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FILE - A player of RS Berkane, wearing a team jersey showing a red map with the green star of Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara territory, walks on the pitch during the CAF Super Cup 2022 soccer match, in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. A soccer politics dispute between Algeria and Morocco over a map of disputed Western Sahara territory on a team jersey will go to a full appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Soccer jersey dispute between Algeria and Morocco clubs over Western Sahara goes to sports court

A soccer politics dispute between Algeria and Morocco over a map of disputed Western Sahara territory on a team jersey will go to a full appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

FILE — Defending champion Eric Lucas, right, serves an uppercut to South Africa's Dingaan Thobela, left, during the WBC super middleweight championship on Nov. 30, 2001 in Montreal, Canada. Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as "The Rose of Soweto," has died. He was 57. (AP Photo/Paul Chiasson, File)

South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, ‘The Rose of Soweto,’ dies aged 57

Akani Simbine of South Africa celebrates after winning the gold in the men's 100-meters final during the Diamond League event held in Suzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu province Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Simbine upstages Coleman and Kerley to win 100-meter title at Diamond League meet in China

FILE - Workua Getachew of Ethiopia, left, winner of the women's 3000m steeplechase final hugs the second-placed Zerfe Wondemagegn, also of Ethiopia, during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Wondemagegn, who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years for doping after testing positive for two banned substances. Wondemagegn admitted breaking anti-doping rules after samples she gave flagged up traces of testosterone and another substance, EPO, which can help athletes' blood transport more oxygen, an Athletics Integrity Unit ruling published Monday, April 22, 2024, said. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, file)

Ethiopian distance runner and Olympic finalist Zerfe Wondemagegn banned 5 years for doping

Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, blows kisses as he celebrates while lying down near the finish line after winning the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Boston Marathon winners hope victories will earn them spot in Paris Olympics

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Bangladesh takes 2-0 lead in Twenty20 cricket series against Zimbabwe with 6-wicket win

Pacer Taskin Ahmed has helped Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by six wickets with nine balls remaining in their second Twenty20 cricket international to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Lemi Berhanu Hayle wins Prague international marathon, Bedatu Hirpa Badane claims women’s race

Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia has won the Prague international marathon while his fellow countrywoman Bedatu Hirpa Badane was first in the women’s race.

Uma Mulugeta of Ethiopia poses on the podium, after winning the men's race of the Paris marathon, in Paris, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Ethiopian pair Uma and Fikir win men’s and women’s Paris Marathon at first attempt

Ethopian runners Mulugeta Uma and Mestawut Fikir have won the men’s and women’s Paris Marathon at their first attempt.

Cameroon soccer federation shocked to learn sports ministry had already hired national team coach

Cameroon’s soccer federation has expressed its “great astonishment” after learning that the sports ministry had hired Marc Brys as the new coach of the country’s national team.

Retief Goosen wins Galleri Classic with help from Steven Alker

Retief Goosen has won The Galleri Classic on the PGA Tour Champions and he never expected it. Goosen and Steven Alker were tied for the lead playing the par-5 18th at Mission Hills.

Tennis umpire loses appeal against 7-year ban for false match scores

A tennis umpire from Tunisia who was banned for inputting wrong scores in matches has lost his appeal at sport’s highest court.

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games

A second runner on the Olympic refugee team has been implicated in doping while preparing for the Paris Games.

FILE - Ghana's head coach Otto Addo celebrates after the World Cup group H soccer match between South Korea and Ghana, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on Nov. 28, 2022. Otto Addo has returned for a second spell as coach of Ghana's men's national soccer team after Borussia Dortmund agreed to release him from his contract at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Otto Addo returns for second spell as Ghana coach and will leave Dortmund role

Otto Addo is returning for a second spell as coach of Ghana’s men’s national soccer team after Borussia Dortmund agreed to release him from his role in talent development at the end of the season.

FILE - South Africa's Lood de Jager makes a break during the second Rugby Championship test match between the Wallabies and the Springboks in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Springboks lock Lood de Jager has spoken at length publicly for the first time about the heart ailment which caused him to miss last year’s Rugby World Cup and might have been fatal if it had not been diagnosed in time. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

A heart scare gives Springboks lock Lood de Jager a new zest for rugby

Springboks lock Lood de Jager has spoken publicly at length for the first time about the heart ailment which caused him to miss last year’s Rugby World Cup and might have been fatal if it had not been diagnosed in time.

Burundi team out of Basketball Africa League after jersey protest

Burundi club Dynamo has been removed from the Basketball Africa League after refusing to wear a jersey with the “Visit Rwanda” logo.

Cameroon squad member among 52 players facing exclusion from domestic league for ‘dual identity’

A member of Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations squad is among 52 players who face being excluded from the playoffs in the country’s top domestic league because of irregularities with their registrations.

Real Madrid's Brahim Diaz controls the ball during the La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

Coach De la Fuente says he ‘respects’ Díaz’s decision to play for Morocco instead of Spain

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente says he respects Brahim Díaz’s decision to play for Morocco rather than his team.

British former world champion Anthony Joshua, right, and MMA fighter Francis Ngannou fight during the heavyweight boxing showdown at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo)

Anthony Joshua knocks out MMA star Francis Ngannou in the 2nd round of a one-sided boxing match

Anthony Joshua stopped Francis Ngannou in the second round. The former heavyweight champion dominated his matchup with the ex-UFC heavyweight champ at Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.

