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FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming™s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women™s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new œgender inclusion policy at the organization™s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” World swimming™s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women™s events, starting Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) ” Qatari soccer fans hit back at Germany™s World Cup protest on Sunday by holding pictures of former Germany player Mesut –zil while covering their mouths during the match against Spain.A group of fans held copies of a hand-drawn sketch of –zil, while others showed pictures of him in action for Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Hertha Berlin surprisingly fired its head of sport, Fredi Bobic, on Saturday after the team lost to Union Berlin 2-0 in the city derby.Bobic™s departure was unexpected as he was seen as the Bundesliga club™s main hope to clean up others™ mistakes after a botched big-money bid to turn Hertha into a œbig city club left it, instead, as a perennial relegation candidate with little to spend. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Oliver Bierhoff is the first managerial casualty of Germany™s early World Cup exit after agreeing to resign as managing director of the country™s national soccer teams and academy.The German soccer federation said on Monday that Bierhoff agreed to prematurely end his contract. It was due to run through the 2024 European Championship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Gio Reyna again came off the bench to score a late winner for Borussia Dortmund, securing a 2-1 victory at Mainz in the Bundesliga on Wednesday.Reyna also scored Dortmund™s late winner in a 4-3 win against Augsburg on Sunday, and repeated the feat in Mainz after coming on with just under half an hour remaining. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gold medalist David Popovici of Romania poses with his medal after the Men 100m Freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) David Popovici of Romania answers questions to journalists after winning the men's 100m freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming™s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women™s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new œgender inclusion policy at the organization™s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” World swimming™s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women™s events, starting Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Bayern Munich needed a late goal from Joshua Kimmich to salvage a 1-1 draw at home against Cologne in the Bundesliga on Tuesday as the 10-time defending champion was left waiting for its first win of 2023.Kimmich struck in the 90th minute with a central shot in under the crossbar from around 30 meters (yards). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Moussa Diaby scored again as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat Cologne 2-1 in their Rhine derby on Wednesday, giving coach Xabi Alonso his second successive Bundesliga win.The French winger, who wasn™t included in Didier Deschamps™ 25-man squad for the World Cup, scored Leverkusen™s winner in the 71st minute when he applied the finishing touch to a counterattack started by Callum Hudson-Odoi after a Cologne corner. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” When the world swimming championships start in Budapest on Saturday, a host of top stars won™t be there.Scheduling irregularities caused by the coronavirus pandemic, infections, Russia™s invasion of Ukraine, fitness concerns and injuries are forcing many Olympic champions to skip the rescheduled event. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Gio Reyna again came off the bench to score a late winner for Borussia Dortmund, securing a 2-1 victory at Mainz in the Bundesliga on Wednesday.Reyna also scored Dortmund™s late winner in a 4-3 win against Augsburg on Sunday, and repeated the feat in Mainz after coming on with just under half an hour remaining. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world championships to 21, two more than any other female swimmer managed before.All but three of them are gold. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Summer McIntosh from Canada competes during her women's 400m individual medley heat at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Summer McIntosh of Canada competes during the women's 400m individual medley at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DOHA, Qatar (AP) ” Germany's players covered their mouths for the team photo before their opening World Cup match on Wednesday to protest against FIFA following the governing body's clampdown on the œOne Love armband.The Germany team lined up in the traditional formation before its game against Japan and all 11 players covered their mouths with their right hands in a coordinated gesture. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Bayern Munich won™t decide whether to extend its controversial sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways until next year.œWe will continue to discuss the issue intensively after the World Cup and find a solution for FC Bayern, chief executive Oliver Kahn told 1,501 club members at Bayern™s annual general meeting on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Hungary™s Krist³f Milk thrilled home fans by lowering his own world record in the men™s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships on Tuesday, when American swimmers claimed another three gold medals.The 22-year-old Milk produced a stunning swim to clock 1 minute, 50.34 seconds and earn Hungary its first gold medal of the competition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” When the world swimming championships start in Budapest on Saturday, a host of top stars won™t be there.Scheduling irregularities caused by the coronavirus pandemic, infections, Russia™s invasion of Ukraine, fitness concerns and injuries are forcing many Olympic champions to skip the rescheduled event. