TOKYO (AP) — Junya Ito has been removed from Japan’s squad at the Asian Cup by the Japanese Football Association in the midst of sexual assault allegations that he has denied, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported Friday. Japan is the favorite to win the Asian Cup being played in Qatar and will face Iran in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Ito, …

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment. It didn’t seem to affect his day job at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. On a surprising day of weather when …

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT. Acting on warrants issued by the Istanbul Chief Public …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Eastern Washington Eagles (13-8, 7-1 Big Sky) at Montana Grizzlies (15-7, 6-3 Big Sky) Missoula, Montana; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Big Sky foes Montana and Eastern …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Binghamton Bearcats (10-10, 2-5 America East) at Vermont Catamounts (17-5, 7-0 America East) Burlington, Vermont; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Vermont hosts Binghamton trying to continue its …

CLAIM: A video filmed on Wednesday night shows a protest by the New York Police Department over the release without bail of migrants who attacked two officers in Times Square on Saturday. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The NYPD did not stage such a protest, a spokesperson for the department told The Associated Press. The spokesperson and a representative of the police …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx signed guard Courtney Williams and forward Alanna Smith on Thursday, adding two former Chicago Sky players in free agency. The Lynx also re-signed forward Bridget Carlson, the day after they traded forward Tiffany Mitchell and the 19th pick in the WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun for guard Natisha Hiedeman. The 5-foot-8 Williams averaged …

The NHL isn’t the only one who uses the All-Star Game as a lab to test different things that could find its way into the game in the future. This weekend’s events in Toronto are also a chance for ESPN and Sportsnet to experiment with coverage ideas that could be implemented down the line during the regular season and Stanley …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Youngstown State Penguins (16-6, 8-3 Horizon League) at Wright State Raiders (12-10, 7-4 Horizon League) Fairborn, Ohio; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raiders -2.5; over/under is …

Tennessee athletic director Danny White said he is refusing to let the NCAA “irrationally” make an example of the Volunteers over name, image and likeness compensation. White also accused the NCAA of leaking information to the media earlier this week about Tennessee in his statement on social media on Thursday. He added the NCAA generally doesn’t comment on infractions cases …

ATLANTA (AP) — New Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris continued to fill out his staff by hiring Ike Hilliard as wide receivers coach Thursday. Hilliard returns to the NFL after spending the 2022 season as Auburn’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. He worked 10 years in the NFL coaching wide receivers for Pittsburgh (2020-21), Washington (2012, 2014-19) and Buffalo …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Han Kuo-yu of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists was elected speaker of the island’s legislature on Thursday, a sort of consolation prize for China, which claims the self-governing democracy as its own territory. The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang or KMT, won 52 of the legislature’s 113 seats in a Jan. 13 election. The Democratic Progressive Party …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. CSU Northridge Matadors (13-8, 4-5 Big West) at UCSD Tritons (14-7, 8-1 Big West) San Diego; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tritons -10; over/under is 151.5 …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (12-9, 4-4 CAA) at William & Mary Tribe (8-13, 3-5 CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fightin’ Blue Hens -4.5; …

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