Manassero shoots career-low 61 for European tour to lead in South Africa

Matteo Manassero has shot a career-low round for the European tour of 11-under 61 to take a one-shot lead of the Jonsson Workwear Open in South Africa.

FILE -Costa Rica's Mariana Benavides, right, grabs the arm of Zambia's Barbra Banda as they compete for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Costa Rica and Zambia in Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, July 31, 2023. The Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League have acquired Zambian forward Barbra Banda for a club record transfer fee, the team announced Thursday night, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Banda acquired by the Orlando Pride for second-highest transfer fee in women’s soccer

The Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League have acquired Zambian forward Barbra Banda for a club-record transfer fee.

Davidse and Cantero share the lead in European tour event in South Africa

South African Keenan Davidse and Spaniard Ivan Cantero have shot 8-under 64s to take the first-round lead at the Jonsson Workwear Open in South Africa.

Only anti-doping lab in Africa suspended for testing faults 5 months before Paris Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended work at the only approved testing laboratory in Africa less than five months before the Paris Olympics.

Jordan Gumberg, a No. 669-ranked American, wins SDC Championship on the European tour

Jordan Gumberg, an American ranked No. 669, is a surprise winner of the SDC Championship on the European tour after beating Robin Williams in a playoff.

FILE - Bordeaux's head coach Vladimir Petkovic reacts after the French League One soccer match between Marseille and Bordeaux at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Aug. 15, 2021. The coach who led Switzerland to eliminate then-world champion France at the last European Championship has been hired to coach Algeria. The Algerian soccer federation says it reached agreement on the job with Vladimir Petkovic and he will arrive in Alger at the weekend for a news conference scheduled Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Former Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic hired by Algeria for 2026 World Cup qualifying

The coach who helped Switzerland to eliminate then-world champion France at the last European Championship has been hired to coach Algeria.

Elvira brothers in contention at Kenya Open on European tour

Spanish golfer Manuel Elvira has moved into contention to join older brother Nacho as a European tour winner by taking a share of the lead at the Kenya Open after the third round.

Van Driel, Syme and Pulkkanen in three-way tie after Kenya Open second round

Dutch golfer Darius Van Driel holds a share of a three-way lead of the Kenya Open after the second round in Nairobi.

Anti-doping law nets first prison sentence for therapist who helped sprinters get drugs

The first person charged for violating a 2020 law that forbids conspiracies to taint international sports events through performance-enhancing drugs received a three-month prison sentence.

Dutch golfer Van Driel shoots 66 for 1-stroke lead at Kenya Open

Dutch golfer Darius Van Driel has shot 5-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Kenya Open.

FILE - San Jose Earthquakes' Ousseni Bouda (25) and St. Louis City's Nicholas Gioacchini (11) vie for the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 18, 2023, in St. Louis. Bouda arrived at the Right to Dream academy not knowing the language and with no guarantees he’d be accepted into the residential development program and school. But the youngster showed talent and won a spot. Now, Right to Dream is coming to the United States as the academy under San Diego FC, which will join MLS as the league’s 30th team in 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Soccer academy in Southern California will join an evolving MLS system that’s paying dividends

An international soccer academy called Right to Dream is coming to the United States as the academy under San Diego FC, which will join Major League Soccer as the league’s 30th team in 2025.

Mike Procter, fearsome South Africa pacer and powerful batter, dies at 77

Mike Procter, a fearsome pacer and powerful batter whose cricket career was restricted by an international ban on South Africa because of apartheid, has died. He was 77.

South Africa's Teboho Mokoena, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal from the penalty spot during the African Cup of Nations semifinal soccer match between Nigeria and South Africa, at the Peace of Bouake stadium in Bouake Bouake, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Egyptian club Al Ahly cancels tryout for South Africa’s Mokoena over his support of a politician

Egyptian soccer club Al Ahly has canceled a trial for South Africa midfielder Teboho Mokoena over his support of a politician.

FILE -Zambia's Racheal Kundananji scores her team's third goal during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Costa Rica and Zambia in Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, July 31, 2023. National Women's Soccer League expansion team Bay FC have acquired forward Racheal Kundananji of Zambia to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year.(AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga, File)

NWSL expansion team Bay FC signs Zambian forward Racheal Kundananji

National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Bay FC acquired Racheal Kundananji of Zambia and signed her to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year.

FILE - Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory in Chicago's Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. According to a fellow athlete, Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. He was 24. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Kelvin Kiptum’s family says marathon record holder’s death shattered their hopes and dreams

Kelvin Kiptum’s family says their dreams and future hopes have been shattered by the death of the marathon record holder in a car crash on Sunday.

Ivory Coast supporters wait for their team to arrive at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, one day after they defeated Nigeria and won the 2024 African Cup of Nations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Jubilant Ivory Coast fans take to streets to celebrate Africa Cup of Nations win

Thousands of jubilant Ivory Coast supporters have been taking to Abidjan’s city streets to celebrate the country’s Africa Cup of Nations victory.

Ivory Coast 's Max-Alain Gradel lifts the trophy after winning the African Cup of Nations final soccer match between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, at the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpe in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Party begins as Ivory Coast rallies to beat Nigeria 2-1 and win Africa Cup of Nations

Sébastien Haller has scored late for Ivory Coast to come from behind and win the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final.