2024 12:59pm • PARIS (AP) — Rain that fell throughout the opening ceremony continued on Saturday, leading to postponements and delays at the Paris Olympics. The first event of the skateboarding competition, men’s street skateboarding, was postponed from Saturday until Monday because of the showers. The women†Djokovic wants an Olympics rule change after routing opponent who hadn't played singles in 2 years 07/27/2024 12:58pm • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic smiled right along with everyone else when his first-round Paris Olympics opponent was so excited just to claim one game Saturday that he celebrated by pulling the bottom of his shirt over his head, baring his chest. After completing his 6-0, 6-1 victory in less than an Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices 07/27/2024 12:53pm • MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico who are members of St. Joseph Apache Mission, their Indigenous culture had always been intertwined