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Former Germany striker and coach Rudi V¶ller is the new sporting director of the men's national team, the German soccer federation said Thursday.Federation president Bernd Neuendorf and vice president Hans-Joachim Watzke will present V¶ller as Oliver Bierhoff™s replacement on Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Union Berlin's attempt to sign former Real Madrid star Isco Alarc³n fell apart Tuesday, with the German club saying it called the deal off at the last moment. The 30-year-old Isco had looked set to sign for Union as a free agent after undergoing a medical in Berlin on the final day of the transfer window, but club officials announced the deal had collapsed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Sadio Man© scored on his league debut and Bayern Munich routed Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1 to start the new Bundesliga on Friday.Jamal Musiala got two goals and Joshua Kimmich, Benjamin Pavard and Serge Gnabry also scored as Bayern showed no ill effect from Robert Lewandowski™s summer transfer to Barcelona. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Thomas M¼ller set a Bayern Munich record for Bundesliga appearances and celebrated by scoring in a 3-0 win over Bochum to keep the defending champions on top on Saturday.It was M¼ller's 428th league appearance for Bayern, one more than club great Gerd M¼ller, and the most for any outfield player at the club. Only goalkeepers Oliver Kahn (429) and Sepp Meier (473) have played more Bundesliga games for Bayern. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Two teenagers helped Borussia Dortmund come from behind with late goals to beat host Freiburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday.Dortmund coach Edin Terzić™s substitutions all paid off as the 18-year-old Jamie Bynoe-Gittens equalized in the 77th minute and the 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko made it 2-1, four minutes before he set up Marius Wolf ” yet another substitute ” to seal the result in the 88th. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Bayern Munich held on despite Joshua Kimmich™s sending off to beat Wolfsburg 4-2 and return to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday.Kimmich was sent off with his second yellow card in the 54th but Wolfsburg was unable to make its dominance count as the visitors delivered a lesson in efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Germany's coach is staying, the head of its league is not.The German soccer federation maintained its trust in Hansi Flick as national team coach on Wednesday despite the disappointing World Cup performance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” When Budapest last hosted the swimming worlds in 2017, L©on Marchand was watching at home.On Saturday, the 20-year-old French swimmer thrilled spectators in the Hungarian capital with a European record as he almost took Michael Phelps™ world record in the men™s 400 medley. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” On a night of redemption for American swimmers, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy and the men™s 4x200 freestyle team claimed three more gold medals for the United States at the world swimming championships on Thursday.King atoned for missing out on the podium in the 100 breaststroke by winning the 200 breaststroke final for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Justin Ress of the United States listens to his national anthem after winning the men's 50m backstroke final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Justin Ress of the United States listens to his national anthem after winning the men's 50m backstroke final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming™s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women™s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new œgender inclusion policy at the organization™s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” World swimming™s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women™s events, starting Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Union Berlin™s fairy tale continues but Bayern Munich is lurking.Janik Haberer scored twice for Union to upset Borussia Dortmund 2-0 and consolidate its early-season Bundesliga lead, while Bayern enjoyed a 5-0 rout of Freiburg on Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Germany™s narrow loss to England in the Women's European Championship final may yet prove more beneficial for women™s soccer in the country than another title would have been.The team was given a heroes™ welcome back in Frankfurt on Monday, when thousands of flag-waving fans turned up in front of the city hall to show their appreciation for coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and her players. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DOHA, Qatar (AP) ” Just wait, thought Ritsu Doan. Just wait.The Japan midfielder, who plays for German team Freiburg, had to grit his teeth when he heard people saying his team would be an easy opponent for Germany at the World Cup. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gold medalist Katie Ledecky of the United States poses with her medal after the Women 800m Freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Katie Ledecky of the United States reacts after the Women 800m Freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” No Isco, no problem.Union Berlin moved back to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after beating Mainz 2-1, days after its bold move to sign former Real Madrid star Isco Alarc³n fell apart. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among a handful of players hoping for a final hurrah in what is likely to be their last World Cup appearance.Besides those two, there's also Robert Lewandowski, Luis Surez, Luka Modric, Dani Alves, Manuel Neuer and Thomas M¼ller. