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With one gold already in 800-meter freestyle, Ireland's Daniel Wiffen tries goes for double in 1500 08/03/2024 09:59am • NANTERRE, France (AP) — Daniel Wiffen emerges for breakfast each morning in the athletes' village and is swarmed by fellow Olympians and others eager for an autograph or photo. The Irish swimmer figures he has snapped some 500 of them in recent days since capturing gold in the 800-meter freestyle Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the Olympic tennis men's singles gold 08/03/2024 09:48am • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the men's tennis singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in the latest installment of a fascinating old-vs.-young rivalry that included a matchup in the Wimbledon final three weeks ago. Alcaraz won that one — “Quite comfor Better known for snow than sand, Norway and Sweden are upstaging Olympic beach volleyball dynasties 08/03/2024 09:02am • PARIS (AP) — Some of the world’s best beach volleyball is coming from places better known for snow than for sand. Norway, the defending Olympic gold medalist, is undefeated through pool play at the Summer Games. Sweden arrived in Paris with an innovative jump-set that helped it climb to the top Noah Lyles closes strong to advance in 1st round of the 100 in Paris as he pursues an Olympic double 08/03/2024 08:54am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles walks around the Olympic Village in disguise, wearing sunglasses, a hat and even a mask to cut down on some of the attention he receives. On the track, he can't avoid it. Or everyone's best shot. It's a lesson he learned when finishing second in his opening he As recruiting rebounds, the Army will expand basic training to rebuild the force for modern warfare 08/03/2024 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars. The added training will begin in October and comes as the Army tries to reverse years of dis 14-year-old sensation Cavan Sullivan catches eye of sports world as blossoming MLS prodigy 08/03/2024 08:10am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Outside the home clubhouse, a teen with close-cropped, bleached-white hair waited for Bryce Harper. The kid was in a Philadelphia Phillies jersey, flap open, a gold chain against his bare chest. Most kids Cavan Sullivan’s age would grow bug-eyed or feel some jitters meeting t Dortmund signs Brazilian defender Yan Couto on loan from Manchester City 08/03/2024 07:39am • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed Brazilian defender Yan Couto on loan from Manchester City with an option to make the move permanent. The Bundesliga club said Saturday that the 22-year-old Couto agreed a loan through June 2025 and will stay at Dortmund “in the event that cer One Extraordinary (Olympic) Photo: Vadim Ghirda captures the sunset framed by the Arc de Triomphe 08/03/2024 06:34am • PARIS (AP) — Vadim Ghirda takes a closer look at his AP photo of the sunset framed by the Arc de Triomphe. Why this photo? All photographs are unique but this one has an extra element of “uniqueness” attached to it: There are only a few days in a year when the sunset is framed by one of the fa Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected 08/03/2024 03:24am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Holder of one-fifth of the world's fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to anticipate contingency measures to address issues ranging from disrupted navigation to increasing forest Gleyber Torres pulled by Aaron Boone for lack of hustle in Yankees' 8-5 loss to Blue Jays 08/03/2024 01:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres was removed Friday night from an 8-5 loss to Toronto by manager Aaron Boone for not hustling, sending a message to the clubhouse of a team that has struggled since mid-June. Torres did not run hard out of the batter’s box on his 110.7 mph dri Pete Alonso homers and newcomer Paul Blackburn strikes out 6 for Mets in 5-1 victory over Angels 08/03/2024 01:15am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pete Alonso homered for the third time in five games and Paul Blackburn allowed only one run in his Mets debut as New York beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Friday night. Brandon Nimmo went 3 for 5 as everyone in the Mets' lineup had at least one hit. New York has won three Jazz Age starts at Yankee Stadium with Chisholm putting short porch reference on his chest 08/03/2024 12:54am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Jazz Age began at Yankee Stadium on Friday with some cool threads. Jazz Chisholm Jr. prepared for his first game in pinstripes wearing a T-shirt with “314” across his chest, a reference to how many feet the famous right field short porch is from home plate. “This is my pl AP review of Venezuela opposition-provided vote tallies casts doubt on government’s election results 08/03/2024 12:14am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An AP analysis of vote tally sheets released Friday by Venezuela’s main opposition indicates that their candidate won significantly more votes in Sunday’s election than the government has claimed, casting serious doubt on the official declaration that President Nicol� Rangers put Max Scherzer put on 15-day IL with right shoulder fatigue 08/03/2024 12:10am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday because of right shoulder fatigue, though Texas manager Bruce Bochy doesn't expect the three-time Cy Young Award winner and active career strikeout leader to be out any longer than that. “We don’t think it’ll Israel-Hamas war latest: International calls for cease-fire grow after assassinations in the Mideast 08/02/2024 11:43pm • The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region. The announcement was made Friday, a day after United States President Joe Biden said he’s “very concerned” that the violence in the Middle East could esc