Defender Naomi Girma was named to the U.S. roster on Wednesday for a pair of upcoming matches against Italy after returning from a calf injury. Girma had been sidelined since the start of the season with Chelsea but recently returned to the starting lineup. She has not played for the U.S. ...

ZURICH (AP) — The top-seeded teams for the Dec. 5 World Cup tournament draw, including Germany but not Croatia, were set Wednesday when FIFA published new rankings the day after four continents completed qualifying. Co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico will be joined in the pot of ...

The Kansas City Chiefs are scoring more points than at this point last season, allowing fewer, and have improved their turnover margin. Those are usually ingredients for success, but that's not the case for the three-time defending AFC champions, who have four fewer wins compared with this ...

Well, this will come as no surprise to anyone who's paid any attention over the past quarter-century: Roger Federer was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, the Rhode Island-based Hall announced Wednesday. The first man to win 20 Grand Slam ...

SEATTLE — First baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners finalized a $92.5 million, five-year contract on Monday. Naylor gets a $6.5 million signing bonus payable within 120 days of the deal's approval by the commissioner's office and salaries of $10 million next season, $16 million in ...

MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz will go another year without fulfilling his dream of winning the Davis Cup for Spain. The top-ranked Alcaraz said he's heartbroken to withdraw from the Davis Cup Finals in Italy because of a hamstring injury on Tuesday. The decision was recommended by doctors, he ...