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Union Berlin™s punishing schedule finally took its toll Sunday as it conceded five second-half goals in a 5-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen that left Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga after 13 rounds.Moussa Diaby scored twice and Adam Hložek and Mitchel Bakker added two more after Robert Andrich broke the deadlock against his former club right after the break. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Gio Reyna again came off the bench to score a late winner for Borussia Dortmund, securing a 2-1 victory at Mainz in the Bundesliga on Wednesday.Reyna also scored Dortmund™s late winner in a 4-3 win against Augsburg on Sunday, and repeated the feat in Mainz after coming on with just under half an hour remaining. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Torri Huske of the United States reacts after winning the Women 100m Butterfly final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Silver medalist Marie Wattel of France, gold medalist Torri Huske of the United States and bronze medalist Zhang Yufei of China, from left to right, pose after competing in the Women 100m Butterfly final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Qatar™s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country™s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country stages the World Cup.Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address the Qatari ambassador, Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, at the congress in Frankfurt. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Katie Ledecky extended her record haul of medals and Australia set a world record in the mixed 4x100 meters freestyle final at the world swimming championships on Friday.American star Ledecky won the 800 freestyle final for the fifth time at the worlds to seal her fourth consecutive 400/800/1,500 triple at the event. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Japan players celebrate after Takuma Asano scored his side's second goal during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Japan players celebrate after Takuma Asano scored his side's second goal during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn™t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at the swimming world championships.Romanchuk™s father is fighting in the east of Ukraine, where pockets of resistance are still denying Russia full military control of the region almost four months after it unleashed its invasion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Borussia Dortmund substitute Anthony Modeste scored in the last minute of injury time against Bayern Munich to salvage a dramatic 2-2 draw in the Bundesliga™s ˜Klassiker™ on Saturday.The French forward set up Youssoufa Moukoko for the equalizer in the 74th then clinched what felt like a winning goal in the 95th when he headed in Nico Schlotterbeck™s cross from close range. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) — Italy captain Leonardo Bonucci joined Union Berlin on the last day of the transfer window in Germany while Bayern Munich's deal for Portugal midfielder João Palhinha broke down at the final minute on Friday.German media reported English Premier League club Fulham called off Palhinha's transfer even after the player underwent medical tests and posed for photos in Munich. Bayern was reportedly ready to pay 65 million euros ($70 million) for the defensive midfielder, a position coach Thomas Tuchel identified as a priority. But Fulham was unable to find a replacement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Hertha Berlin investor Lars Windhorst wants his 374 million euros back.The relationship between the Bundesliga club and its financial backer has ruptured to the point where Windhorst no longer wants anything to do with Hertha. It comes after the publication last week of a report alleging he hired an Israeli detective agency to try and force the former club president out. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Amid calls in the Bundesliga to boycott Qatar™s World Cup, 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko fired his way into contention for a place on Germany™s team with two goals in Borussia Dortmund™s 3-0 win over Bochum on Saturday.Dortmund fans unfurled numerous banners before the game criticizing Qatar™s human rights record, mourning the loss of soccer™s morals and urging TV viewers not to watch the tournament that starts on Nov. 20. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Thomas Ceccon of Italy poses with his medal after winning the Men 100m Backstroke final setting a new world record at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Thomas Ceccon of Italy waves from the podium after winning the Men 100m Backstroke final setting a new world record at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” It™s possible.Borussia M¶nchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer made a record 19 saves and his team gave the Bundesliga a sliver of hope by holding Bayern Munich to 1-1 on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates after finishing first in the women's 400m freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Katie Ledecky, left, of United States celebrates after finishing first in the women's 400m freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (AP) ” Amid calls in the Bundesliga to boycott Qatar™s World Cup, 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko fired his way into contention for a place on Germany™s team with two goals in Borussia Dortmund™s 3-0 win over Bochum on Saturday.Dortmund fans unfurled numerous banners before the game criticizing Qatar™s human rights record, mourning the loss of soccer™s morals and urging TV viewers not to watch the tournament that starts on Nov. 20. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Italy™s Thomas Ceccon set a world record in the men™s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships on Monday.Ceccon stunned the competition in Budapest by clocking 51.60 seconds to shave 0.15 seconds off the previous best mark set by American Ryan Murphy at the 2016 Olympics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]