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Coco Gauff, of the United States, reacts to the crowd after defeating Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in New York.

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Coco Gauff, 19, and Ben Shelton, 20, reach their first U.S. Open semifinals

Coco Gauff will face No. 10 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic on Thursday. The unseeded Ben Shelton will next meet 23-time major champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

September 06, 2023
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Jorge Vilda stands during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Sweden and Spain in Auckland, New Zealand, on Aug. 15. Spain's soccer federation announced Vilda's dismissal as coach of the women's national team on Tuesday.

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Spain's women's soccer coach is fired as fallout grows from unwanted World Cup kiss

Spain's soccer federation named Montse Tomé as head coach of the women's national team, the first woman in the role. She was assistant coach to Jorge Vilda, who was dismissed on Tuesday.

September 05, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Emma Hunt at the world championship.

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‘I couldn’t believe it’: Kennesaw State University student makes 2024 Olympic speed climbing team

Emma Hunt, a Kennesaw State University exercise science student, has qualified for a spot on the speed climbing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

 

September 05, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
Gymnasts Shilese Jones, Simone Biles and Leanne Wong pose after placing second, first and third in the all-around competition on the final day of women's competition at the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday in San Jose, Calif.

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Women's gymnastics is changing in more ways than one

What had once been a sport associated largely with white girls is increasingly dominated by women of color. And more elite gymnasts are competing in the NCAA while they go for the gold.

September 02, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
U.S. defender Julie Ertz celebrates after scoring a goal against New Zealand during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., on Sept. 15, 2017. The 2-time U.S. Soccer Player of the Year has retired from soccer after a 10-year career that included back to back Women's World Cup titles and two U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year awards.

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The USWNT's Julie Ertz, a back to back World Cup champion, is retiring from soccer

Ertz is the only player to win two U.S. Soccer Player of the Year awards and a U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. She has won two World Cups and is a two-time Olympian.

August 31, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Noah Lyles celebrates after anchoring the USA team to victory in the men's 4x100m relay final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 26.

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Noah Lyles questioned the NBA 'world champions' label. Everyone had thoughts

When track and field star Noah Lyles questioned why people refer to NBA title winners as "world champions," everyone from Drake to Kevin Durant rushed to have their say.

August 30, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Field guards haul away one of two fans who approached Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) before the bottom of the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Denver.

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Fans run onto field and one makes contact with Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr.

Two fans ran onto the field and one made contact with Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. during the seventh inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

August 29, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, left, and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz pose for a photo ahead of the final of the men's singles on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 16, 2023.

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Alcaraz and Djokovic symbolize the transition in tennis as U.S. Open is set to begin

Observers say the sport for both the men's and women's games is changing, leaving parity and opportunities for new ascending champions.

August 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Simone Biles warms up before the U.S. Gymnastics Championships Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in San Jose, Calif.

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Simone Biles wins a record 8th U.S. gymnastics title a full decade after her first

Biles became the oldest woman to win a national title since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963. Her eight crowns moved her past Alfred Jochim, who won seven between 1925-33.

August 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Driver Ryan Preece is introduced on stage on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. His car flipped over in a terrifying wreck in the race's final laps.

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NASCAR driver Ryan Preece is released from the hospital after violent multi-flip crash

Preece went to the hospital on Saturday after his Mustang flipped at least 10 times during the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race in Daytona Beach, Fla.

August 27, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
Spanish Royal Football Federation president Luis Rubiales gives a press conference on Nov. 19, 2019 at Las Rozas football sports city near Madrid.

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Spain's soccer chief Luis Rubiales is temporarily suspended after World Cup kiss

FIFA suspended Rubiales on Saturday while it investigates his conduct at the Women's World Cup medal ceremony. The Spanish Soccer Federation said Rubiales plans to prove his innocence.

August 26, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales refused on Friday to resign his post.

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Women's World Cup champs say they won't play for Spain until soccer chief is removed

Spain's government and FIFA have begun disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales for his non-consensual kiss of player Jenni Hermoso at the tournament final. Rubiales is refusing to resign.

August 25, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
England's goalkeeper Mary Earps applauds after receiving the Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper, at the end of the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.

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Nike to sell replicas of England goalkeeper Mary Earps' jersey after backlash in U.K.

Nike has regularly sold goalkeeper jerseys for the men's teams it sponsors, and the absence of Earps' shirt in stores became a bigger talking point when she saved a penalty in the World Cup final.

August 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani gets set to pitch during the first inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, in Anaheim, Calif., before an MRI exam revealed his elbow tendon tear.

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Angels star Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for the rest of the season after elbow injury

Ohtani's torn ligament diagnosis could cut short his meteoric run. The baseball pitcher-hitter has been pulled from the pitching mound, and it's unclear whether he'll still be able to hit this season.

August 24, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the head of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales. Rubiales is seen here at a reception for the Spanish team on Tuesday in Madrid, after Spain won the Women's World Cup on Sunday.

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FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Spain's soccer chief after World Cup kiss

A union speaking for Jenni Hermoso, the player who was kissed, called for "intervention in the face of sexual harassment or abuse." Spain's soccer federation scheduled an emergency meeting on Friday.

August 24, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
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