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OUDENAARDE, Belgium (AP) — World champion Mathieu van der Poel was untouchable in tough, rainy conditions on Sunday as the Dutch rider claimed a record-equaling third win at the Tour of Flanders cobbled classic, one of cycling’s most challenging one-day races. In the absence of several rivals, Van der Poel was the favorite from the start. He met expectations in …

Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali has been charged with breaching English soccer’s betting rules, the Football Association said on Thursday. Tonali is already serving a 10-month ban issued by the Italian soccer federation for betting on teams he played for, which has ruled him out of action since October. He could be in more trouble after the FA said he breached …

MILAN (AP) — Christian Pulisic is enjoying the most productive season of his career. The United States standout scored for the fourth straight game for AC Milan to help it to a 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona on Sunday as the Rossoneri consolidated second spot in Serie A. Pulisic now has 12 goals in 39 appearances across all competitions …

Warren Gatland, the coach who picked George North for his first and last Wales games, first and last Lions games, and first and last Rugby World Cups, led tributes to the retiring center on Wednesday. North announced he’s ending a 14-year test career on Saturday after the Six Nations wooden spoon decider against Italy at Principality Stadium, where he made …

SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (AP) — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard secured overall victory in the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race on Sunday after winning the two big climbing stages. Showing strong early season form, the Danish rider with the Visma team has now won both races he’s entered in 2024, after also taking the overall title and …

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Titleholder England landed in a tough group with France, Sweden and Ireland in the qualifying draw for the 2025 Women’s European Championship on Tuesday. England went from winning Euro 2022 as the host country to reaching the World Cup final last year where Sweden was a semifinalist and France reached the quarterfinals. World champion Spain was …

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa insisted the club is operating within the financial rules of the English Premier League despite reporting a loss of 119.6 million pounds ($151 million) in its latest accounts on Tuesday. Those accounts are up to May 31 last year, covering a period when the team finished seventh in the league to qualify for the …

ROME (AP) — Ten months and three coaches later, Napoli may have finally rediscovered the form that took it to the Serie A title. The Partenopei followed up their 6-1 thrashing of Sassuolo with a 2-1 victory over visiting Juventus in the Italian league on Sunday. Giacomo Raspadori scored the winner in the 88th minute at the Stadio Diego Armando …

PARIS (AP) — Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees. A City Hall statement said: “Initial checks established that the worker didn’t possess any information relating to the organization and deployment of law enforcement during the Olympic and Paralympic …

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich chief executive Jan-Christian Dreesen says they have enough work for two sporting directors after presenting Max Eberl on Tuesday. Bayern had already appointed former Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund to replace the fired Hasan Salihamidžić last September, but that hasn’t prevented it from handing Eberl a three-year deal through June 2027 to oversee a major …